North End Framed Print

…of a south bound Trimotor.

The Ford Trimotor was more advanced than the standard construction techniques of the 1920’s. The aircraft resembled the Fokker F.VII Trimotor, except for being all metal which Henry Ford claimed made it "the safest airliner around". Its fuselage and wings followed a design pioneered by Junkers during World War I with the Junkers J.I and used postwar in a series of airliners starting with the Junkers F.13 low-wing monoplane of 1920 of which a number were exported to the United States, the Junkers K 16 high-wing airliner of 1921, and the Junkers G 24 Trimotor of 1924.

All of these were constructed of aluminum alloy, which was corrugated for added stiffness, although the resulting drag reduced its overall performance. So similar were the designs that Junkers sued and won when Ford attempted to export an aircraft to Europe. In 1930, Ford counter-sued in Prague, and despite the possibility of anti-German sentiment, was decisively defeated a...

Photography is all about using light to capture the emotion and beauty of a fleeting moment. For me, this adventure began with a single spring image using a small Kodak film camera of a freshly watered central Kansas ditch and has come full circle using modern digital techniques. My first camera was acquired by trading an ancient Royal typewriter to a fellow college student who was desperate to finish a term paper. It was a long time ago and that camera was my passport to an art that has fascinated me ever since. I owned and operated a professional studio in central Kansas for 20 years and moved to Colorado in 1994. Part of the studio's early success came from creating outdoor portraiture using controlled lighting...