Boeing Stearman

The Stearman (Boeing) Model 75 is a biplane used as a military trainer aircraft, of which at least 9,783 were built in the United States during the 1930s and 1940s. Stearman Aircraft became a subsidiary of Boeing in 1934. Widely known as the Stearman, Boeing Stearman or Kaydet, it served as a primary trainer for the USAAF, as a basic trainer for the USN (as the NS & N2S), and with the RCAF as the Kaydet throughout World War II. After the conflict was over, thousands of surplus aircraft were sold on the civil market. In the immediate post-war years they became popular as crop dusters and as sports planes.
The Kaydet was a conventional biplane of rugged construction with large, fixed tailwheel undercarriage, and accommodation for the student and instructor in open cockpits in tandem. The radial engine was usually uncowled . Because the design of the Stearman's propeller is unusual, reaching the speed of sound in normal operation, the sound of the plane stands out from other, similar aircraft, and is considered something of a trademark.

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[Treetop64]

Lovely little trainer, but like most tail draggers probably a bit of a handful when landing in a crosswind. I witnessed a pilot ground-loop one of these when he touched down at Concord airport (KCCR) in California a few years ago. No biggie, though. He turned her around again and duly taxied to his spot.

[mac163]

i flew in one as a passenger, loved it!

[SrAlvaroEd]

All that noise sounds really good to me