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Fri, Jul 09, 2004

Port Clinton, Ohio, Residents Flock To EAA'S Ford Tri-Motor

Welcoming Back An Old Friend

If a city can associate itself with an airplane type, Port Clinton, Ohio, certainly identifies with the Ford Tri-Motor. Over the Fourth of July holiday weekend, EAA's Fly the Ford mini tour visited the northwest Ohio city along Lake Erie, which served as the original home base for Island Airlines, operators of three Fords. Demand for rides aboard EAA's meticulously maintained Tin Goose has been outstanding. All day Saturday, Sunday, Monday and again Tuesday, thousands of people turned out to see and ride the EAA Ford Tri-motor at the Erie Ottawa Regional Airport.

"We've been flying like crazy," EAA Director of Aircraft Operations Sean Elliott said Tuesday morning. "We did 24 flights Monday, probably heading for the mid-twenties again today."

Literally thousands of Port Clinton area residents flew in Island Airlines' Ford Tri-Motors that provided service out to several nearby islands. The planes also served as aerial school buses for many children in the 1950s and 1960s.

EAA Chapter 1247, nicknamed the Tin Goose Chapter, is very involved with tri-motor history. Members recently started a tri-motor restoration project.

"The people I talked with said it was a real neat opportunity to kind of get reacquainted with the Ford," Elliott added. "They thought it was really cool to see one over the skies of Port Clinton again."

The airplane relocates to Ohio State University Airport in Columbus (OH) on Wednesday, July 7, with public flights July 8-11. It's on to Kalamazoo, Michigan, for flights July 12-14 and then to Chicagoland's Aurora Municipal Airport July 16-18 before returning to Oshkosh for EAA AirVenture.

FMI: www.flytheford.org

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