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    Airframe Family: Ford Trimotor
    Latest Model:5-AT-C Trimotor
    Construction Number:5-AT-074
    Last Civil Registration:N414H
    Compressed ID:Ford 5-AT-C cn 5-AT-074 cr N414H
    Latest Owner or Location:Western Antique Aeroplane and Auto Museum, Hood River Jernstedt Airfield, Hood River, Oregon

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    Dates

    Event

    1929

    Constructed as a 5-AT-C.

    4 September 1929

    First flight.
    Only model 5-AT originally equipped with floats.

    September 1929

    To Ford Motor Company with new c/r NC414H.

    1932

    To Pan American Airways keeping c/r NC414H.

    1935

    To Cia Mexicana de Aviacion with new c/r XA-BCX.

    From May 1941 to Circa 1950

    To Aerovias de Guatemala with new c/r LG-AFA.
    Used for cargo flights.

    1951

    To Northwest Agriculture Aviation Corporation, MT with new c/r N414H.
    Use as an aerial sprayer fighting a grasshopper plague.

    September 1953


    Photographer: Doug Olsen

    1956

    To Jack Adams, Memphis, TN keeping c/r N414H.

    13 November 1957

    Certificate of airworthiness for N414H (5-AT-C, 074) issued.

    1959

    To John and Katherine Louck, Monmouth, IL keeping c/r N414H.

    August 1962


    Photographer: William T Larkins

    August 1962


    Photographer: William T Larkins

    1963

    Leased to TWA-Trans World Airlines.


    Photographer: William T Larkins
    Notes: At Bakersfield, CA.

    1965

    To American Airlines keeping c/r N414H.
    Used for promotional purposes.

    1970


    Photographer: William T Larkins

    Circa 1973

    To Chuck Lemaster keeping c/r N414H.
    Used for barnstorming and air shows.

    4 May 1973


    Photographer: Dan B McCarthy

    2 August 1973


    Photographer: William T Larkins

    August 1975


    Photographer: William T Larkins

    October 1975


    Photographer: Frank Strnad

    30 June 1976


    Photographer: Glenn Chatfield
    Notes: At Dayton, OH

    By May 1977


    Photographer: Jim Buss

    August 1977

    To Scenic Airlines, Las Vegas, NV keeping c/r N414H.

    Circa 3 August 1977


    Photographer: Paul Cicci
    Notes: Photo taken at 1977 EAA Air Venture Convention in Oshkosh, Wisconsin (OSH)

    July 1982


    Photographer: Larry Johnson
    Notes: At Las Vegas, Nevada

    1983

    Appeared in the movie - To Be or Not To Be.

    Circa 1999


    Photographer: Tom Tessier
    Notes: At Chino Airport, CA

    14 August 2003

    To Sopwith Ltd, Las Vegas, NV keeping c/r N414H.


    Photographer: William T Larkins

    26 June 2010


    Photographer: John Meneely
    Notes: Photo taken at Valle, AZ

    Markings Applied: Scenic Airlines

    12 September 2012


    Photographer: Mike Henniger
    Notes: Photographed at the Reno Air Races at the Reno-Stead Airport, Nevada.

    12 September 2012


    Photographer: Mike Henniger
    Notes: Photographed at the Reno Air Races at the Reno-Stead Airport, Nevada.

    1 January 2013

    Certificate of airworthiness for N414H (5-AT-C, 74) issued.

    24 November 2015

    To Aero Classics Llc, Los Angeles, CA keeping c/r N414H.

    15 June 2021

    To unknown owner with c/r N414H.
    Registration pending to a new owner in Sonoma, CA.

    31 August 2021

    To Walter C. Bowe Trustee, Sonoma, CA keeping c/r N414H.

    15 October 2021


    Photographer: Roger Cain
    Notes: The Tri-Motor with speed-rings on the engines.

    21 May 2022

    To Western Antique Aeroplane and Automobile Museum, Hood River, OR keeping c/r N414H.

    Based at Western Antique Aeroplane and Auto Museum, Hood River Jernstedt Airfield, Hood River, OR.
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    10 September 2022


    Photographer: Roger Cain
    Notes: Flight over Hood River, OR with the WAAAM museum


    Photographer: Unknown
    Notes: Around 1930s


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    Glenn Chatfield
    Terry Fletcher
    John Meneely

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