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Yes, the Ford 'Flying Flivver' went on sale in 1930, but I'm using 1931 as an excuse to declare 2011 as "Eighty Years Of Air" reflecting how '31 actually saw more than 10k Flivvers sold (versus a mere fraction of that in 1930.)
I just want to examine the fantastic history of and role played by widespread airplane ownership in these United States (and in similarly situated countries, of course; hello Canada et al!) and to boldly imagine what life could be like without airplanes as accessible to "normal" people as say electric refrigerators or bicycles.
I'll share a pic of the plane that started it all, the humble one-seat Ford 'Flying Flivver' that brought airplane ownership into feasible reality for so many people. This of course is the FF in the Smithsonian Museum, the 1st production model built!