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Lindsay Walton's Boeing E75 N2S-5 Stearman Kaydet 133722, built in 1941, and registered G-THEA after his wife. Previously crop duster N1733B, it was restored and fitted with a Roydon canopy in Fresno, and imported to the UK in 1981.
It was sold to Ireland in July 1998 as EI-RYR.
Sadly Lindsay, an East Anglian potato farmer, died in April 2019.
Photo: Dick Gilbert, Leicester International Air Display, 29 Aug 1982.
Tiger Boys' Aeroplane Works & Flying Museum Annual Air Day 2017
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Markings: U.S. Navy N2S WWII military biplane trainer
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Lycoming R680 nine-cylinder radial, 220-hp
P9162284 Anx2 1400h Q90 V2
The Stearman model 75, widely known as the Stearman, Boeing Stearman (Stearman became a subsidiary of Boeing in 1934) or Kaydet is a biplane, of which over 10,000 were built in the United States during the 1930s as a military trainer aircraft. It served as the basic trainer for the USAAF (as the Kaydet) and USN (as the N2S) throughout World War II and 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.
Markings: U.S. Navy N2S WWII military biplane trainer
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Lycoming R680-4P-B4 nine-cylinder radial , 220-hp
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Pratt & Whitney R-1340-AN-1 Wasp nine-cylinder radial, 600-hp
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Background: left - U.S. Navy North American SNJ-5 Texan military trainer in Second World War trim; tail of Royal Navy Canberra TT Mk.18 target tug; right - bits of Douglas DC-3C as USAAC C-47A Skytrain and USSR MiG-15bis
DSC_0150 Anx2 1200h Q90
Boeing Stearman N707TJ A75N1 N2S-1 Kaydet; N5057V E75 PT-13D Kaydet, N74189 A75N1 PT-17 Kaydet; SE-BOG B75N1 N2S-3 Kaydet Breitling Wingwalkers RIAT Fairford 12 July 2014
The National Naval Museum in Pensacola Florida, Nov 10th 2017, Veterans Day,
N2S KAYDET
One of the most-produced biplanes in history, the N2S served as the nation's foremost primary trainer during World War II. Though nicknamed the Kaydet, the airplane was more commonly called the Stearman after its manufacturer, and was much beloved by military and, later, civilian aviators. Former President George H.W. Bush made two flights in this particular aircraft during his World War II flight training at Naval Air Station (NAS) Minneapolis, Minnesota.
The N2S was perhaps the most-produced biplane ever with 10,346 examples rolling off the production line between 1934 and 1945. Though the company christened the trainer with the name "Kaydet," those who flew and maintained it universally called it the Stearman.
Initially designed as an Army Air Corps trainer, the Stearman served extensively in the Navy. In the late-1930s the sea service accepted the first of 4,318 of them. By World War II, both Army and Navy operated standardized versions of the aircraft with interchangeable parts, unique in an era when joint operation were far from standard.
When former Naval Aviator George H.W. Bush became Commander in Chief, the records of surviving N2Ss were canvassed for any that he flew. Logbooks of five N2S-3s indicated that they had been flown by Bush during his training at Naval Air Station (NAS) Minneapolis, Minnesota. The Museum's example (Bureau Number 05369), once owned by World War II/Korean War pilot and retired airline captain Jack Parker, logged two flights with Aviation Cadet George H.W. Bush at the controls at NAS Minneapolis during January 1943. The airplane finished the war with 2,860 flight hours. Acquired by the Museum in 1992, it is painted in standard wartime Navy markings.
SPECIFICATIONS
Manufacturer:Stearman Aircraft Company
Type:Trainer
Crew:Instructor and student
Powerplant:One 220 horsepower Continental R-670-4 engine
Dimensions:Length: 25 ft., 4 in.
Height: 9 ft., 2 in.
Wingspan: 32 ft., 2 in.
Weight:Empty: 1,940 lb.
Gross: 2,717 lb.
Performance:Max Speed: 124 mph
Ceiling: 11,200 ft.
Range: 505 miles
C/n 75-950 built in 1941 to US Navy marked 3173. Later registered N50057, then N9PK, now N707TJ. Performing at Swedish Air Force 90th Anniversary at Malmen outside Linköping, Sweden 28. August 2016
David and Brian make an early morning arrival over the Flying Circus airfield.
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The Stearman (Boeing) Model 75 is a biplane used as a military trainer aircraft, of which at least 10,626 were built in the United States during the 1930s and 1940s.[1] 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 United States Army Air Forces, the United States Navy (as the NS & N2S), and with the Royal Canadian Air Force as the Kaydet throughout World War II. After the conflict was over, thousands of surplus aircraft were sold on the civilian market. In the immediate postwar years they became popular as crop dusters, sports planes, and for aerobatic and wing walking use in air shows.
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, although some Stearman operators choose to cowl the engine, most notably the Red Baron Stearman Squadron.
After World War II, the thousands of primary trainer PT-17 Stearman planes were auctioned off to civilians and former pilots. Many were modified for cropdusting use, with a hopper for pesticide or fertilizer fitted in place of the front cockpit. Additional equipment included pumps, spray bars, and nozzles mounted below the lower wings. A popular approved modification to increase the maximum takeoff weight and climb performance involved fitting a larger Pratt & Whitney R-985 Wasp Junior engine and a constant-speed propeller. An iconic movie image is a Stearman cropduster chasing Cary Grant across a field in North by Northwest. Christopher Reeve and Scott Wilson are shown flying 1936 variants in the 1985 movie The Aviator.