Stearman Aircraft A Detailed History
North Branch, USA: Speciality Press, 2006. Quarto, illustrated gloss hardcover, 216 pp., illustrated endpapers, illustrated throughout with black-and-white photographs, Appendix A includes 12 double-sided colour plates, five appendices included. Very slight wear on dust-jacket, otherwise a fine copy. First edition. A detailed and fully illustrated account of Stearman Aircraft, their history, and the people who designed and made them. Lloyd Carlton Stearman, who founded the original Stearman Aircraft company in 1927, and his flying machines played an integral part in the development and advancement of American aviation. Stearman's company evolved into Boeing's Stearman Division in the 1930s and then into the Wichita Division during World War Two. Over a period of 35 years, the Stearman and Boeing factories built more than 14,500 commercial and military airplanes, thus ensuring their place in aviation history. Item #4564
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