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Aircraft and configuration
The Ford 5-AT is the larger Trimotor configuration powered by three Wasp radial engines. It has fixed landing gear and no wing flaps. Ted Cook's X-Plane 12 package provides optional portable G430 navigation and a copilot fuel-and-gauge popup.
Ford 5-AT Trimotor
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The Ford 5-AT is the larger Trimotor configuration powered by three Wasp radial engines. It has fixed landing gear and no wing flaps. Ted Cook's X-Plane 12 package provides optional portable G430 navigation and a copilot fuel-and-gauge popup.
History & design
The more powerful Tri-Motor
The 5-AT followed the earlier 4-AT and entered service in 1928 with three Pratt & Whitney Wasp engines. Corrugated all-metal construction and the Ford name helped make the type recognizable during the growth of scheduled passenger flying.
National Air and Space Museum · Ford 5-AT Tri-Motor ↗Ford 5-AT; Smithsonian NC9683
An airliner with several working lives
Smithsonian aircraft NC9683 went to Southwest Air Fast Express in 1929 and then American Airlines. Later service took it through Central America and Mexico, cargo and agricultural work, and eventually a period as ground accommodation. American recovered and restored it before its museum donation.
National Air and Space Museum · Ford 5-AT Tri-Motor ↗Ford 5-AT; Smithsonian NC9683
Systems & details
The displayed aircraft is a 5-AT-B
Its cabin, engines and dimensions belong to the larger, Wasp-powered version of the Tri-Motor. The earlier 4-AT and later one-off variants should not be folded into the same specification. The museum’s account also makes clear that this surviving aircraft had a restoration history, not an untouched airline interior.
In your simulator
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Manuals & resources
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Simulator documentation
Ford 5-AT Trimotor — simulator documentationX-Plane.org authorized store · Ford 5-AT Trimotor product descriptionAircraft documentation
Ford 5-AT Tri-MotorNational Air and Space Museum · Museum 5-AT-B NC9683 history; conflicting family first-flight dates excludedBuilt-in force-feedback profiles
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Catalogue programme-20261011-v3 · 2 profile choices
Ted Cook Ford 5-AT Wheels
Ted Cook · Free and Pro · Revision 2 · Inherited starting point
X-Plane 12
The larger 5-AT Trimotor with three Wasp radial engines.
Ford 5-AT Trimotor
Free and Pro · Revision 1 · Partial review
MSFS 2020 · MSFS 2024 · X-Plane 12
The larger 5-AT Trimotor with three Wasp radial engines.
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