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Originally Posted by daepp
Staggerwing? Looks like it to me. I've only been up close to one - a pilot flew one in to the Edwards AFB open house. Can't remember the year, but Yeager went Mach 1 that day - 50 years after he first did. Anyway, I so admired this guy's Staggerwing. The interior was done up like an old comfortable leather chair with some hi tech stuff added in, and I understood it was an awesome plane. I heard the next week that on his return home he ran it out of fuel near his home. He apparently had trouble connecting with the refueling guy before he left. Story was he was a commercial pilot. Don't know about all the rest, but that plane was a beauty.
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Yup, a Beach Staggerwing. Couldn't tell you the last time I've seen an actual flying specimen. Probably 10+ years. This was designed and built when aircraft were works of art and craftsmanship meant something. When this arrived, I think everyone stopped and watched it land.............no pressure on the pilot or anything.