Boeing-Stearman Model 75

what is it?

The Stearman (Boeing) Model 75 is an American biplane formerly used as a military trainer aircraft, of which at least 10,626 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 United States Army Air Forces, the United States Navy (as the NS and N2S), and with the Royal Canadian Air Force as the Kaydet throughout World War II. After the conflict was over, thousands of surplus aircraft were sold on the civilian market.

🔎How to recognise it: 1 piston engine with propeller · 9.8 m wingspan

base stats

• speed 200 km/htop speed
• size 1,195 kgmax take-off weight
• built 9,783made in total

Bars compare against all aircraft: 3,500 km/h, 20,000 km, 850 seats; size and number built on a log scale up to 640 t (An-225) and 45,000 built (Cessna 172).

fun facts

• 🎂First flew 92 years ago, in 1934.
• 🏎️Top speed is 1.5× a car on the Dutch motorway (130 km/h).
• 🚗Wingspan of 9.8 m: about 2 cars parked nose to tail.

piston: A car-like piston engine turning a propeller: simple and cheap, the classic small plane.

spec sheet

first flight

1934-11-26

introduced

1936

number built

9,783

role

biplane trainer

makers

Stearman Aircraft

engines

1× Continental R-670-5

crew

2

length

7.5 m

wingspan

9.8 m

height

3 m

max take-off weight

1,195 kg

top speed

200 km/h

cruise speed

154 km/h

range

—

ceiling

4,023 m

Specs are for the version in the Wikipedia article's specification section. Blank means the sources don't say.