Inventor Name
Towle, Thomas
Repository
National Air and Space Museum
Smithsonian Institution
Archives Division
Room 3100, MRC 322
PO Box 37012
Washington, DC 20013-7012
202-633-2320
http://www.nasm.si.edu/research/arch/
Physical Description
1 cubic ft.
Summary
Thomas Towle was a mechanical engineer and the primary designer of the Ford Trimotor. While at Ford, Towle designed a three-motored aircraft to replace the Stout Air Pullman, the rights to which Ford purchased when it acquired Stout in 1925. The collection consists of material gathered by Towle to support his claim as the designer of the Ford Trimotor. Also includes newspaper and magazine articles, pamphlets, and photographs pertainig to the history of the aircraft and its role in early air transportation, drawings, flight test reports, and tecfhnical notes relating to early Trimotor models.