And what country can preserve its liberties if their rulers are not warned from time to time that their people preserve the spirit of resistance? Let them take arms. The remedy is to set them right as to facts, pardon and pacify them. What signify a few lives lost in a century or two? The tree of liberty must be refreshed from time to time with the blood of patriots and tyrants.
Saturday, April 17, 2021
Beechcraft Model 17 Staggerwing. First flew in 1932
That’s steep. It would have to be a twin beech m.18 late 30s for me. https://airandspace.si.edu/collection-objects/beechcraft-d18s-twin-beech/nasm_A19761792000
I would gladly give 3 fingers from my left hand for one
ReplyDeleteThat’s steep. It would have to be a twin beech m.18 late 30s for me. https://airandspace.si.edu/collection-objects/beechcraft-d18s-twin-beech/nasm_A19761792000
Deleteyeah, they are sweet too. But I always had a thing for the Model 17.
DeleteKlaus, only if Penny were part of the deal.
DeleteJackie Cochran set an altitude record in a D17W in 1939.
ReplyDelete30,052 feet.
What a beautiful design. Timeless.
ReplyDeleteAustralian registration
ReplyDeleteAnd they could still be selling them today if they but had the wit to keep making them.
ReplyDeleteGo to: https://www.griffonaerospace.com/systems/lionheart/
ReplyDeleteThey're available as a kit.