On this day in aviation history, 93 years ago (November 4, 1932), the first flight of the Beechcraft Model 17 Staggerwing took place. The Model 17 was an American-built civilian/executive transport ...

Let us paint the scene for you. The year is 1944, and you're fresh back at home in the U.S. after a tour in the Pacific theater of World War II as an F4F Wildcat pilot during the Battles of the Coral ...

Lloyd Cizek points at his chest. "I had a little electrical problem, so they had to install an auxiliary power unit," he says, joking about his cardiac pacemaker. Cizek retired as a Northwest Airlines ...

In 1973, representatives of the staggerwing club approached Beech Aircraft chairwoman Olive Ann Beech with a plan: They wanted to create a museum dedicated to her company’s Model 17 Staggerwing, an ...

Recently a friend sent me a blurb from another aviation magazine about the restoration of a Beech Staggerwing — arguably the ultimate classic airplane — by the Kansas Aviation Museum. He knew I’d be ...

In a vibrant hangar at Wanaka Airport, a number of very significant aircraft restoration projects are underway. The hangar is home to Twenty24 Limited, an aircraft restoration and maintenance company ...

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Click to open image viewer. The Model 17, the first aircraft produced by the new Beech Aircraft Company of Wichita, Kansas, was a gamble for president Walter Beech and vice-president Ted Wells who was ...

Get a look at the Beechcraft Model 17 Staggerwing in this latest trailer for Microsoft Flight Simulator. The Beechcraft Model 17 Staggerwing is available now in the Microsoft Flight Simulator ...