| 1 | Title: | Commercial Airplane Reliability Tour collection, 1925-1927  | |
| Accession: | 677 | ||
| Creator: | Ford Motor Company. Archives. | ||
| Abstract: | Henry and Edsel Ford organized the Commercial Airplane Reliability Tour to promote air travel and encourage construction of airfields. The collection primarily includes material documenting the first occurrence of the event in 1925. | ||
| Subjects: | Ford, Edsel, 1893-1943--Contributions in aeronautics | Ford, Henry, 1863-1947--Contributions in aeronautics | Aeronautics--Competitions | Aeronautics--United States | Airports--Michigan--Dearborn | Airplanes--United States | Air pilots--United States | Air Shows--United States | Balloons | Ford Reliability Tour | Ford Airport (Dearborn, Mich.) | Photographs | Photograph albums | Blueprints | Maps | ||
| Matches: 2 hits | ...activities held at Ford Airport during the time of the tour.... ...Ford donated the sterling silver trophy which would be permanently awarded to the first manufacturer to win the tour five times (... | ||
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