One of the many highlights of the 38th annual automotive lifestyle event on Jan. 11-18, 2009, will be the No Reserve sale of a historic 1929 Ford 4-AT-E Tri-Motor airplane that was hit by bullets during the World War II surprise attack at Pearl Harbor. Recently restored to original specifications, the aircraft will make its final flight today before the sale when it departs from Petersburg, Va., en route to Goldsboro, N.C.

The Ford Tri-Motor will take off from Dinwiddie County Airport in Petersburg at 9 a.m. EDT. It is scheduled to arrive at Goldsboro Air Center inside Goldsboro-Wayne Municipal Airport at 10:30 a.m. EDT. Dolph Overton III, owner of the Tri-Motor and former ace for the U.S. Air Force during the Korean War, will be awaiting the plane’s arrival with his family in Goldsboro. His son, Dolph Overton IV, will co-pilot the aircraft alongside legendary air show pilot Jimmy Leeward.

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Posted: 10|4|08 at 10:41 pm. Filed under: US News.