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Cruiser Grand Master

Cruiser

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Owned by Liberty Aviation Museum, Port Clinton, Ohio

 

It is in Zephyrhills for some maintenance and then it will start on tour, operated by EAA.

 

Model 5-AT-B Ford Tri-Motor, known as the “City of Wichita”, Serial #5-AT-8, Registration #N9645, purchased from the Evergreen Aviation and Space Museum located in McMinnville, Oregon., it was put airworthy last summer and will be based at KPCW.

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N33GG Mentor

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Took a ride on one of those a few...er several... years ago at Oshkosh.  SLOW liftoff, SLOW cruise, SLOW landing, and much of the fun was watching those engines right out the window.  Extremely cool!

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  On 12/17/2014 at 10:32 PM, ryoder said:

I heard they charge 70 bucks for a ride. I want one. It is super awesome looking.

Arrrggghhh.... it was a small fraction of 70 bucks when I took a ride.  I might not be able to afford Oshkosh anymore!

cliffy Grand Master

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Had one in Page AZ a couple of years ago giving rides at the Air Fair. On the first trip around the pattern they blew a cylinder on the right motor. The barrel separated from the base and hung there. It was all they could do to get to the runway as at that altitude (DA of around 7500') it was going downhill on two going flat out. 

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