English: Commander Richard E. Byrd’s First Antarctic Expedition, 1928-1930. With the Byrd Expedition in Antarctica. Elbert J. Thawley, engineer of the “Eleanor Bolling” standing beside the fuselage of the high, tri-motored Ford plane, “Floyd Bennett,” before the ship was transported to Little America, the permanent base of the party. April 1929. Courtesy of the Library of Congress. (2016/03/10). Ford 4-AT-B Tri-Motor Airplane
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