Commercial airplane reliability tour at Ford Airport in Dearborn, Michigan. Two men work on a partially inflated balloon. Weights around the edge of the balloon. Aerial view of five balloons at a field during the Detroit News Balloon Race Trophy. 'Skylark' balloon piloted by W.C. Naylor and Kenneth Warren ascends. 'Club' balloon piloted by Charles D. Williams and Arthur G. Schlosser with Dr. Geo M. LeGalle. The balloons ascend. A mooring mast in the foreground. Aircraft fly overhead. 'Goodyear IV' piloted by J.A. Bottner and W.W. Morton with H.M. Maxson in flight. 'Highball II' piloted by S.A.V. Rasmussen, E.J. Hill and S.A. Mitchell in flight as it ascends.
The Detroit News Balloon Race in Dearborn, Michigan. Balloons ascend near a mooring mast during the Detroit News Balloon Race.
Commercial aircraft reliability tour at Ford Airport in Dearborn, Michigan. The president of the Ford Motor Company Edsel Ford with a flag on Ford Airport. Edsel flags off an aircraft. Another aircraft taxis and takes off. Tail section of a parked aircraft.
Commercial aircraft reliability tour at Ford Airport in Dearborn, Michigan. The founder of the Ford Motor Company Henry Ford talks to a man at Ford Airport. Henry Ford and a man with a tractor in the background. They talk near an aircraft as men work on it.
Commercial aircraft reliability tour at Ford Airport in Dearborn, Michigan. The founder of the Ford Motor Company Henry Ford talks to a group of men and women near a Ford aircraft at Ford Airport. A group of men arrive in a car. A bi-winged aircraft on a field as its propellers rotate. Bi-plane number 14 and number 24 on the field. Men stand around a parked car. The car being driven away. Henry Ford and others talk as they lean against a tractor.
Commercial aircraft reliability tour at Ford Airport in Dearborn, Michigan. Various aircraft fly over Ford Airport. An aircraft comes in and lands at the airport. An aircraft flies low over an airfield. A vehicle tows an aircraft on a field. Aircraft parked on the airport. An aircraft flies over the parked airplanes.