The Beechcraft Model 17 "Staggerwing," launched in 1933, was an innovative and luxurious private biplane featuring a unique "negative stagger wing" design that improved aerodynamics, visibility, and ...

Let us paint the scene for you. The year is 1944, and you're fresh back at home in the U.S. after a tour in the Pacific theater of World War II as an F4F Wildcat pilot during the Battles of the Coral ...

WICHITA, Kan. (KSNW) — Opera Kansas is taking people back to the 1930s to showcase women who made a mark on the aviation industry, including Olive Ann Beech. “Staggerwing” focuses on the historic ...

Cast members of Staggerwing rehearse the opera about the flight of aviatrixes Louis Thaden and Blanche Noyes as they competed for the transcontinental 1936 Bendix Trophy Race. The shows will be will ...

Recently a friend sent me a blurb from another aviation magazine about the restoration of a Beech Staggerwing — arguably the ultimate classic airplane — by the Kansas Aviation Museum. He knew I’d be ...

The Kansas Aviation Museum will open its new Beechcraft exhibit to the public today from 5 to 7 p.m. The exhibit – Beechcraft: A Legacy – will feature the Wichita-based company and brand from its ...

COFFEE COUNTY, Tenn. (WKRN) — Just over an hour outside of Nashville, an iconic aircraft brand has touched down in Middle Tennessee. The official home of the Beechcraft aircraft brand has made its ...

Ivan Behel Sr. bolts out of the car and hurriedly walks over to a hangar at Lawrence Municipal Airport. He’s anticipating a reunion with a friend he hasn’t seen in more than a half century. He grins ...

Get a look at the Beechcraft Model 17 Staggerwing in this latest trailer for Microsoft Flight Simulator. The Beechcraft Model 17 Staggerwing is available now in the Microsoft Flight Simulator ...

All the Latest Game Footage and Images from Microsoft Flight Simulator X: Steam Edition - Beechcraft D17 Staggerwing The Microsoft Flight Simulator X: Steam Edition rendition of the Beechcraft D17 ...

OSHKOSH - Jim Gorman has been flying for nearly 80 years, after his grandmother gave him 50 hours of flying instruction and 10 hours in an airplane as a high school graduation gift. But to Gorman, of ...