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Ford Tri-Motor (N8407)
EAA's 1929 Ford Tri-Motor in front of the Downtown St Paul airport, "Holman Field" administration building which was built by the WPA in 1939.
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Jim - I hope that airport building is on the "Historical Register"... :-)
Thanks for sharing with us!!!
Thanks for sharing with us!!!
Cliff731, yes it is registered as historic. Also on the bluff across the Mississippi river from the airport is an old airways beacon that still operates every night and flashes white...white.
Jim - thanks for the information. There's an older airport terminal in my state's capitol city that never made that list. It's also a WPA built terminal as I recall, but has suffered from abandonment and neglect over the years. That "white-white" airport beacon flash... that's for an unlighted land airport?
Nice composition Jim, thanks!
A standard land airport has a white...green beacon, and St Paul has one of those.
The white... white beacon was part of the old airway when Northwest Airways flew mail and passengers between St Paul and Chicago. They were spaced about 10 miles apart along the route.
So, in a sense, St Paul has two beacons.
Thanks for the nice complements guys.
The white... white beacon was part of the old airway when Northwest Airways flew mail and passengers between St Paul and Chicago. They were spaced about 10 miles apart along the route.
So, in a sense, St Paul has two beacons.
Thanks for the nice complements guys.
Thanks, Jim... and You are very welcome. I do appreciate that information!!! :-)
This photo of this old, but incredibly convenient, Airport, brings back so many wonderful memories. It’s known to us old
pilots, as Holman Field, named after Charlie “Speed” Holman, an airmail, barnstorming, daredevil pilot, who also was the
first hired pilot by Northwest Airlines. This airport was the place from which I received my ASEL in 1967 from a great
little company called Robb Aviation. Thanks for posting the photo of this historic aircraft, parked in front this historic old
stone terminal.
pilots, as Holman Field, named after Charlie “Speed” Holman, an airmail, barnstorming, daredevil pilot, who also was the
first hired pilot by Northwest Airlines. This airport was the place from which I received my ASEL in 1967 from a great
little company called Robb Aviation. Thanks for posting the photo of this historic aircraft, parked in front this historic old
stone terminal.
KSTP is just a stone's throw from my home airport - KFCM (Flying Cloud, MN).
Also visible in the distance is the dome of the Cathedral of Saint Paul, just to the WNW of this location.
Also visible in the distance is the dome of the Cathedral of Saint Paul, just to the WNW of this location.
When was the photo taken?
We stop down at Holman occasionally to eat at the restaurant in the terminal, but have never seen any historical aircraft on the ramp.
We stop down at Holman occasionally to eat at the restaurant in the terminal, but have never seen any historical aircraft on the ramp.
The photo was taken on 7-7-2018 when the EAA with the help of Chapter 54 were selling rides that weekend.
My father was a crew member on the first westbound transcontinental commercial flight(s) in one of these amazing airplanes. I used the plural for flight because the journey was a combination of Pullman trains and Ford Tri-Motors.
It originated in New York aboard a train called the"Airways Limited." It would stop and let the passengers off at Port Columbus airport where they walked to a waiting Tri-Motor. It would fly them to Waynoka, OK where they would board another train that took them on to Albuquerque where they'd record a Twi-Motor that took then Glendale, CA.
It originated in New York aboard a train called the"Airways Limited." It would stop and let the passengers off at Port Columbus airport where they walked to a waiting Tri-Motor. It would fly them to Waynoka, OK where they would board another train that took them on to Albuquerque where they'd record a Twi-Motor that took then Glendale, CA.
That would look spectacular in B&W. Nice shot. I got a shot of her in Anoka. I love seeing that up in the air. It is good to see in front of that spot. I have a nice shot of the building with the Miss Mitchell flying past. Link to the shot on flicker: https://www.flickr.com/photos/46333063@N03/46514820882/in/dateposted/
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Date | Aircraft | Origin | Destination | Departure | Arrival | Duration |
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02-May-2024 | Unknown | Abilene Rgnl (KABI) | Abilene Rgnl (KABI) | 03:03PM CDT | 03:13PM CDT | 0:10 |
02-May-2024 | Unknown | Abilene Rgnl (KABI) | Abilene Rgnl (KABI) | 02:02PM CDT | 02:11PM CDT | 0:09 |
29-Apr-2024 | Unknown | Midland Intl Air and Space Port (KMAF) | Abilene Rgnl (KABI) | 10:49AM CDT | 12:14PM CDT | 1:25 |
28-Apr-2024 | Unknown | Midland Intl Air and Space Port (KMAF) | Midland Intl Air and Space Port (KMAF) | 05:05PM CDT | 05:16PM CDT | 0:11 |
28-Apr-2024 | Unknown | Midland Intl Air and Space Port (KMAF) | Midland Intl Air and Space Port (KMAF) | 02:18PM CDT | 02:27PM CDT | 0:09 |
28-Apr-2024 | Unknown | Midland Intl Air and Space Port (KMAF) | Midland Intl Air and Space Port (KMAF) | 01:35PM CDT | 01:46PM CDT | 0:10 |
28-Apr-2024 | Unknown | Midland Intl Air and Space Port (KMAF) | Midland Intl Air and Space Port (KMAF) | 12:39PM CDT | 12:50PM CDT | 0:10 |
28-Apr-2024 | Unknown | Midland Intl Air and Space Port (KMAF) | Midland Intl Air and Space Port (KMAF) | 11:54AM CDT | 12:06PM CDT | 0:11 |
28-Apr-2024 | Unknown | Midland Intl Air and Space Port (KMAF) | Midland Intl Air and Space Port (KMAF) | 10:45AM CDT | 10:58AM CDT | 0:12 |
28-Apr-2024 | Unknown | Midland Intl Air and Space Port (KMAF) | Midland Intl Air and Space Port (KMAF) | 09:52AM CDT | 10:04AM CDT | 0:11 |
28-Apr-2024 | Unknown | Midland Intl Air and Space Port (KMAF) | Midland Intl Air and Space Port (KMAF) | 09:11AM CDT | 09:22AM CDT | 0:10 |
27-Apr-2024 | Unknown | Midland Intl Air and Space Port (KMAF) | Midland Intl Air and Space Port (KMAF) | 05:14PM CDT | 05:24PM CDT | 0:10 |
27-Apr-2024 | Unknown | Midland Intl Air and Space Port (KMAF) | Midland Intl Air and Space Port (KMAF) | 04:25PM CDT | 04:35PM CDT | 0:10 |
27-Apr-2024 | Unknown | Midland Intl Air and Space Port (KMAF) | Midland Intl Air and Space Port (KMAF) | 03:24PM CDT | 03:34PM CDT | 0:09 |
27-Apr-2024 | Unknown | Midland Intl Air and Space Port (KMAF) | Midland Intl Air and Space Port (KMAF) | 02:42PM CDT | 02:51PM CDT | 0:09 |
27-Apr-2024 | Unknown | Midland Intl Air and Space Port (KMAF) | Midland Intl Air and Space Port (KMAF) | 01:04PM CDT | 01:13PM CDT | 0:09 |
27-Apr-2024 | Unknown | Midland Intl Air and Space Port (KMAF) | Midland Intl Air and Space Port (KMAF) | 11:49AM CDT | 11:58AM CDT | 0:09 |
27-Apr-2024 | Unknown | Midland Intl Air and Space Port (KMAF) | Midland Intl Air and Space Port (KMAF) | 10:42AM CDT | 10:52AM CDT | 0:09 |
27-Apr-2024 | Unknown | Midland Intl Air and Space Port (KMAF) | Midland Intl Air and Space Port (KMAF) | 10:07AM CDT | 10:17AM CDT | 0:10 |
27-Apr-2024 | Unknown | Midland Intl Air and Space Port (KMAF) | Midland Intl Air and Space Port (KMAF) | 09:36AM CDT | 09:43AM CDT | 0:07 |
26-Apr-2024 | Unknown | Midland Intl Air and Space Port (KMAF) | Midland Intl Air and Space Port (KMAF) | 10:46AM CDT | 10:57AM CDT | 0:10 |
25-Apr-2024 | Unknown | Midland Intl Air and Space Port (KMAF) | Midland Intl Air and Space Port (KMAF) | 04:52PM CDT | 05:05PM CDT | 0:13 |
25-Apr-2024 | Unknown | Midland Intl Air and Space Port (KMAF) | Midland Intl Air and Space Port (KMAF) | 04:03PM CDT | 04:14PM CDT | 0:11 |
25-Apr-2024 | Unknown | Midland Intl Air and Space Port (KMAF) | Midland Intl Air and Space Port (KMAF) | 03:10PM CDT | 03:21PM CDT | 0:10 |
22-Apr-2024 | Unknown | San Angelo Rgnl (KSJT) | Midland Intl Air and Space Port (KMAF) | 09:11AM CDT | 10:28AM CDT | 1:16 |
21-Apr-2024 | Unknown | San Angelo Rgnl (KSJT) | San Angelo Rgnl (KSJT) | 04:29PM CDT | 05:00PM CDT | 0:30 |
21-Apr-2024 | Unknown | San Angelo Rgnl (KSJT) | San Angelo Rgnl (KSJT) | 03:55PM CDT | 04:06PM CDT | 0:11 |
21-Apr-2024 | Unknown | San Angelo Rgnl (KSJT) | San Angelo Rgnl (KSJT) | 03:23PM CDT | 03:33PM CDT | 0:10 |
21-Apr-2024 | Unknown | San Angelo Rgnl (KSJT) | San Angelo Rgnl (KSJT) | 03:00PM CDT | 03:12PM CDT | 0:12 |
21-Apr-2024 | Unknown | San Angelo Rgnl (KSJT) | San Angelo Rgnl (KSJT) | 02:18PM CDT | 02:49PM CDT | 0:31 |
21-Apr-2024 | Unknown | San Angelo Rgnl (KSJT) | San Angelo Rgnl (KSJT) | 01:53PM CDT | 02:16PM CDT | 0:22 |
21-Apr-2024 | Unknown | San Angelo Rgnl (KSJT) | San Angelo Rgnl (KSJT) | 01:32PM CDT | 01:52PM CDT | 0:20 |
21-Apr-2024 | Unknown | San Angelo Rgnl (KSJT) | San Angelo Rgnl (KSJT) | 12:59PM CDT | 01:10PM CDT | 0:11 |
21-Apr-2024 | Unknown | San Angelo Rgnl (KSJT) | San Angelo Rgnl (KSJT) | 12:28PM CDT | 12:40PM CDT | 0:12 |
21-Apr-2024 | Unknown | San Angelo Rgnl (KSJT) | San Angelo Rgnl (KSJT) | 11:51AM CDT | 12:04PM CDT | 0:12 |
21-Apr-2024 | Unknown | San Angelo Rgnl (KSJT) | San Angelo Rgnl (KSJT) | 11:30AM CDT | 11:50AM CDT | 0:19 |
21-Apr-2024 | Unknown | San Angelo Rgnl (KSJT) | San Angelo Rgnl (KSJT) | 11:06AM CDT | 11:28AM CDT | 0:21 |
21-Apr-2024 | Unknown | San Angelo Rgnl (KSJT) | San Angelo Rgnl (KSJT) | 10:44AM CDT | 10:56AM CDT | 0:11 |
21-Apr-2024 | Unknown | San Angelo Rgnl (KSJT) | San Angelo Rgnl (KSJT) | 10:11AM CDT | 10:24AM CDT | 0:12 |
21-Apr-2024 | Unknown | San Angelo Rgnl (KSJT) | San Angelo Rgnl (KSJT) | 09:49AM CDT | 10:09AM CDT | 0:19 |
21-Apr-2024 | Unknown | San Angelo Rgnl (KSJT) | San Angelo Rgnl (KSJT) | 09:21AM CDT | 09:34AM CDT | 0:12 |
19-Apr-2024 | Unknown | San Angelo Rgnl (KSJT) | San Angelo Rgnl (KSJT) | 04:29PM CDT | 04:42PM CDT | 0:12 |
19-Apr-2024 | Unknown | San Angelo Rgnl (KSJT) | San Angelo Rgnl (KSJT) | 03:14PM CDT | 03:26PM CDT | 0:11 |
19-Apr-2024 | Unknown | San Angelo Rgnl (KSJT) | San Angelo Rgnl (KSJT) | 02:12PM CDT | 02:24PM CDT | 0:11 |
19-Apr-2024 | Unknown | San Angelo Rgnl (KSJT) | San Angelo Rgnl (KSJT) | 01:20PM CDT | 01:33PM CDT | 0:12 |
19-Apr-2024 | Unknown | San Angelo Rgnl (KSJT) | San Angelo Rgnl (KSJT) | 11:13AM CDT | 11:27AM CDT | 0:14 |
19-Apr-2024 | Unknown | San Angelo Rgnl (KSJT) | San Angelo Rgnl (KSJT) | 10:20AM CDT | 10:34AM CDT | 0:14 |
19-Apr-2024 | Unknown | San Angelo Rgnl (KSJT) | San Angelo Rgnl (KSJT) | 09:48AM CDT | 09:59AM CDT | 0:11 |
18-Apr-2024 | Unknown | San Angelo Rgnl (KSJT) | San Angelo Rgnl (KSJT) | 03:58PM CDT | 04:07PM CDT | 0:09 |
18-Apr-2024 | Unknown | San Angelo Rgnl (KSJT) | San Angelo Rgnl (KSJT) | 03:26PM CDT | 03:36PM CDT | 0:10 |
18-Apr-2024 | Unknown | San Angelo Rgnl (KSJT) | San Angelo Rgnl (KSJT) | 02:58PM CDT | 03:23PM CDT | 0:25 |
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