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Stearman Aircraft Corporation was an aircraft manufacturer in Wichita, Kansas. Although the company designed a range of other aircraft, it is most known for producing the Model 75, which is commonly known simply as the "Stearman" or "Boeing Stearman".

Stearman Aircraft

Boeing Stearman PT-17
Industry	Aerospace
Founded	1927 (1927)
Founder	Lloyd Stearman
Fate	Bought by United Aircraft and Transport Corporation
Parent	United Aircraft and Transport Corporation (1929–1934) Boeing (1934–2005)

History

Lloyd Stearman established the Stearman Aircraft Corporation in 1927. Initially, the company was founded as Stearman Aircraft Corporation in October 1926 at Venice, California, where four C1 and C2 biplanes were built before production halted for financial reasons. On 27 September 1927, a new Stearman Aircraft Corporation was founded.[1] The factory was then established in Wichita, Kansas, with financing of Walter Innes, where the new model Stearman C3 and Stearman 4 Speedmail were constructed.[2] Two years later, he sold it to the United Aircraft and Transport Corporation.^{[citation needed]} The Northrop Aircraft Corporation was merged into Stearman in July 1931.[3][lower-alpha 1]

In September 1934, antitrust legislation forced United to separate its airline and aircraft manufacturing operations. At this time, Boeing, which had been part of United Aircraft and Transport Corporation, became a separate business once again, and Stearman was made a subsidiary of it. About the same time the Stearman plant created its most successful and enduring product, the Model 75 Kaydet. The Kaydet became the primary trainer aircraft for the United States military during World War II.^{[citation needed]} Stearman operated as a division until September 1941, when it became the Wichita Division, Boeing Airplane Company.[4]

In 2005, Boeing sold the civil portion of the former Stearman operations to Onex, forming Spirit AeroSystems, although it retained the military operations.[5]

Aircraft

Model name	First flight	Number built	Type
Stearman M-2 Speedmail	1929	7	Single engine biplane mail plane
Stearman C1	1927	1	Single engine commercial biplane
Stearman C2	1927	4	Single engine commercial biplane
Stearman C3	1927	179	Single engine commercial biplane
Stearman Model 4	1930	41	Single engine commercial biplane
Stearman Model 6 Cloudboy	1931	7	Single engine biplane trainer
Stearman Model 70		1	Prototype single engine biplane trainer
Stearman Model 71
Stearman Model 73		78
Stearman Model 75			Single engine biplane trainer
Stearman Model 76		78	Export version of the Model 75
Stearman Model 80		1
Stearman Model 81		1	Single engine biplane floatplane trainer
Stearman Model 85	1938	1	Single engine biplane observation floatplane
Stearman X-90	1940	1	Single engine monoplane basic trainer
Stearman X-91			Re-engined X-90
Stearman X-100	1938	1	Twin engine monoplane attack airplane

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External links

Media related to Stearman Aircraft Corporation at Wikimedia Commons

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