iscoverThis story from the Australian Aviation archives is from November 2011, when Owen Zupp took the classic Boeing Stearman on a flight test.
In the process of air-testing aeroplanes, occasionally more is involved than the pure handling characteristics and performance profile. Sometimes an aircraft type steps up and grasps the very essence of flight. Such is the case with the Boeing Stearman.
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Vern Baugh
says:Great review. Felt like I was there.!
Harold nabson
says:The stearman was great to learn in we only flew out of grass fields 1943. Union city tenn