As a friend of the Ford family, Richard Evelyn Byrd visited Dearborn in 1925 with the polar exploration aircraft.
Test pilot Rudolph William "Shorty" Schroeder could barely circle the field and refused to take off in the plane again.
[7] In a 1951 interview, engineer Harold Hicks said that the fire and a fresh start were the best thing that happened to Ford's aviation venture.
[9] For the Ford 4AT, the basic 3AT design was used, with the main engines placed in underwing, strut-mounted nacelles, and the cockpit moved internally.
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