AERONAUTICS: Ford Freight Line

In April, the Ford Motor Co. put into operation a freight airline between Detroit and Chicago (TIME, Apr. 20). For three months this line has worked successfully, carrying valuable freight at just under 10c a Ib. This week, the Ford interests started another lineĀ—one between Detroit and Cleveland. In the first plane was packed a knocked-down Ford automobile chassis, which, having arrived in Cleveland, was assembled on the field, driven off.

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