Transcontinental Air Transport Ford Tri-Motor
Date1928
Mediumgelatin silver print
Dimensions4 × 6 3/8 in. (10.2 × 16.2 cm)
ClassificationsPhotography
Credit LineAlbuquerque Museum, gift of Clark Speakman
Object numberPA1968.001.038
DescriptionA Transcontinental Air Transport Ford Tri-motor aircraft idling all three engines while parked at the Albuquerque Airport in Albuquerque, New Mexico. The airplane was named City of Albuquerque and a crowd is standing under a wing of the plane. The pilot was Lamar Nelson, who was doing the trial run for the T.A.T. line. Franklin Delano Roosevelt was one of the passengers on the flight.On View
Not on viewLocale
July 21, 1929
1928
March 28, 1929
