Ford Trimotor plane about to depart from an airfield mb-height 2415 February 1968

February 1968

north west view with figures in the foreground including a group of three men consulting a drawing of the church

Gog and Magog represent the City of London in this cartoon which relates to the proposal to enlarge the Corporation

Partial solar and lunar eclipses for the dates: 1 April 1912

Ford Trimotor plane about to depart from an airfield mb-height 2415 February 1968Ford Trimotor plane about to depart from an airfield, c1932. Nicknamed the 'Tin Goose', the Ford Trimotor was designed by William B Stout and was manufactured by the Ford Motor Company. The aircraft carried twelve passengers and cruised at 125 miles per hour. 199 were built between 1925 and 1933.