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Photos by Mike Litvin Ford Tri-Motor Floyd Bennett A Tin Goose fit for a museum Sitting on the tarmac, the Tri-Motor looks like the real thing! Shortly after midnight on November 29, 1929, Commander Richard E. Byrd flew the Ford Tri-Motor Floyd Bennett over the South Pole marking an aviation first. The dangerous flight was the culmination of years of planning and many challenges. Some friends and I belong to the Frontiers of Flight Museum...
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