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    1928

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    Early photo of a Ford Tri-Motor 5-AT-A at Rentschler Field, East Hartford, Connecticut, about 1928; the Ford was the first large plane flown by Bernard L. "Benny" Whelan, then employed at United Aircraft, East Hartford, Connecticut. It featured air-cooled Wasp engines, which Pratt & Whitney manufactured.

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    Ford Tri-Motor Airplane, Rentschler Field, United Aircraft, Bernard L. Whelan, Pratt & Whitney

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