The book, Tin Goose: The Fabulous Ford Trimotor tells the fascinating story behind the design, development and use of the Ford Trimotor on the beginnings of a domestic airline network.  "Tin Goose: The Fabulous Ford Trimotor" reveals: 1) How the aircraft were born; 2) How Henry Ford got interested in aviation; 3) The fabulous trimotors and their exploits through the years and 4) Why Henry Ford stopped building the trimotor.  In much the same manner as Henry Ford built the Model T for the masses, he envisioned a cost effective aircraft capable of carrying a payload of passengers and mail at speeds of 100 miles per hour, which was faster than any other mode of transportation at the time.  While the general public was at first skeptical about the notion of flying in an airplane, the Ford Trimotor's metallic construction, trio of powerful engines, commodious interior and enormous wing soon convinced many that flying was a relatively safe way of traveling long distances.  Henry Ford envisioned a fleet of Ford Trimotors flying around the country by professional attired pilots and stewards.  In addition to working with Bill Stout to design the ultimately successful Ford Trimotor, Henry Ford built one of the finest airports of its time anywhere, complete with paved runways, a passenger terminal building, restaurant, hotel accommodations, radio communications shack, weather bureau and even a traffic control center in Dearborn Michigan.  Also of note, was the fact that this new airport had the only privately owned mooring mast in the United States capable of accommodating large lighter-than-air dirigibles.  For a time in the 1920s and early 1930s, the Ford Trimotor was the queen of the skies as it became the most sought-after transport for a financially struggling family of privately owned airlines.  Eventually, however, competition arrived, first in the form of the Boeing 247 twin-engine airliner and within several more years the more modern  Douglas DC-2 and 3.  Its was the prospect of "upping the ante" to match the competition that convinced Henry Ford to exit the aircraft manufacturing business.  That said, the Ford Trimotor did not disappear but rather was purchased by short-haul airlines domestically and by foreign airlines operating in Mexico and Latin America.  The Ford Trimotor was also flown by bush pilots flying in Canada and Alaska.  In the 1960s a number of For Trimotors were also used by Island Airlines to fly passengers and freight from Put-in-Bay Island in Lake Erie to Sandusky and other mainland airports.  More than just an aviation story, "Tin Goose: The Fabulous Ford Trimotor" is a living legend about the start of the greatest scheduled air transportation system in the world.   The major sections of "Tin Goose: The Fabulous Ford Trimotor" are as follows: 1) The Planes That Stout Built; 2) Henry Ford And The Air Age; 3) Those Fabulous Flying Fords; 4) Island Home of The "Tin Goose"; 5) The Second Time Around and 6) Index.  In addition to an informative narrative, "Tin Goose: The Fabulous Ford Trimotor" includes the following features: 1) Approximately 131 black and white photographs; 2) 1 black and white illustration; 3) 2 maps and 4) 1 three-view Ford Tri-Motor (Model 4-AT-B Ser. No. 4-AT-38 N7584) black and white illustration.  This book is 96 pages and is in good condition.  The author is Douglas J. Ingells.  Edition published in 1968.