Plane Tail Wing
This was shot at the Henry Ford Museum and one of the planes had this emblem on it. So it looks like Ford was into building motors for planes was well as cars. Even though this in far from a macro image, most of what I shoot is not true macro, it’s really close-up photography. Taking in a shot of a small subject that is outside of the 1:1 macro range, or a small part of a larger subject like this tail wing.
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Mike, this is the vertical stabilizer on a Ford Trimotor, which was built by the Stout Metal Airplane Division of the Ford Motor Company. The engines were built by Curtis-Wright.
Thanks for the History on this Steve, strange, ford didn’t make the engine, since they were already in the business of making motors.
Ford did build 12-cylinder Liberty engines for the military during WW I, along with Buick, Cadilllac, Lincoln and Marmon. Interestingly, Ford built the B-24 Liberator bomber during WW II.
The corrugated skin really gives the image great texture. Post-processed with Nik? I’m a pilot and love the aircraft of the “Golden Age” of aviation.
Thanks again for the info Steve, and yes the body looked really cool with the lines of the corrugated body and the color was great.
I was also surprised when I saw Ford Trimotor airplane during Airventure in Oshkosh, WI few years ago. It is there, flying, every single year (I suppose not the same one which stands in the museum
), showing mostly young passengers the elegance and comfort of early airliners. There is a sad story connected to why Ford stopped making airplanes after early successes- his personal pilot and apparently dear friend was killed in the accident on test flight.
Hi Mike,
I like this photograph as I like all of your photographs and instruction. I have saved your e-mails to go over again. Thanks for sharing.
Jeff Williams