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Beech Staggerwing
Roger wrote in
: On Sat, 22 Mar 2008 19:06:49 +0000 (UTC), Bertie the Bunyip wrote: William Hung wrote in news:bba1909c-a841-48a4- 9a8e- : 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. It's not the scald own one that was on barnstormers a while back is it? Nice looking airplane. He was selling it sans engine last time I saw it. Bertie |
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Beech Staggerwing
On Sun, 23 Mar 2008 22:17:04 +0000 (UTC), Bertie the Bunyip
wrote: Roger wrote in : On Sat, 22 Mar 2008 19:06:49 +0000 (UTC), Bertie the Bunyip wrote: William Hung wrote in news:bba1909c-a841-48a4- 9a8e- : 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. It's not the scald own one that was on barnstormers a while back is it? Nice looking airplane. He was selling it sans engine last time I saw it. It is a 7/8 scale, but I don't think this is it. Do you have an N #? I'd dig back through my archives to try and find a photo with the N# of the one built in Saginaw MI. Builders first name was Rex, but I've forgotten the last name. As the "archives" are over 35,000 images I have a bit of searching to do. I really need multiple indexing and filing for them. Bertie Roger Halstead (K8RI & ARRL life member) (N833R, S# CD-2 Worlds oldest Debonair) www.rogerhalstead.com |
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Beech Staggerwing
William Hung wrote in news:204703ab-6dee-48eb-9448-
: Beech Staggerwing. Hard to tell from the pictures, do they have doors on bothsides of the cabin? Wil Most don;t, but there were a few specials that did for ambulance or military work. The main door is very big and there's plenty of room between the front seats just to step between them. Bertie |
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Beech Staggerwing
William Hung wrote in
m: Beech Staggerwing. Hard to tell from the pictures, do they have doors on bothsides of the cabin? IIRC, there is only one door in the rear on the port side. -- |
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