VENTURA (CBSLA) - A Stearman biplane crashed Saturday evening, around 7:25 p.m., near the 101 and 33 Freeways. Investigators say the plane flipped over after landing in a field with two people aboard.
The author is undergoing training in a 1943 Boeing-Stearman, finding it simple in the air but exceptionally challenging on the ground due to poor visibility, high drag, and twitchy landing gear. The ...
ARLINGTON, Va.ARLINGTON, Va. — A World War II-era biplane flying into Reagan National Airport to promote a film premiere flipped over Tuesday during its landing, temporarily closing the airport’s main ...
GALESBURG, Ill. — It was known alternately as the Pilot Maker, the Yellow Peril and the Kaydet. By any name, a surprisingly large number of Lloyd Stearman’s most-often-produced plane still are flying ...
During World War II, one of the great primary training planes for the Army Air Corps was the Stearman PT13D “Kaydet,” which was an open-cockpit biplane. It was a “tail-dragger,” meaning that it did ...
I fly the Stearman for the CAF, a WWII trainer that was used to train the Tuskegee Airmen as well as pilots in various training fields in Alabama. The Stearman is a beautiful biplane with one serious ...