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From: cfiaime@ihnp3.UUCP (J. Williams)
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Subject: Re: most beautiful airplane ...
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Date: Tue, 23-Jul-85 11:57:55 EDT
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Posted: Tue Jul 23 11:57:55 1985
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> 
> Biplanes.  Their real beauty is much the same as that of steam engines
> - almost everything is there because it is functional and keeps it
> going in any attitude.  Anyone who has heard the radial in a Stearman
> is sure to believe in their beauty.  What pilot doesn't get a bit
> dreamy about seeing him/herself, clad in goggles, silk scarf and flying
> jacket, 3-pointing a Waco, Stearman, American Eagle, Parks, or Great
> Lakes onto a soft grass field?

Over the Forth of July weekend, I had the pleasure of flying in a local
Confederate Air Force show.  We had a formation of 3 Stearmans and the
Fairchild PT-19.  Talk about a pretty sight, forming up as number 4
on the three PT-17s or N2Ss.  (Two were done up in Navy colors, one
was a white and black civilian scheme.)  Every radio call the formation
leader made refered to a flight of "3 1/2 Stearmans."  
The Stearman outclimbed the Fairchild, but the Fairchild was faster in
cruise.

Note:  the annual Stearman Flyin is coming in September in Galesburg,
Illinois.

					jeff williams
					AT&T Bell Laboratories
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