Stout 3-AT

Stout 3-AT
Role Commercial airliner and Air Mail freight aircraft
National origin United States
Manufacturer Stout Metal Airplane Division of the Ford Motor Company
Designer William Bushnell Stout, George Prudden, Harold Hicks, Thomas Towle, Otto Koppen, John Lee, and James Smith McDonnell
First flight 1926
Number built 1
Developed from Stout 2-AT

The Stout 3-AT trimotor was the first all-metal trimotor built in America. The poorly performing tri-motor led to an updated design which became the popular Ford Tri-Motor.

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