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You are here: Home / Chapter Events / The EAA Trimotor Tour Stop at Reno-Stead was Great!

The EAA Trimotor Tour Stop at Reno-Stead was Great!

November 17, 2016 by Editor

The EAA 1928 Ford Trimotor AT-5-B tour stop at the Reno-Stead airport on November 10-13, 2016 was a great success! The first flight was flown on Thursday afternoon at about 2 pm and the final flight finished around 4 pm on Sunday.

The Trimotor, with pilot John Hartke at the controls in the left seat, made 30 flights over the weekend touring around the area north of Reno. Over 300 passengers were given a glimpse of what travel was like in the early years of airline service.  In addition, an estimated 450 people were able to tour Reno-Stead Freedom Terminal, many for the first time.

Visitors ranged from small children watching or flying with their parents to one wonderful lady who walked up to the plane and announced that she was 14 years old when the plane was built (yes, that makes her 102 years old – a fact that you would never guess by the way she was moving around the aircraft).

At least a half dozen of the visitor/passengers who experienced the event were mechanics/restoration experts who worked for Bill Harrah when the Trimotor went through its initial 7-year restoration. Two are shown in the photo gallery below. They could still point out the metal skin panels that they had installed and recalled the tremendous effort that went into rebuilding the plane.

All of the Chapter 1361 volunteers had a great time at the event and throughout the weekend were given a chance to take a flight when a seat remained open on a mostly-full flight. Randy and Wade, two of our Chapter volunteers, even flew with John to the Trimotor’s next tour stop in the San Francisco bay area.  John was great about signing logbooks for pilots who had flown one of the Trimotor flights in the right seat. That’s not the kind of flight time that you see very often in a pilot logbook!

Many, many thanks to all of the great volunteers and sponsors who helped us host this event. Special thanks to the Reno-Tahoe Airport Authority, the Reno-Stead Airport, the Atlantis Casino Resort Spa, Dolan Lexus of Reno and Aviation Classics, Ltd.

Here are some photos that our volunteers and Chapter friends have taken during the event. [click for larger images]

Wave to the Pilot.
Wave to the Pilot.
Up close with a Pratt & Whitney R-985
Up close with a Pratt & Whitney R-985.

Passengers off, passengers on.
Passengers off, passengers on.
Instructions for the Starter.
Instructions for the Starter.

The Trimotor refueling process.
The Trimotor refueling process.
Waiting for refueling to be completed.
Waiting for refueling to be completed.

Starting signals for the pilot.
Starting signals for the pilot.
Luxury Flying in 1928
Luxury Flying in 1928

Break Time in the Reno-Stead Terminal
Break Time in the Reno-Stead Terminal
Wheel chocks are in place.
Wheel chocks are in place. Photo Credit: Joanne Murray Photography.

Flying back in time.
Flying back in time.
Howard Danner, one of the restoration experts who worked on the Harrah Collection.
Howard Danner, one of the restoration experts who worked on the Harrah Collection.

Another passenger load ready to go.
Another passenger load ready to go.
Sometimes it's really hard waiting for your turn to fly.
Sometimes it’s really hard waiting for your turn to fly.

Passengers receiving their pre-flight briefing.
Passengers receiving their pre-flight briefing.
1928 Ford Trimotor AT-5-B
1928 Ford Trimotor AT-5-B

Pilot John Hartke and Harrah restorer Al Wasilewski.
Pilot John Hartke and Harrah restorer Al Wasilewski.
The iconic Ford Trimotor tail.
The iconic Ford Trimotor tail.

The Ford Taxiing to the Reno-Stead Terminal.
The Ford Taxiing to the Reno-Stead Terminal.
Chapter 1361 Thanking our Tour Stop Sponsors
Chapter 1361 Thanking our Tour Stop Sponsors

Dressed for the part.
Dressed for the part.
Trimotor Front Office
Trimotor Front Office

The beginning of Wade and Randy's Excellent Adventure.
The beginning of Wade and Randy’s Excellent Adventure.
Pilot John, EAA Volunteer Brian and Chapter volunteer Dennis.
Pilot John, EAA Volunteer Brian and Chapter volunteer Dennis.

Copilot View of Reno-Stead Terminal.
Dennis Marshaling past the Fuel Island.

Old car photo shoot with CAF N3N. Photo Credit: Gary Shen
Trimotor on takeoff. Photo Credit: Gary Shen

CAF tug and N3N Photo Credit: Gary Shen

 

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  1. Mo says

    November 17, 2016 at 9:20 pm

    Great write up. What a way to spend a Sunday.

  2. John Hartke says

    November 19, 2016 at 11:42 am

    Great place for a Ford TriMotor Tour Stop with outstanding Chapter support and enthusiasm. Thanks for your help. If I’m lucky we’ll be back next year.

  3. Tracy says

    November 19, 2016 at 12:14 pm

    Thanks John, your comments are much appreciated.

    — Tracy

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