<h2 style="text-align: center;"><em><span style="color: #800000;"><strong>JOIN US for Food, History, the Aircraft - TRIPLE Fun!</strong></span></em></h2>
<h2 style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: 12pt;">Thursday April 4:  2 - 5pm</span>
<span style="font-size: 12pt;">Friday April 5 - Sunday, April 7:  8am - 4pm</span>
<span style="color: #808080; font-size: 12pt;">Double Eagle II Airport, Albuquerque</span></h2>
<span style="font-size: 12pt;"><strong>Fly the Ford!   $99 Adults; $75 for 17 and under</strong></span>
<strong>Book your flight: <a href="https://www.eaa.org/flights/flightregistration.aspx?ID=2726144" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Ford Tour Registration</a></strong>
Tickets are for a particular day, seating is first come, first served<strong>.
Ground tours when the Tri-Motor is not flying.
</strong><strong>General information: <a href="https://www.eaa.org/flight-experiences/fly-the-ford-eaa-ford-tri-motor-airplane-tour" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Ford Tri-Motor Tour</a></strong>

<strong>Directions to Double Eagle II Airport:</strong>   Take I-40 or Paseo del Norte west to Atrisco Vista Blvd.  Follow airport signs to main parking lot (FREE Parking).  7401 Atrisco Vista Blvd; Albuquerque, NM  87120

Join us to celebrate the return of a 1929 Ford Tri-Motor 5-AT-E to Albuquerque, at the Double Eagle II airport (on the west mesa). This is an example of an aircraft that helped develop the first commercial air service across the United States.
<strong>Bring the family and your camera; viewing the aircraft is FREE.</strong>

This relic of aviation history, affectionately called the "Tin Goose", was the largest civilian passenger aircraft of its time.  Albuquerque shares this unique history, serving as a key stop along the 1920's Transcontinental Air Transport (TAT) route.  Still remaining are concrete arrows, foundations for navigation beacons which guided pilots along the route.

<strong>History Presentations and Displays</strong>

Ongoing displays by the <strong>CCHS Airway Heritage Museum at the Grants-Milan Airport</strong> and the <strong>Albuquerque Cavalcade of Wings</strong> will highlight early navigation methods, New Mexico's TAT role, and remaining area beacon stations and concrete arrows.

[caption id="attachment_7162" align="aligncenter" width="600"]<img class="wp-image-7162" src="https://eaa179.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/03/EAA-TriMotorInterior.jpg" alt="EAA Ford TriMotor Inside" width="600" height="398" /> Experience the elegance![/caption]

[caption id="attachment_2133" align="alignnone" width="600"]<img class="wp-image-2133 size-full" src="https://eaa179.org/wp-content/uploads/2017/02/EAA_Liberty_TriMotor.jpg" alt="EAA_Liberty_TriMotor" width="600" height="275" /> Get your photo with a flying piece of history![/caption]

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The Tri-Motor visited Albuquerque back in 2018. See the <a href="https://eaa179.org/fly-the-ford-tri-motor-2018/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">announcement and photos</a> from that visit.