The Naval Aircraft Factory N3N was designed and built at roughly the same time as the Stearman PT-17, a more famous biplane ...
Everybody’s Favorite Trainer Starting in 1934, the same year it was acquired by Boeing, the Stearman Aircraft Company of Wichita began building a sturdy biplane trainer. By the end of the war ...
following Beech’s work alongside Clyde Cessna and Lloyd Stearman in the former Travel Air Manufacturing Company. Beech Aircraft gained notoriety through the elegant lines of the Model 17 Staggerwing, ...
The Boeing A75N1 (PT17) Stearman biplane came down and flipped in Poole Harbour during the Bournemouth Air Festival in September 2021. Pilot David Barrell and wing-walker Kirsten Pobjoy escaped ...