Post by MoCat on Jan 27, 2007 9:12:54 GMT -5
Hello All!
Here's some information on Ford Field, Dearborn, Mi.. There is a complete section on it in Little Known Airports in Michigan. Below is a history time line from Wikipedia and photos from Little Known.
History Timeline
1924: 20,000-square-foot (1,900 m²) Stout Metal Airplane Company factory opens
1925: Ford Airport is dedicated as the first modern airport, equipped with two grass runways and flood lights for night landings
1925: Henry Ford builds the largest, most modern and only privately owned permanent dirigible mooring mast. It was only used twice and demolished in 1946.
1925: Ford Air Transportation Service between Detroit and Chicago begins – the first regularly scheduled airline in the United States
1925-31: Annual National Air Tour to demonstrate safety and reliability of commercial aviation starts and ends at Ford Airport.
1926: First successful radio guided flight, using system developed by Ford Motor Company.
1926: Stout factory is replaced with a 62,000-square-foot (5,800 m²) facility to build new Ford Tri-Motors using assembly line production for the first time.
1928-29: Grass runways are paved—the first concrete runways in the world.
1931: Dearborn Inn opens—one of the first hotels built to service the air traveler.
1938: First vehicle test track is laid down.
1947: Ford Air Transport Office moves to Detroit Metropolitan Airport, ending Ford Airport operations.
2003: June 9 - Five vintage airplanes, including two Ford Tri-Motors, fly into Dearborn Proving Grounds; the first time in 56 years the test track is used as an airport. The planes were part of the "Taking Flight: Ford's History in Aviation" exhibit, which was one facet of Ford Motor Company's 100th anniversary celebration.
Description of Airfied from January 1, 1936. Thanks Bookman
Ford Hangar
Blimp Mast
Aerial Photo from Little Known
Another
a third
1930s Post Card
Here's some information on Ford Field, Dearborn, Mi.. There is a complete section on it in Little Known Airports in Michigan. Below is a history time line from Wikipedia and photos from Little Known.
History Timeline
1924: 20,000-square-foot (1,900 m²) Stout Metal Airplane Company factory opens
1925: Ford Airport is dedicated as the first modern airport, equipped with two grass runways and flood lights for night landings
1925: Henry Ford builds the largest, most modern and only privately owned permanent dirigible mooring mast. It was only used twice and demolished in 1946.
1925: Ford Air Transportation Service between Detroit and Chicago begins – the first regularly scheduled airline in the United States
1925-31: Annual National Air Tour to demonstrate safety and reliability of commercial aviation starts and ends at Ford Airport.
1926: First successful radio guided flight, using system developed by Ford Motor Company.
1926: Stout factory is replaced with a 62,000-square-foot (5,800 m²) facility to build new Ford Tri-Motors using assembly line production for the first time.
1928-29: Grass runways are paved—the first concrete runways in the world.
1931: Dearborn Inn opens—one of the first hotels built to service the air traveler.
1938: First vehicle test track is laid down.
1947: Ford Air Transport Office moves to Detroit Metropolitan Airport, ending Ford Airport operations.
2003: June 9 - Five vintage airplanes, including two Ford Tri-Motors, fly into Dearborn Proving Grounds; the first time in 56 years the test track is used as an airport. The planes were part of the "Taking Flight: Ford's History in Aviation" exhibit, which was one facet of Ford Motor Company's 100th anniversary celebration.
Description of Airfied from January 1, 1936. Thanks Bookman
Ford Hangar
Blimp Mast
Aerial Photo from Little Known
Another
a third
1930s Post Card
