There is no such animal as a Stensin, but there were Stinson's and the
airplane in this picture is a pre WWII Stinson various models were built up
through the 108-3 series which was built from about 1947 to around 1949 or
so when the company was bought out by Piper Aircraft Company. Piper built a
few of them under their name and then stopped production.

One airplane Piper got in the acquisition was a airplane called the Twin
Stinson which piper developed into the Piper PA23 Apache which begat the
Aztec. These two airplanes were the genesis of Piper multiengine airplanes
and for many years were the backbone of the Piper multiengine fleet. There
are still a great many Aztecs still flying and quite a few Apaches.

Tom Inglima
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