Part 1 AIRLINE INDUSTRY WOEFUL START: Ford TRIMOTOR to the RESCUE

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This is Part 1 of a 4-Part series on two iconic aircraft that defined the fledgling airline industry in the U.S.--the FORD TRIMOTOR in the first two parts and the DOUGLAS DC-3 in the second two.In this Part 1 we cover the birth of the U.S. airlines in the first half of the 20th Century. We do this with the help of airline history expert and author K. R. Wright who will highlight the horrific emergence of the airlines that led to the Trimotor airliner. We also get close-up views of operating Trimotor restorations now in exhibition service.Thanks for watching and please LIKE, SUBSCRIBE, RING THE BELL and SHARE!Please contact me, John A. Reed with any useful information or simply if you want to discuss vintage aviation topics at:John A. Reedj.reed3930@sbcglobal.net

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@taketimeout2share 2 года назад

Very interesting. He doesn't sound old enough! Remarkable.

@AeroDinosaur 2 года назад

The models in the background of this presentation are radio control aircraft that I fly. I also have built over 100 static models. These will be featured as centerpieces for video programs we are coming out with for 2022. None of my models are from travel agencies or promotional displays.

@taketimeout2share 2 года назад

@@AeroDinosaur I quickly edited my original comment as I realised I had asked almost the same question a year ago. Forgive my repetition. However back then I thought you were delivering some of these uploads in a Museum but came to understand they are all, even the large ones, your own creations. Wonderful work! Did you ever make use of the technique of applying thin cooking foil on to Airfix/HELLER kits? The effect is startling and still reveals every rivet and other detail so the kit seems to be made of metal, just like the real thing! I look forward to every one of your uploads. Thank you so much.

@AeroDinosaur 2 года назад

@@taketimeout2share Oh well, if it was a year ago I'd barely remember it, no problem on the repetition. Never did use the cooking foil technique but sounds compelling! Problem is, I have no more room in my house to build more models--I figured I had everything I wanted so I quit! Will have more uploads soon.

@LetsFixItRight 3 года назад

Truly outstanding account of the origin of our airline industry. Unfortunately, as far as I know this history is not covered very good anywhere else with the exception of Retired United Airline Captain Kim Wright’s book, “The Few, The Proud, The Bankrupt”, which is available on Amazon.com. Otherwise, if this airline history is covered, it is not well known. As far as I know, this is rare and valuable information and film footage on the airline industry. In my opinion, I thought the information about the US Mail Service establishing its scheduled routes as a foundation for today’s airline routes was huge. I did not know this before seeing this video. Captain Wright’s book and research on the evolution of the industry was enlightening. In addition, until seeing this video, I didn’t realize that the safe and all metal Ford Trimotor in the 1930’s pulled the airline industry out of its slump at this time. I strongly recommend this video to anybody who wants to be an airline pilot or work in the airline industry.

@stevewpmac 3 года назад

I don't think there is much distinction when posting letters now between 1st class and Airmail. We really need Newman from Seinfeld to explain it. My uncles from Farmington Mo landed in different parts of the country after WWII. They used to write my mother from Los Angeles and Anchorage AL, one was a Naval pilot, the other was Army infantry. The letters came in with the distinctive red and blue borders. My mother used to read them and then set them aside for my dad to read when he came home for lunch. Obviously, a different time then now. I checked ebay and there are new, unused airmail envelopes with 6 cents of postage available. $1.00 each.

@LetsFixItRight 3 года назад

@@stevewpmac Interesting.

@AeroDinosaur 3 года назад

THANK YOU LETS FIX IT RIGHT!

@AeroDinosaur 3 года назад

@@stevewpmac Those striped-edge airmail envelopes disappeared as the standard not that long ago, but I see you can still buy them if you want to use them.

@lostcreek163 3 года назад

Thanks John!!!

@AeroDinosaur 3 года назад

You bet, Frank. Your Skyraider video skyrocketed last month.

@guaporeturns9472 2 года назад

I used to clean up around that Boeing 40 when it was parked in the hangar at WAAAM in Hood River Oregon a few years ago.(7-8 maybe) Love that plane.. If you haven’t been it’s definitely worth a trip to Hood River , absolutely awesome museum. I even donated an old Austro-Hungarian Steyr M-95 rifle that’s on display in the military weapons display. Love that place

@AeroDinosaur 2 года назад

Great to hear from you again Guapo! When I am up there will definitely check out the Hood River Museum.

@guaporeturns9472 2 года назад

@@AeroDinosaur Awesome amigo

@wintersbattleofbands1144 8 месяцев назад

How in the 2020s does one have this sort of audio trouble?

@stevewpmac 3 года назад

Were all 3 engine throttles controlled together by locked levers and also possible to unlock to operate independently?

@AeroDinosaur 3 года назад

Each engine has different quirks with power condition changes, and the throttle cables to them can also develop different tensions between engines. Power changes usually made uncoupled with the pilot (or engineer) monitoring the manifold pressure (or in later planes BMEP) to make sure pressures are fairly close (they don't have to be perfect). Then in cruise they can lock the throttles at reasonably consistent manifold pressures, but the throttle levers are often in slightly different positions. As far as propeller RPM is concerned, in four-engine aircraft, cruise RPM settings are kept the same automatically with an automatic prop synchronization system.

@steveniksid5874 Год назад

Anyone else having audio issues? Can hardly hear the video.

@wintersbattleofbands1144 8 месяцев назад

Missing the right channel.

@pilotnl 5 месяцев назад

Thanks for a great video. It’s funny how every American mispronounces ‘Fokker’, (It means breeder, generally of horses) and it’s pronounced Fòkker, not foowker.

@AeroDinosaur 4 месяца назад

Thanks for watching and glad you enjoyed it! I never was exactly sure how to properly pronounce 'Fokker'!