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Beechcraft Model 17, commonly called the staggerwing.
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The plane in post #36 ain't a Staggerwing. Well, the wings are staggered but it ain't a Beech Stagerwing. Mystery was solved in post #39. It's a Lionheart. https://www.griffonaerospace.com/systems/lionheart/Beechcraft Model 17, commonly called the staggerwing.
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Beechcraft Model 17 Staggerwing - Wikipedia
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There are very few airplanes that would cause me to sell everything I own to buy. A Spartan Executive is high on that list.Now I'm not inclined to disagree with any of the previous aircraft, but for your consideration...
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The plane in post #36 ain't a Staggerwing. Well, the wings are staggered but it ain't a Beech Stagerwing. Mystery was solved in post #39. It's a Lionheart. https://www.griffonaerospace.com/systems/lionheart/
Griffon Lionheart. Kit-built airplane which was basically a modernized Staggerwing they made back in the late-90's. Something like 180kts on 18gph, using the R-985 Wasp Jr. They didn't make very many kits and I think there's probably only a few still flying/in existence. I really like the concept behind it. Sort of like doing a Factory Five Cobra or a Carbon SuperCub, just build an old design with modern materials/improvements.What is that?
My brain can't decide if that looks sleek and sexy or mutated and awkward...
I have friends with both. Neither is practical for 99.9% of private owners. Guys the radial Beavers all want Turbine Beavers. The best twin Beech is a King Air. The grass is always greener.
Whenever I see an Executive, I have a picture in my mind of tall and thin craftsmen wearing worn shop aprons and flat caps, judiciously forming aluminum into those fabulous shapes.There are very few airplanes that would cause me to sell everything I own to buy. A Spartan Executive is high on that list.
So yer gonna make us ask. I’ll do it. What’s that?Here’s a 4 engine radial taildragger….
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So yer gonna make us ask. I’ll do it. What’s that?
Well whadda ya know.... https://www.autoevolution.com/news/...-307-stratoliner-turned-planeboat-190269.htmlBoeing 307 Stratoliner. Basically in the late 30s Boeing built a pressurized airliner loosely based on the B-17 airframe.
The one in the photo now sits in Udvar-Hazy.
Another one formerly owned by Howard Hughes was turned in to a houseboat down in Florida.
Jet a is for kids, real men fly airplanes with big propellers and lots of pistons……..I’ve flown a King Air and Twin Beech.
I’ll take the Twin Beech over the KA any day (unless I absolutely have to be someplace in a hurry…..)