trimotor

Mostly these competitors were corporate-funded, multi-engine aircraft, and they tended toward the luxurious: A Sikorski trimotor was outfitted with a meal of roast Long Island duck, to be consumed upon arrival in Paris.

A Race Across the Pond Dan Ford 2011

Spanish engineer and inventor Juan de la Cierva was one of the first to decide that adding a rotor to an ordinary airplane could make it safer, a goal he set for himself in 1919 after a trimotor plane he had designed stalled and crashed.

The Dream Machine Richard Whittle 2010

Spanish engineer and inventor Juan de la Cierva was one of the first to decide that adding a rotor to an ordinary airplane could make it safer, a goal he set for himself in 1919 after a trimotor plane he had designed stalled and crashed.

The Dream Machine Richard Whittle 2010

Spanish engineer and inventor Juan de la Cierva was one of the first to decide that adding a rotor to an ordinary airplane could make it safer, a goal he set for himself in 1919 after a trimotor plane he had designed stalled and crashed.

The Dream Machine Richard Whittle 2010

The aircraft was a German trimotor Fokker, a frame of steel covered with corrugated sheets of aluminum.

One River Wade Davis 1996

Two weeks later Schultes was lifted out of La Pedrera by yet another trimotor Fokker, this time one with floats.

One River Wade Davis 1996

The aircraft was a German trimotor Fokker, a frame of steel covered with corrugated sheets of aluminum.

One River Wade Davis 1996

The plane that made the run to Tres Esquinas, a trimotor Fokker on floats, could carry four passengers.

One River Wade Davis 1996

Two weeks later Schultes was lifted out of La Pedrera by yet another trimotor Fokker, this time one with floats.

One River Wade Davis 1996

The plane that made the run to Tres Esquinas, a trimotor Fokker on floats, could carry four passengers.

One River Wade Davis 1996