History,
In 1925, Henry Ford
initiated a special project to develop a small airplane that might prove as
useful and affordable as the Model T, a so-called "air flivver." The
first Flivver, demonstrated at the Air Reliability Tour in 1926, generated a
great deal of press. A new, improved model broke a world’s distance record for
small planes (972 miles between Dearborn and Titusville, Florida). But,
unfortunately, soon after pilot Harry Brooks broke the record, the plane crashed
and he was killed. After that, Ford stopped making Flivvers.
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The kit is the
Williams Brothers kit with their lovely box art. I used Metal foil for the
wings.
Tamer
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