Boeing-Stearman Model 75
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Original source: AlbSpotter Flugzeugbilder Aircraft Photos (Own work) Date 2006-07-23 Author Juergen Lehle Permission (Reusing this image) GFDL/CC-BY-SA (siehe unten / see below)
Author: Juergen Lehle Permission (Reusing this image) GFDL/CC-BY-SA (siehe unten / see below)

The Stearman (Boeing) Model 75 is a biplane used as a military trainer aircraft of which at least 9 783 were built in the United States during the 1930s and 1940s. Stearman Aircraft became a subsidiary of Boeing in 1934. Widely known as the Stearman Boeing Stearman or Kaydet it served as a primary trainer for the USAAF as a basic trainer for the USN (as the NS & N2S) and with the RCAF as the Kaydet throughout World War II.

Boeing-Stearman Model 75 | Boeing 707 | Bell UH-1 Iroquois | Sikorsky S-61 | Bell 206 | Boeing 747 | Lockheed C-130 Hercules | Northrop F-5 | Grumman F-14 Tomcat | McDonnell Douglas F/A-18 1
Boeing-Stearman Model 75 was the primary training aircraft for the USAAF and USN from 1936 through 1946.2

Made by BoeingStearman Aircraft.

N2S, the Boeing-Stearman model 75 was the airplane in which thousands of American and Allied combat pilots learned to fly during World War Two.3
Boeing-Stearman Model 75 'Kaydet' Background This trainer's origins go back to 1933.4
Height Main
294.64
Height Alt
2.95 m
Length Alt
7.54 m
Max Takeoff Weight Main
2635.0
Jet Or Prop
prop
More Performance
1038.0
Max Speed Alt
117
Type Of Prop
seven-cylinder air-cooled radial engine
Introduced
1934
Max Speed Main
135 mph
Cruise Speed Main
96 mph
Max Takeoff Weight Alt
1198.0
Ceiling Main
13200.0
Number Built
ca. 9
783
Crew
two
student and instructor
Unit Cost
11000.0
Cruise Speed Alt
83
Area Main
298.0
Span Alt
9.81 m
Plane Or Copter?
plane
Power Alt
164.0
Engine(prop)
Continental R-670-5
Manufacturer
Boeing
Stearman Aircraft
Span Main
980.44
Power Main
220 hp
Number Of Props
1
Empty Weight Alt
878.0
Length Main
754.38
Area Alt
27.7 m²
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Empty Weight Main
1931.0
Ceiling Alt
4
024 m
Category
Boeing aircraft
Stearman aircraft
United States military trainer aircraft 1930-1939

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