Ford Tri-motor airplane photograph   Save
A.V. Shirk Collection
Description: A 35mm color negative of a Ford Tri-motor airplane in flight at Port Clinton, Ohio, taken by A.V. Shirk in the spring of 1972. This Ford Tri-motor flew for Island Airlines, the passenger service from Port Clinton to the Lake Erie Islands. Island Airlines got its first Ford Tri-motor in 1946, which flew twice-daily flights between Port Clinton Municipal Airport (now Erie-Ottawa International Airport) and Put-In Bay, Kelleys Island, and Middle Bass and North Bass Islands. The airline eventually operated four Tri-motors, each of which could transport 10 passengers. Island Airlines ceased operations in 1985. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: AV283_B01F02_003
Subjects: Lake Erie Islands (Ohio); Airplanes; Island Airlines; Transportation--Ohio--History; Aviation--History;
Places: Port Clinton (Ohio); Ottawa County (Ohio);