That looks great here is a quick "bio" of the PT-17and my testimony of why the Stearman is so special for me!

 

   "The Boeing-Stearman Model 75 was the primary training aircraft for the USAAF and USN from 1936 through

1946.  All pilots who served in WWII first learned to fly this BiPlane.  The aircraft were named the PT-13,

PT-17, and N2S1-3.  As a training aircraft, the "Stearman" was equipped with the 220hp Continental R-670

and after use in WWII, aircraft were modified with larger engines to work as crop-dusters.  The larger engines

included the Lycoming R-680 (300hp) and the Pratt-Whitney R-985 (450hp). 

  

   This Stearman, model 75-6627 was completed in February 1942 and served as a PT-17.  After the war, a

300hp, Lycoming R-680 was added as this Stearman served as an "Agriculture, Pest Control" aircraft.  The most

recent ground up restoration was completed by Air Repair in Cleveland MS in the 1990s.  The aircraft is now

designated as an "Aerobatic Aircraft." 

 

   The Stearman is very special for the current pilot Dr Buck Willis, who was saved from what the FAA described

as an "Unsurvivable Airplane Crash" due to a improper modification (Matt 19:26).  After recovering from a

traumatic brain injury, he started a three-year series of 16 sequential leg operations, and his first flight after the

 crash was in Uncle Fred Hinnenkamp's "Stump Jumper" Stearman!  The Stearman became even more of a

dream-plane and after earning four more degrees, Dr Willis returned to flying aerobatics in BiPlanes.  May 04, 2011

 will be a 20th anniversary of the day God saved him and Dr Willis will fly to glorify his Savior! (1 Cor 10:31)" 

 

  
Thanks again!

     Buck ><>