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mjacobslaw wrote:

That's not a Beech 17 - it's a kit-built, all-composite (fiberglas) modern
design of similar configuration.

Note the lack of interplane struts, the single-strut main landing gear, and
the smooth surface of the wings and fuselage (not fabric over ribs and
stringers).

I forget what the designer called this "retro" design, but I saw one on
display at the kit-seller's booth at Oshkosh '96, so they've been around for
a while.

Mike

"Lionheart."