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Old March 23rd 08, 04:11 PM posted to rec.aviation.homebuilt,rec.aviation.piloting
Roger[_4_]
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Default Beech Staggerwing

On Sat, 22 Mar 2008 19:06:49 +0000 (UTC), Bertie the Bunyip
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William Hung wrote in news:bba1909c-a841-48a4-9a8e-
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On Mar 22, 11:31*am, William Hung wrote:
Beech Staggerwing. *Hard to tell from the pictures, do they have

doors
on bothsides of the cabin?

Wil


Oh Yeah, one more question. Anyone selling kit copies/replicas?


There's a guy selling plans for the A/R airplanes (fixed gear) but
nobody's building one AFAIK. It looks like a pipedream, really. It;'s
the kind of deal that makes getting an airplane built for you a really
bad idea, I think.
The staggerwing is a really complicated airplane. The fuselage is a
seriously complex structure, for instance, as are the wings. and it
would probably cost you a lot more to build one than buy one from
scratch.

There's one locally, scratch built, developed his own plans by taking
measurements and photos. Took over 30 years to build. I have some
photos of it some where. IF I can find them I'll put a couple up on
my web site. I had it on our chapter news letter some years back.

Beautiful bright yellow airplane.

Bertie

Roger Halstead (K8RI & ARRL life member)
(N833R, S# CD-2 Worlds oldest Debonair)
www.rogerhalstead.com