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- ↑ "The Saga of the Tin Goose: The Story of the Ford Tri-Motor".
- ↑ Ford Richardson Bryan. Beyond the Model T: The Other Ventures of Henry Ford. p. 163.
- 1 2 "Edsel Ford Speaks Out: Modest, capable, sincere, this young head of a great industry offers you some sound advice Schools for Industry An Eighty-Horsepower Ford All-Metal Planes EDSEL FORD SPEAKS OUT What of the Air-flivver?". The Youth's Companion: 306. June 1929.
- ↑ Robert F. Pauley. Michigan Aircraft Manufacturers. p. 12.
- ↑ Don Sherman (January 1997). "Why automobile cars do not fly". Air and Space.