Beech Staggerwing
Roger wrote in
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On Sun, 23 Mar 2008 22:17:04 +0000 (UTC), Bertie the Bunyip
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Roger wrote in
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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-
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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.
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.
No N#. the one I saw was on Barnstormers, or maybe Ebay. Maybe a bout a
year ago? It was a very nice looking job. I think it had a 225 Jake in
it. It came up for sale again, this time without an engine. The Michigan
address rings a bell actually, but I can't be sure. It was definitely
yellow.
Bertie
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