At nearly 90 years old, Ford Tri-Motors are museum pieces. They’re the world’s first all-metal, multi-engine commercial airliners.
Really, it’s hard to believe they still let these things fly. They’re too historic.
But the so-called Tin Goose was flying at last week’s aviation festival at Oshkosh, Wisconsin, so, as an aviation buff, CNN’s Thom Patterson had to get aboard.
Patterson said, “You have to watch your head when you enter this 50-foot plane through the rear hatch, and I immediately feel the adventure of early airline travel.”
