We Flew the Ford

	Kim and Adam here with another little adventure. This past Saturday the two of us took the opportunity to experience a little aviation history first-hand. The EAA’s (Experimental Aircraft Association) 1929 Ford Tri-Motor 4-AT-E. You can read more about the Ford Tri-Motor here. A couple interesting things you might note in the pictures, the plane is covered in a shiny corrugated aluminum, which is strong but not necessarily aerodynamic and if you look at the detail picture of the motor you can see the gauges the pilot used to monitor them from inside the cockpit.
Ford Tri-Motor taxiing to us.
After a pancake breakfast and checking out the other planes at the Ankeny Regional Airport we took our turn in this historical aircraft. If you ever have the chance to ride in it I highly recommend it. Also try to sit in the back seat if you can, though each seat has a window and a great view. Our flight was about 20 minutes long, I can only imagine what it was like to ride with all that noise for hours, but it was still faster than the train.
	Kim enjoying the ride.
Tail detail	Ford flying overhead.
Adam posing by the fuselage	Detail of the motor, note the guauges.
Ford taxiing away, past a Piper Tri-Pacer	Detail of the cabin