Hanford Airlines Ford 5-AT-C
NC418H
(c/n 78)
The above shot came from the Chicago Municipal Airport (Midway)
archives, via Bill Larkins.
. Hanford acquired three Ford Tri-motors when it garnered Air Mail
Routes 16 and 26 in 1934.
The
Chicago base however, was vacated in favor of Sioux City shortly after
this photo was
taken since the airline sold the Chicago to Winnipeg route to Northwest
Airlines. NC418H
was sold off to the DuPont company in 1936 and then wound up with the
Costa Rican air-
line Aerovias Nacionales as TI-41 in 1939.
route to Northwest Airlines.