Gates resident Bruce Rychwalski stands in front of the 1928 Ford Tri-Motor 5-AT at Ledgedale Airpark in Brockport. Rychwalski took two flights on the airplane in August when the Experimental Aircraft Association brought the aircraft to Brockport for a weekend of public flights.
The airplane was the first-ever mass produced airliner and it inaugurated westbound transcontinental commercial service in 1929. For more information about the history of the Ford Tri-Motor, visit http://flytheford.org.
