trimotor
Speech parts
1. trimotor - Noun
2. trimotor - Adjective
Meaning
trimotor (not comparable)
That has three motors, especially an aircraft with three piston engines.
trimotor (plural trimotors)
An aircraft with three piston motors.
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A little over an hour after taking off from Kansas City, one of the Fokker Trimotor 's wings separated in flight.
February 10 : New Delhi becomes India's capital February 21 : Ford Trimotor hijacked March main * March 1 The USS Arizona is placed back in full commission after a refit.
It shared the European market with the Junkers all-metal aircraft, but dominated the American market until the arrival of the Ford Trimotor which copied the aerodynamic features of the Fokker F.VII, and Junkers structural concepts.
Its greatest success was the 1925 F.VIIa/3m trimotor passenger aircraft, which was used by 54 airline companies worldwide and captured 40% of the American market in 1936.
The Fokker trimotor was an important and popular transport, manufactured under license in Europe and America.