Air-to-Air Tri-Motors (Four of Them!)

Oh my…impressive aircraft and even more impressive capture of them in pictures.
 
ETres said:
...while making a 20th century racket! That must've been an awesome sight and sound from the ground.
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I can promise one thing! The Bushmaster makes so much noise inside that you can’t even imagine how loud it is. You have three big round engines within about 6 feet of either position in the cockpit. There aren’t many high tech noise reducing engine mount techniques involved either. A good friend of mine was in the back and several times he had cause to walk up to the cockpit to ask or tell me something. Even after taking off my headset, and both of us yelling at the top of our lungs, we couldn’t understand each other.

I left town for Christmas early the morning after the photo shoot, so I have yet to hear any comments from friends in the community, but when I get home I fully expect to hear feedback about the sight and sound over Mount Pleasant and Lake Bob Sandlin.
 
My close encounter with a Ford Tri-Motor was circa fall 2014. I happened to land at Georgetown, TX during an EAA fly-in and ended up in the pattern with that old beauty. To see it sharing the air with me was one of my coolest aviation moments.
 
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