Beechcraft 17 Staggerwing
The Model 17, the first aircraft produced by the Beech Aircraft Corporation of Wichita, Kansas, was an expensive aircraft designed as a high speed comfortable business airplane. The unique design was in the upper wing being inversely staggered behind the lower wing.
781 Beech 17's were produced in eight different series, and many Staggerwings remain registered in flyable condition.
Oakes Claudia e.a.: Aircraft of the National Air and Space Museum, Smithsonian Institution Press, Wasington D.C., 1991 |
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