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- Code Number:
- TAFV12P10_05B
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Eastern Airlines EAL, NC8407, Ford Tri-Motor 4-AT-E
- CN: 4-AT-69
This Trimotor first flew on August 21, 1929. It was sold to Pitcairn Aviation?s passenger division. In 1930, it was leased to Cubana Airlines, where it inaugurated air services between Havana and Santiago de Cuba. It was later flown by the government of the Dominican Republic. After being fixed back to flying shape it now flies for the EAA in Oshkosh.
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Connecting The Dots With Vern
Even as a kid, I have always been amazed with flight - and yet as magical as flying seems to be - The burning of fossil fuels by the aviation industry is not sustainable! The industry (and each of us) are in fervent denial, even though the industry espouses their green credentials. This charade will be one of the many atrocities that destroys a human habitable world. Though the Earth does not care, WE as the dominant species should! To fly is to massively pollute! . . . and will hasten our own demise. The Sixth great extinction is presently underway. 2024 ... --- ...
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- Wernher Krutein
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