Beechcraft Model 17 Staggerwing

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Год Year: 1932

Четырех/пятиместный легкий транспортный самолет

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Beechcraft - Model 17 Staggerwing - 1932 - СШАUSA
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Beech Model 17 Staggerwing

В 1932 году Уолтер Бич вместе со своей женой Олив создали компанию "Beech Aircraft Corporation". В конце 1950 года, когда Бич умер, главой стала Олив Бич. сохранив этот пост до начала 1990-х. Причем в 1980 году компания была поглощена компанией "Raytheon".
   Ключом к быстрому успеху компании стало создание самолета Beech Model 17. Хотя его ранняя модификация Model 17R. построенная всего в двух экземплярах, обладая превосходными летными характеристиками, более подходила для опытных пилотов, нежели для широкой продажи, на которую рассчитывали. Самолет Model 17R, поднявшийся в воздух в ноябре 1932 года, продемонстрировал отличный диапазон скоростей от 97 до 322 км/ч. Самой примечательной деталью его конструкции был вынос назад бипланной коробки и расположение крыльев со смещением. Такая компоновка была выбрана с целью обеспечения пилоту лучшего обзора и для целостности конструкции, а кроме того, как показали испытания в аэродинамической трубе, обеспечило лучшее сочетание скорости и устойчивости. Каркас фюзеляжа в основном был сварен из стальных труб и нес полотняную обшивку. Узкоколейное заднее шасси было необычно - основные стойки были закрыты большими обтекателями, а колеса могли убираться в полете, полностью уходя под обтекатели. Закрытая кабина вмещала одного пилота и 3-4 пассажира, капот туннельного типа укрывал звездообразный двигатель Wright R-975-E2 Whirlwind мощностью 420 л.с.
   Превосходные летные характеристики самолета Staggerwing, ставшие причиной роста его популярности, обусловили заинтересованность компании в улучшении управляемости машины, особенно на земле, что привело к ряду усовершенствований, включая установку основных стоек шасси с более широкой колеей. Но решающим шагом в расширении рынка сбыта самолета стало появление модификации Model B 17L, поднявшейся в воздух в конце февраля 1934 года. Этот самолет имел новое, еще ниже расположенное, крыло с увеличенной кривизной профиля и с большим внутренним пространством для размещения убранного шасси. В сочетании с менее мощным звездообразным двигателем Jacobs 1-4 (225 л. с.) это дало лучшую управляемость при сохранении диапазона скоростей от 72 до 282 км/ч.
   А оснастив Model 17 более мощным Jacobs L-5 (285 л.с), "Beech" стала одной из крупных самолетостроительных компаний.
   С тех пор построено множество самолетов Staggerwing для гражданских и военных целей, с постоянно растущим числом модификаций с различными двигателями. Гражданские модификации: Model В17, Model C17, Model D17, Model E17 и Model F17, появившиеся перед Второй мировой войной, а также улучшенный Model G17S, построенный в 20 экземплярах в первые послевоенные годы.
   Когда в 1939 году Авиационному корпусу Армии США потребовался небольшой самолет связи, он приобрел три самолета Model D17 для оценочных испытаний (под обозначением YC-43), но заказ на 27 самолетов был размещен только в 1941-1942 финансовом году. Всего было заказано 207 самолетов Beech 17 под обозначением UC-43 с силовой установкой из одного двигателя Pratt & Whitney R-985-AN-1 мощностью 450 л.с. После вступления США во Вторую мировую были затребованы для военной службы 118 гражданских самолетов Model 17, включая Model D17R, D17S, F17D, E17B, C17R, D17A, C17B, B17R, C17L и D17W под обозначениями UC-43A, UC-43B, UC-43C, UC-43D, UC-43E, UC-43F, UC-43G, UC-43H, UC-43J и UC-43K соответственно.
   ВМС США затребовали один Staggerwing в начале 1939 года - это была гражданская модификация Model C17R, обозначенная JB-1. Обозначение GB-1 было дано еще 10 самолетам, аналогам гражданского Model D17, заказанным в 1939 году, и позже - еще восьми "мобилизованным" Model D17. В целом военные закупки составили 342 самолета GB-2, 105 из них переданы по ленд-лизу Великобритании, где все самолеты использовались преимущественно ВМС под обозначением Traveller (это обзначение приняли и в ВМС США).

ТАКТИКО-ТЕХНИЧЕСКИЕ ХАРАКТЕРИСТИКИ

Beech Model G17S

   Тип: четырех/пятиместный легкий транспортный самолет
   Силовая установка: один звездообразный двигатель Pratt&Whitney R-985-AN-4 Wasp Junior мощностью 450 л. с. (336 кВт)
   Летные характеристики: максимальная скорость на оптимальной высоте 341 км/ч; крейсерская скорость на высоте 2895 м - 298 км/ч; начальная скороподъемность 381 м/мин; набор высоты 4570 м - за 15 мин; практический потолок 6095 м; дальность полета 1609 км
   Масса: пустого 1270 кг; максимальная взлетная 1928 кг
   Размеры: размах крыла 9,75 м; длина 8,15 м; высота 2,44 м; площадь крыльев 27,54 м'

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Flight, May 1934

COMFORTABLE SPEED
The "Beechcraft,” manufactured by the Beech Aircraft Co., of Wichita, Kansas

   THE design of high-speed single-engined aircraft in the United States has become stereotyped. Low cantilever wings, monocoque fuselages, retractable or cantilever undercarriages and radial engines with low drag cowling are prevalent. The design of the "Beechcraft" is refreshing, and apparently the machine loses nothing in the way of performance over the more conventional types. It can maintain a cruising speed of 170-180 m.p.h. for from 300 to 1,000 miles. To make this long rang practicable great comfort is necessary. The cabin is roomy; a large man may stretch his legs as far as he wishes, and has ample elbow and shoulder room. As the result of thorough sound proofing, conversation is easy. Either hot or cold air may be admitted to the cabin without opening the windows. In order that the front seats may be large and roomy and still be accessible, the right-hand seat is on slides and may be pushed back out of the way when passengers are entering the front seats.

Stopping that "Sinking Feeling"

   One objection against high-speed flying often made by passengers is that when flying through rough air the feeling is much the same as that when riding in a high-speed motor-boat on rough water. As a result of experiments, a new type of passenger seat has been developed for the "Beechcraft." The two individual rear seats are suspended in such a manner that they float on rubber and their movement is controlled by a double-acting hydraulic shock absorber which eliminates all jarring experienced while flying at high speed in rough air.
   Another problem to be contended with in the design of high-speed aircraft is that of vision. In many of the conventional low-wing monoplanes downward vision is distinctly poor. The negative stagger on the "Beechcraft" makes it possible to seat the pilots so that they may see back over the top wing while turning and have an excellent view downwards. In bad weather the windows beside the pilots may be lowered for better vision, but the slope of the wind shield is such that rain drops will not collect and the air flow is so straight and fast that rain is literally wiped off. Vision for landing or taxying is excellent, for when sitting in the front seats it is possible to see the ground directly ahead of the machine by looking down beside the engine instead of over it. The pilot's comfort has been very seriously studied. All instruments on the dashboard are literally at his finger-tip. The adjustable tail plane is electrically operated, and it is not necessary for the pilot to reach behind his head, under his seat or to pump, turn or pull anything while he is flying the machine. He merely touches a knob close by the throttle and an electric motor does the rest.

Ball Bearing Controls

   The controls are well co-ordinated and all hinges, pulleys and push-pull tubes have double-seal ball bearings. The wing loading is lower than that of conventional aircraft possessing similar performance characteristics. Differentially operated ailerons of high aspect ratio run the full length of the lower wings. The mechanism gives an upward travel of 45 deg. and a downward travel of 15 deg. This, together with the Frise balances, eliminates any tendency to yaw into a turn when the ailerons are used to bring the wing up at high angles of attack. There is no definite stalling point, for beyond the angle at which a normal aircraft would stall the "Beechcraft" stays in perfect control.
   In place of the normal trailing edge flaps a "decelerator" in the form of a split rudder is fitted. With the decelerator open little speed is gained when nosing down after coming in over high obstructions and the drag being well above and behind the centre of gravity helps to get the tail down and adds directional stability at low speeds. An interesting type of wing construction is employed which entails the use of chrome molybdenum steel tube spars of special shape with reinforcements forged on at points of greatest stress. The negative stagger puts the highest loads on the front spars which are deeper and stronger than those at the rear. By running the flying wires through the lower wing from the landing gear to the upper front spars, the loads in the wires and in the upper front spars are reduced, the landing gear is braced and the rigging may be changed by a simple adjustment at the rear spar without loosening any wires. The wing drag truss is made of tubular steel compression members and drawn steel tie rods.
   Many private owners have had the unpleasant experience of discovering after the purchase of an aircraft that on the addition of night flying equipment, wireless or extra fuel tanks, they have not only spent a great deal of money, but have seriously decreased the performance of their aircraft and have cut down the baggage and passenger allowance. In the "Beechcraft" such equipment is considered an integral part of the machine from the earliest stages of the design. The standard fuel capacity is 145 gallons, which is sufficient for a cruising range of about 1,000 miles in normal conditions. This fuel load may be carried without decreasing either the number of passengers or the amount of baggage, normally carried.
   As the result of co-operation between the Beech Aircraft Company and the Switlik Parachute & Equipment Company, seats as comfortable as the standard type, but with parachutes built in as part of the upholstery can be furnished.
   While the landing gear is not retractable, in flight, the wheels drop to the fully extended position of the hydraulic shock absorbers, but may be pulled up electrically to the normal taxying position. The mechanism effecting this operation is controlled by a lever beside the throttle and is so arranged that the throttle cannot be closed below cruising speed unless the landing gear lever is moved to the down position. Concealed in the rear of the large streamline fairings over the wheels are sumps for the fuel system. The fuel flows by gravity from the tanks into the sumps and is pumped thence by an engine driven fuel pump. The front sections of the wheel fairings are easily removed for inspection and the changing of tyres. For the latter operation it is necessary to remove only two bolts. When fitted with the 420-h.p. Wright "Whirlwind" the machine is known as the model 17R. A more powerful power plant may, however, be installed, and the aircraft is then known as the model 17J. In either case the engine is enclosed in an N.A.C.A. cowling, which is in two sections. In the front section are baffles which direct the air flow to the cylinders and other points, while the rear section is hinged to give access to the engine.
   The latest news from the manufacturers is that they are producing a small "Beechcraft" using a Jacobs 225-h.p. engine. The top speed is 175 m.p.h., cruising speed 155 m.p.h., and landing speed 45 m.p.h. This type is fitted with a retractable undercarriage. The original "Beechcraft" has completed a tour of America, during which it travelled approximately 25,000 miles at temperatures from 20 deg. below zero to the heat of the southern desert regions, and in every respect behaved admirably.

THE "BEECHCRAFT"
Performance with full load at sea level
   Model 17R Model 17J
   Top speed 200 m.p.h. 235 m.p.h.
   Cruising speed (87 per cent, full r.p.m.) 170 m.p.h. 200 m.p.h.
   Landing speed 60 m.p.h. 62 m.p.h.
   Cruising range 1,000 miles 750 miles
   Rate of climb 1,500 ft./min. 2,300 ft./min.
   Service ceiling 20,000 ft. 27,000 ft.
   Span 34 ft. 4 in. 34 ft. 4 in.
   Length 24 ft. 2 1/2 in. 23 ft. 11 in.
   Height 8 ft. 7 1/2 in. 8 ft. 7 1/2 in.
   Wing area 323 sq. ft.
   Weight (empty) 2,700 lb. 3,000 lb.
   Useful load 1,800 lb. 1,750 lb.
   Gross weight 4,500 lb. 4,750 lb.
   Wing loading 13-9 lb./sq. ft. 14-7 lb./sq. ft.
   Power loading 10-7 lb./h.p. 7-3 lb./h.p.

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Beech Model 17 Staggerwing
Flight, May 1934
COMFORTABLE SPEED
Flight, August 1934
FLYING AMERICA'S LATEST
Flight, April 1936
MODERN LIGHT AIRCRAFT REVIEW

Мировая Авиация 44
Регистрационный номерRegistry number: C-FCCA
Этот восстановленный самолет Model 17 сфотографирован в 1985 году с канадскими опознавательными знаками. Самолет окрашен в цвета компании "Beech".
Air Enthusiast 2006-03 / E.Gandet, M.Rey - Alpine Antiques /History on the wing/
Регистрационный номерRegistry number: F-GUZZ
Beech D17S 'Staggerwing' F-GUZZ (foreground) in formation with Cessna 195 N3081B. French-registered ‘Zulu-Zulu', flown by its owner Francis Vital, is based at Person near Paris. The US-registered Cessna 195 Is the only one of its type in Switzerland and is the flagship of the Vetrano Flying Group based at Birrfield.

Другие самолёты на фотографии: Another planes on the photo: Cessna 190 / 195 Businessliner - СШАUSA - 1947
Aeroplane Monthly 1991-09 / M.Oakey - Grapevine
Регистрационный номерRegistry number: NC18028
Paul McConnell’s stunning White Waltham-based Beech 17D Staggerwing NC18028, photographed near Shoreham on July 4, 1991.
Aeroplane Monthly 1981-02

An interesting trio photographed in the Duxford area last September. Rob Lamplough's ex-Portuguese Air Force Harvard Mk 4 is in the foreground. His Beech Staggerwing and Tony Hutton's Yak-11 complete the picture.

Другие самолёты на фотографии: Another planes on the photo: North American T-6 Texan / AT-6 Harvard - СШАUSA - 1935 Яковлев Як-11 - РоссияRussia - 1946
Aeroplane Monthly 1985-12 / Beechcraft Model 17 VH-ACU /Preservation Profile/
Регистрационный номерRegistry number: VH-ACU [6]
Aeroplane Monthly 1985-12 / Beechcraft Model 17 VH-ACU /Preservation Profile/
Регистрационный номерRegistry number: VH-ACU [6]
The Drage's Airworld Beechcraft Model 17 Staggerwing VH-ACU, currently based at Wangaratta
Aeroplane Monthly 1982-02
Регистрационный номерRegistry number: G-BDGK [5], DR628 [6], HB-UIH [5]
Our front cover was one of our recent camera competition entries and was taken by 16-year-old MARSTON BAILEY - his father Roger owns that immaculate black and gold D.H. Puss Moth G-ABLS. Marston’s photograph of the Beech 17S G-BDGK was taken at the 1980 PFA Rally at Henstridge in Dorset.
Air Pictorial 1991-10 / M.Gradidge - Gateway to Aviation
Регистрационный номерRegistry number: N48974
Beech E.17B N48974, owned by James C Spriggs of Aguila, AZ.
Мировая Авиация 222
Регистрационный номерRegistry number: G-BRVE
Beech 17 Staggerwing - один из самых красивых легких самолетов, выпускавшихся в США. Самолет имел хорошие летные характеристики и пользовался популярностью у богатых клиентов.
Мировая Авиация 165
Регистрационный номерRegistry number: N1184V [2]
Отличительной особенностью Model 17 было выдвинутое вперед нижнее крыло. На снимке представлен самолет Model D17S.
Air Enthusiast 2003-11 / G.Salerno - Over the Poles

The Beech 'Staggerwing' on the unfortunate Snow Cruiser of the 1939 expedition.

Flight 1934-05 / Flight
Регистрационный номерRegistry number: NC499N [2]
THE "BEECHCRAFT": A later and smaller version than that shown is fitted with a retractable undercarriage.
Flight 1934-07 / Flight

A DISTINCTIVE AMERICAN ENTRY: The Beechcraft A.17F entered by Miss Louise Thaden. It is fitted with a 690 h.p. Wright "Cyclone" engine, and, as will be seen, considerable attention has been given to the streamlining. The top plane has a big backward stagger, although this is not very apparent in our illustration.
Aeroplane Monthly 1993-06 / Personal album. Civil
Регистрационный номерRegistry number: NC12583
Beechcraft A17F NC12583 with Bob Fogg at the controls. Howard Hughes acquired this Staggerwing in 1935, using the brute to sharpen his skills for an attack on the landplane speed record.
Мировая Авиация 100
Регистрационный номерRegistry number: NC499N [2]
4 ноября 1932г.: поднялся в воздух классический легкий самолет Beech Model 17 Staggerwing, развивавший скорость 322 км/час и выпускавшийся до 1948 года.
Flight 1934-08 / Flight
Регистрационный номерRegistry number: NC12564
Showing interest in the Beechcraft at Reading.
Flight 1934-08 / Flight
Регистрационный номерRegistry number: NC12584
HIGH SPEED COMFORT. The new Beechcraft in which Mr. W. Faust, Director of Aviation Sales, and Mr. H. White, Aviation Sales Manager, of the Socony-Vacuum Oil Co., Inc., will shortly be touring Europe. With a retractable undercarriage this four-seater has a top speed of 170 m.p.h. It has a 225 h.p. Jacobs engine. Flaps reduce the landing speed to 45 m.p.h.
Air-Britain Archive 1986-02 / 7 - Ethiopia /Complete Civil Registers/ (1)
Регистрационный номерRegistry number: NC14405
Still wearing US marks, Beech B17L NC14405 was taken over by the Ethiopian Government in November/December 1935.
Air-Britain Archive 1984-01 / 3 - The Beech 17 /Aircraft Production List/ (1)
Регистрационный номерRegistry number: N15485
Atmospheric study of B17L N15485 at Wichita, Kansas on 25th September 1967 by Erwin J.Bulban.
Air International 1980-12
Регистрационный номерRegistry number: NC15816
Beechcraft B17R NC15816, the example owned by racing pilot Jimmy Haizlip and "flown" across the Atlantic in May 1936, aboard the airship "Hindenburg".
Jane's All the World Aircraft 1938 / 03 - All the world's aeroplanes
Регистрационный номерRegistry number: NC17082
The Beechcraft D17R Four-seat Cabin Biplane (450 h.p. Wright engine).
Jane's All the World Aircraft 1938 / 03 - All the world's aeroplanes
Регистрационный номерRegistry number: NC18786
The Beechcraft F17D Four/five-seat Cabin Biplane (330 h.p. Jacobs engine).
Air-Britain Archive 1984-02 / 3 - The Beech 17 /Aircraft Production List/ (2)
Регистрационный номерRegistry number: NC19453
The lowest-powered of the D17 series was the D17A with a 350hp Wright R-760 E2 capable of a maximum speed of 185 mph. The fully-cantilevered tailplane is clearly visible on this shot of NC19453, c/n 305.
Air-Britain Archive 1984-02 / 3 - The Beech 17 /Aircraft Production List/ (2)
Регистрационный номерRegistry number: N20753
D17S-395 N20753 taken about 1965 when owned by R.C.Horn, Hermosa Beach, California.
Jane's All the World Aircraft 1947 / All the world's aeroplanes
Регистрационный номерRegistry number: NC21934 [2]
The Beechcraft G17S Five-seat Cabin Biplane (450 h.p. Pratt & Whitney R-985 Wasp Junior engine).
Air-Britain Archive 1984-02 / 3 - The Beech 17 /Aircraft Production List/ (2)
Регистрационный номерRegistry number: NC21934 [2]
The last civil D17S, NC21934 c/n 424, was modified during the war to become the first model G17S. The longer, streamlined engine cowlings and slightly different vertical tail profile are clearly visible here.
Air-Britain Archive 1985-01 / 3 - The Beech 17 /Aircraft Production List/ (5)
Регистрационный номерRegistry number: NC44562
Immaculate D17S c/n 6923 of Richard Hansen wearing its original marks as NC44562 at Oshkosh on 29.7.83.
Air-Britain Archive 1984-03 / 3 - The Beech 17 /Aircraft Production List/ (3)
Регистрационный номерRegistry number: N46810
Another Beech 17 at Reno on 20.7.70, D17S-4891 N46810 was doubtless a race participant. Then owned by Bert Jensen of Crystal Bay, Nevada, it had been modified by a previous owner who fitted extended streamlined cowlings similar to a G17S model.
Air-Britain Archive 1984-03 / 3 - The Beech 17 /Aircraft Production List/ (3)
Регистрационный номерRegistry number: N51121
N51121, D17S-4914, taxies in at Reading 7.71.
Air-Britain Archive 1984-03 / 3 - The Beech 17 /Aircraft Production List/ (3)
Регистрационный номерRegistry number: N60149
Another race meeting, this time at Reno on 20.9.70 with D17S-4867 N60149 as visitor.
Air-Britain Archive 1984-03 / 3 - The Beech 17 /Aircraft Production List/ (3)
Регистрационный номерRegistry number: N66300
Not all Staggerwing owners retain the standard colour scheme, this simple variation is shown on D17S-4804 N66300 at Teterboro on 2.6.54.
Air-Britain Archive 1985-01 / 3 - The Beech 17 /Aircraft Production List/ (5)
Регистрационный номерRegistry number: NC80302
The first production unit of the Model G17S, NC80302 c/n B-1, airborne over the Kansas countryside.
АвиаМастер 2004-04 / В.Морозов - Пылающий остров /Из истории воздушных войн/ (1)
Регистрационный номерRegistry number: NC80305
Самолет, на котором доставлялось оружие повстанцам Фиделя Кастро: "Бичкрафт" D-17S.
Air-Britain Archive 1985-01 / 3 - The Beech 17 /Aircraft Production List/ (5)
Регистрационный номерRegistry number: NC80313
Another non-standard colour scheme, this time on NC80313 c/n B-12 seen at Teterboro on 9.9.53.
Air-Britain Archive 1985-01 / 3 - The Beech 17 /Aircraft Production List/ (5)
Регистрационный номерRegistry number: NC80317
A G17S at the Reno races on 20.9.70, N80317 c/n B-16 is no longer current on the US Register. Note the five Jetstreams parked behind.

Другие самолёты на фотографии: Another planes on the photo: Handley Page/BAe Jetstream / H.P.137 - ВеликобританияUnited Kingdom - 1967
Air-Britain Archive 1984-04 / 3 - The Beech 17 /Aircraft Production List/ (4)
Регистрационный номерRegistry number: N28A
Used for aerial surveys throughout the fifties, c/n 6760 N28A has been owned by Gordon Warren of Colorado for about 20 years. It was photographed at San Francisco on 26.10.71 by John P.Stewart
Air-Britain Archive 1985-01 / 3 - The Beech 17 /Aircraft Production List/ (5)
Регистрационный номерRegistry number: N70E
Reflecting the snow in its superb gloss finish, G17S N70E c/n B-11 shown here during the winter of 1956/7. It has since been repainted in the standard factory colour scheme.
A beautifully finished, dark blue and white trim, 1946-built, four-seat Beech Model D17S, with the distinctive back-staggered wings and "racy" sloped windshield. Note the unusual ventral radome-like fitting aft of the wings.
Air-Britain Archive 1984-03 / 3 - The Beech 17 /Aircraft Production List/ (3)
Регистрационный номерRegistry number: N69H
Another smart non-standard colour scheme, this time on D17S-4896 the Florida-based N69H of a company called The Legal Eagle. Photographed at Tamiami on 15.9.65 by Peter Keating.
Air-Britain Archive 1984-03 / 3 - The Beech 17 /Aircraft Production List/ (3)
Регистрационный номерRegistry number: N9370H
Lined up with other vintage types, D17S-4846 N9370H at Watsonville on 16.5.71.
Air-Britain Archive 1984-04 / 3 - The Beech 17 /Aircraft Production List/ (4)
Регистрационный номерRegistry number: N9459H
Still current as N9459H is c/n 6700 though this shot was taken in January 1966 at Toronto Island airport by Peter Keating.
Air-Britain Archive 1984-04 / 3 - The Beech 17 /Aircraft Production List/ (4)
Регистрационный номерRegistry number: N9466H
Owned for over 20 years by James Almand of Grand Prairie, Texas, c/n 6688 N9466H was photographed at Harlingen on 5.10.79 by Ian MacFarlane.
Air-Britain Archive 1984-03 / 3 - The Beech 17 /Aircraft Production List/ (3)
Регистрационный номерRegistry number: N9597H
Emerging from the gloom of its hangar at Detroit on 12.9.63, D17S-4840 N9597H displays a dramatic double crossed shadow pattern on the apron.
Air-Britain Archive 1984-02 / 3 - The Beech 17 /Aircraft Production List/ (2)
Регистрационный номерRegistry number: N9885H
Photographed in 1971 and still active is N9885H, c/n 3091.
Air-Britain Archive 1984-02 / 3 - The Beech 17 /Aircraft Production List/ (2)
Регистрационный номерRegistry number: N1038M
D17S-1017 N1038M at an unidentified location about 1958.
Air-Britain Archive 1985-01 / 3 - The Beech 17 /Aircraft Production List/ (5)
Регистрационный номерRegistry number: N4607N
One of the last D17Ss built as a GB-2 for the US Navy, N4607N c/n 6927 was a mere 39 years old when it visited Oshkosh on 31.7.83.
Air-Britain Archive 1984-04 / 3 - The Beech 17 /Aircraft Production List/ (4)
Регистрационный номерRegistry number: N1184V [2]
Sold to Mexico in 1948 but returned to the USA in 1953, c/n 6748 N1184V may have suffered a bad accident on 6.2.55 but it evidently survived as it was photographed at Reno on 20.9.70 and is still current.
Air-Britain Archive 1984-02 / 3 - The Beech 17 /Aircraft Production List/ (2)
Регистрационный номерRegistry number: N1190V
A yellow and black D17S N1190V c/n 398 at its then current home base of Salt Lake City, Utah on 10.8.66.
Air-Britain Archive 1984-04 / 3 - The Beech 17 /Aircraft Production List/ (4)
Регистрационный номерRegistry number: N1195V
Also current is the next aircraft off the line, c/n 6749 N1195V which was an Oshkosh visitor on 2.8.83.
Air-Britain Archive 1985-01 / 3 - The Beech 17 /Aircraft Production List/ (5)
Регистрационный номерRegistry number: N1336V
Still current in the USA is this ex RAF Traveller N1336V, c/n 6897.
Air-Britain Archive 1985-02 / 3 - The Beech 17 /Aircraft Production List/ (6)
Регистрационный номерRegistry number: NC270Y
The oldest existing Beech 17 is this B17L c/n 3, NC270Y shown at Oshkosh 29.7.83 where it won the 'Reserve Grand Champion' award. It is now located at the EAA Aviation Centre, Oshkosh.
Air-Britain Archive 1985-02 / 3 - The Beech 17 /Aircraft Production List/ (6)
Регистрационный номерRegistry number: NC75554
Although we have not received a photograph of any British military Beech 17s, we do have this view of a standard US Navy GB-2 BuA.01630, c/n 1019 which was later D17S NC75554.
Jane's All the World Aircraft 1946 / 03 - All the world's aeroplanes

The Beechcraft GB-2 Traveller Light Transport Biplane (Pratt & Whitney R-985 engine).
Aeroplane Monthly 1988-05 / ??? - And there's more where these came from...

The civil Beech Model 17 made an ideal fast communications aircraft for the wartime USAAF and Navy and around 270 were used for that purpose from 1941. Here a batch of 11 UC-43s are seen at Wichita, Kansas.
Air-Britain Archive 1988-01
Регистрационный номерRegistry number: FZ438
C/n 4934, which is clearly marked on the cowling, wearing the US serial 310886 on the tail and standard star and bar insignia together with RAF serial FZ-438 (sic) on the rear fuselage.
Flight 1936-08 / Flight

HIGH-SPEED LUXURY: The latest Beechcraft photographed last Saturday at Lympne whither it was brought by Mr. James Haislip, the European representative. This machine, the C.17.R, is powered with a 420 h.p. Wright Whirlwind (which gives it a maximum speed of 210 m.p.h. at 12,000 feet) and was brought over, appropriately enough, by airship from the States. Surrey Flying Services are the Beech agents for the United Kingdom and Ireland.
Flight 1938-09 / Flight

Max Constant’s special Beechcraft.
Flight 1936-04 / Flight
Регистрационный номерRegistry number: G-ADDH [2]
The Beechcraft, though at first glance somewhat odd in appearance, has some excellent features as well as a good performance.
Aeroplane Monthly 1991-10 / Personal album. Civil
Регистрационный номерRegistry number: G-ADDH [2]
The first British-registered example of the successful Beech 17 was Amy Mollison’s early, Jacobs-powered B-17L, G-ADDH, pictured here at Castle Bromwich in February 1936. Registered in June the previous year, the Beech was flown extensively until it was damaged beyond repair following a landing at Orpington, Kent, on October 21, 1936.
Aeroplane Monthly 1988-04 / Personal album. Civil
Регистрационный номерRegistry number: G-AESJ [3]
Beech C17R G-AESJ was registered in April 1937 to Surrey Flying Services, agents for the type in the UK. This de luxe variant of a long line of Staggerwings was powered by a 400 h.p. Wright Whirlwind radial, a total of 18 C17Rs was produced by the Beech Wichita factory.
Air-Britain Archive 1984-01 / 3 - The Beech 17 /Aircraft Production List/ (1)
Регистрационный номерRegistry number: G-AESJ [3]
The Surrey Flying Services C17R demonstrator G-AESJ c/n 118 which was impressed as DS180 for the Air Transport Auxilliary 31.5.41 but did not survive the war, being scrapped by Cunliffe Owen in 1944.
Air-Britain Archive 1984-02
Регистрационный номерRegistry number: G-AESJ [3]
IN BELGIUM: The Beechcraft C.17R exhibited at the Brussels Show by Aviquipo. Surrey Flying Services did some high-pressure work in installing the machine at the show after it had been held up at Croydon awaiting an export licence. Incidentally, a rather novel brochure, "A Day in the Life of a Beechcraft," containing copies of an American commercial log, is issued by Surrey's at Croydon.
Beech 17 G-AESJ (c/n 118) on the stand at the First International Aircraft Exhibition at Brussels in May/June 1937. Visible behind are Porterfield G-AEOK, Koolhoven FK53 PH-FKJ and SABCA S30 OO-AVB.

Другие самолёты на фотографии: Another planes on the photo: Koolhoven FK-53 - НидерландыNetherlands - 1936 Porterfield 35 Flyabout - СШАUSA - 1936 SABCA S.30 - БельгияBelgium - 1936
Aeroplane Monthly 1989-12 / Personal album. Civil
Регистрационный номерRegistry number: G-AJJJ [3], FZ432 [3], VH-MJE [3]
Beech D-17S Staggerwing G-AJJJ was formerly FZ432 with the RAF and was certified on the British register in April 1947. For a number of years was based at Elstree and owned by A. R. “Tiny" Pilgrim. It is seen here at Portsmouth in 1951. In December 1952 it was exported to Australia where it became VH-MJE.
Air-Britain Archive 1984-04 / 3 - The Beech 17 /Aircraft Production List/ (4)
Регистрационный номерRegistry number: G-AJJJ [3], FZ432 [3], VH-MJE [3]
Another shot of c/n 4922, this time before its sale to Australia, as the Elstree-based G-AJJJ. Entirely appropriately it was taken by A.J.Jackson!
Air-Britain Archive 1984-04 / 3 - The Beech 17 /Aircraft Production List/ (4)
Регистрационный номерRegistry number: G-AJLA
Short-lived British D17S was c/n 4935 seen as G-AJLA at Prestwick 24.2.48.
Air-Britain Archive 1984-04 / 3 - The Beech 17 /Aircraft Production List/ (4)
Регистрационный номерRegistry number: G-BDGK [5], DR628 [6], HB-UIH [5]
After G-AJJJ left in late 1952 no Beech 17s were to be found on the UK register until c/n 4920 arrived and became G-BDGK in July 1975.
Aeroplane Monthly 1976-03 / B.Martin - Britain's civil aircraft register
Регистрационный номерRegistry number: G-BDGK [5], DR628 [6], HB-UIH [5]
Philip Wolf’s Beech 17 Staggerwing G-BDGK airborne December 1975.
Aeroplane Monthly 1980-08
Регистрационный номерRegistry number: DR628 [6], G-BDGK [5], HB-UIH [5]
Beechcraft Staggerwing G-BDGK appeared at Duxford on June 15, 1980 as DR628, flown by Prince Bernhard of the Netherlands in World War Two.
Air-Britain Archive 1985-01 / 3 - The Beech 17 /Aircraft Production List/ (5)
Регистрационный номерRegistry number: N18V
Disguised in Dutch wartime colours as PB1, c/n 6869 is in fact N18V. The actual aircraft used by Prince Bernhard as PB.1 was c/n 420. Photograph by Ian MacFarlane at Strathallan on 14.7.81.
Air-Britain Aeromilitaria 1988-01 / Beech Traveller I
Регистрационный номерRegistry number: FT461 [4]
FT461 was the first of a batch of Beech UC-43 Traveller Is delivered under Lease-Lend and as such was delivered to the Aeroplane and Armament Experimental Establishment at Boscombe Down for handling trials.
Air-Britain Aeromilitaria 1988-01 / Beech Traveller I
Регистрационный номерRegistry number: FT461 [4]
Air-Britain Aeromilitaria 1988-01 / Beech Traveller I
Регистрационный номерRegistry number: FT461 [4]
Air-Britain Aeromilitaria 1988-01 / Beech Traveller I
Регистрационный номерRegistry number: FT461 [4]
Aeroplane Monthly 1976-05 / Personal album
Регистрационный номерRegistry number: FZ435
Beech Traveller I FZ435, probably photographed at Khartoum, was one of a batch of 12 delivered to the Royal Navy under lend-lease from October 1943. The Traveller was a five-seat communications aircraft powered by a 450 h.p. Pratt & Whitney Wasp junior radial engine.
Air Pictorial 1957-11 / B.Robertson - U.S. Aircraft in the British Services 1914-1955 (9)
Регистрационный номерRegistry number: DR628 [6]
One of the two Beechcraft 17s impressed by the R.A.F. early in the war;
Air-Britain Archive 1988-01
Регистрационный номерRegistry number: FZ434
We have FZ434 c/n 4924 flying over rugged Hadnamont country in Aden on 10.2.44. This probably indicates that the aircraft served, with others already identified, in the Aden Communications Flight. (David Bennett, who flew it in the area!)
Aeroplane Monthly 1980-11 / News Spotlight

A unique formation seen over Duxford in September comprised Rob Lamplough's ex Portugese Air Force Havard Mk 4 and Beech Staggerwing, and Tony Hutton's Yak-11.

Другие самолёты на фотографии: Another planes on the photo: North American T-6 Texan / AT-6 Harvard - СШАUSA - 1935 Яковлев Як-11 - РоссияRussia - 1946
Aeroplane Monthly 1980-07
Регистрационный номерRegistry number: C-FGKY
Beech D17S C-FGKY, owned by A. Mason of Niagara Falls, Ontario, was piloted by Moe Servos when Jack McNulty photographed it on September 1, 1978.
Air-Britain Archive 1984-03 / 3 - The Beech 17 /Aircraft Production List/ (3)
Регистрационный номерRegistry number: CF-EKA [3]
Ronald Uloth's Beech D17S CF-EKA c/n 4813 which was built as a US Navy GB-2.
Air-Britain Archive 1984-03 / 3 - The Beech 17 /Aircraft Production List/ (3)
Регистрационный номерRegistry number: CF-EKA [3]
D17S-4813 CF-EKA in less active pose at Lake St.John, Ontario on 15.7.73. This is an unusual paint scheme in that the bird symbol is extended right on to the engine cowlings.
Air Pictorial 1956-01 / Air Pictorial's photo-review
Регистрационный номерRegistry number: CF-EKA [3]
Known as the "Flying Back Stagger" the Beechcraft D17 is still in use in various parts of the world as a cabin 4-5-seater. Illustrated is CF-EKA at Montreal Airport.
Air-Britain Archive 1985-01 / 3 - The Beech 17 /Aircraft Production List/ (5)
Регистрационный номерRegistry number: CF-GLL, N35JM
C/n 6914 was sold to Canada as CF-GLL in 1951 and based for some time at Vancouver where it was photographed on 26.4.58. It is now in Denver with Jack Munroe as N35JM.
Air-Britain Archive 1984-03 / 3 - The Beech 17 /Aircraft Production List/ (3)
Регистрационный номерRegistry number: CF-GWL
One of the competitors in the London to Victoria Air Race of 1.7.71 was D17S-4870 CF-GWL, seen here at Abingdon before the event
Air-Britain Archive 1985-01 / 3 - The Beech 17 /Aircraft Production List/ (5)
Регистрационный номерRegistry number: CX-AQG
The first of two Uruguayan civil Beech 17s was CX-AQG c/n 6915 which was sold from Canada to Chile 6.55 before passing on to Uruguay in 10.55, though no Chilean identity is known.
Air-Britain Archive 1984-04 / 3 - The Beech 17 /Aircraft Production List/ (4)
Регистрационный номерRegistry number: CX-BAB
CX-BAB c/n 4939 served with the Uruguayan Air Force until 1962 when it was sold to J.A.Baleiron. Photo 8.64 by Nery Mendiburu via Gary Kuhn.
Air-Britain Archive 1989-04
Регистрационный номерRegistry number: F-APFD
A Beech 17 used in the Spanish Civil War from Thomas Willis. F-APFD c/n 66 was discovered by the Germans at Briscus in dismantled condition and taken to their captured aircraft centre at Beutepark 5 in Nanterre, Paris. It was rumoured to have been flown by the Luftwaffe but this seems unlikely, does anyone know which one they did fly - possibly c/n 127 NC17062?
No further news of the Beech 17 at Beutepark 5 yet, but we can add that the Cierva C.30 in the picture was c/n 776, F-AOHZ.

Другие самолёты на фотографии: Another planes on the photo: Cierva/Avro C.30A / Rota - ВеликобританияUnited Kingdom - 1932
Air-Britain Archive 1984-04 / 3 - The Beech 17 /Aircraft Production List/ (4)
Регистрационный номерRegistry number: F-BATL
Last owned by a company called SOGAR, c/n 6699 F-BATL is thought to have ended its days at Nice where it was photographed 8.61.
Air-Britain Archive 1984-02 / 3 - The Beech 17 /Aircraft Production List/ (2)
Регистрационный номерRegistry number: F-BDRX
Another unknown location, but this back-of-the-hangar shot was taken in July 1958 and shows that D17S-3121 F-BDRX served with the Escadrille Mercure company for a time.
Air-Britain Archive 1985-02 / 3 - The Beech 17 /Aircraft Production List/ (6)
Регистрационный номерRegistry number: HB-UIH [5], DR628 [6], G-BDGK [5]
Shortly after arrival in the UK, HB-UIH c/n 4920 was recorded by Malcolm Fillmore at Redhill on 14.6.75. The following month it was registered G-BDGK.
Aeroplane Monthly 1985-12 / Beechcraft Model 17 VH-ACU /Preservation Profile/
Регистрационный номерRegistry number: VH-ACU [6]
The photograph was taken on September 20, 1970 at Bankstown, New South Wales. The Beech has full-span ailerons on the upper wing and full-span flaps on the lower.
Air-Britain Archive 1984-01 / 3 - The Beech 17 /Aircraft Production List/ (1)
Регистрационный номерRegistry number: VH-ACU [6]
VH-ACU a model F17D c/n 248 is now preserved in Australia.
Aeroplane Monthly 1985-12 / Beechcraft Model 17 VH-ACU /Preservation Profile/
Регистрационный номерRegistry number: VH-ACU [6]
The aircraft is pictured right near Wangaratta on January 27, 1985, the day it moved from Wodonga to its new home.
Aeroplane Monthly 1985-12 / Beechcraft Model 17 VH-ACU /Preservation Profile/
Регистрационный номерRegistry number: VH-ACU [6]
The photograph was taken on September 20, 1970 at Bankstown, New South Wales. The Beech has full-span ailerons on the upper wing and full-span flaps on the lower.
Air-Britain Archive 1984-02 / 3 - The Beech 17 /Aircraft Production List/ (2)
Регистрационный номерRegistry number: VH-AFP
Originally used in an Antarctic expedition, D17A-357 returned to the Southern Hemisphere as A39-2 and was sold to E.J.Connellan as VH-AFP. Seen here at Moorabbin on 6.1.62, it was written off at Springton, Queensland on 22.12.63.
Aeroplane Monthly 1979-09 / N.Parnell - Aussie Staggerwing
Регистрационный номерRegistry number: VH-BBL [4]
Joe Drage’s beautiful Beech D17R(M) displays the characteristic back-staggered wings of the type. In flight the retractable undercarriage greatly enhances its lines.
Aeroplane Monthly 1979-09 / N.Parnell - Aussie Staggerwing
Регистрационный номерRegistry number: VH-BBL [4]
Aeroplane Monthly 1979-09 / N.Parnell - Aussie Staggerwing
Регистрационный номерRegistry number: VH-BBL [4]
Aeroplane Monthly 1979-09 / N.Parnell - Aussie Staggerwing
Регистрационный номерRegistry number: VH-BBL [4]
Air-Britain Archive 1984-04 / 3 - The Beech 17 /Aircraft Production List/ (4)
Регистрационный номерRegistry number: VH-MJE [3], FZ432 [3], G-AJJJ [3]
C/n 4922 was current as VH-MJE from February 1953 for twenty years. It was photographed at Bankstown, Sydney on 23.10.60 by Peter Keating.
Air-Britain Archive 1984-01 / 3 - The Beech 17 /Aircraft Production List/ (1)
Регистрационный номерRegistry number: VH-TOT
Model C17L c/n 107 VH-TOT has spent its entire career in the Antipodes. Photo at Bankstown 26.11.66 by N.Parnell.
Air-Britain Archive 1984-01 / 3 - The Beech 17 /Aircraft Production List/ (1)
Регистрационный номерRegistry number: VH-UXP
VH-UXP c/n 108 with non-standard cowling in Parkes Aviation titles. It later reverted to normal factory colour scheme
Air-Britain Archive 1984-04 / 3 - The Beech 17 /Aircraft Production List/ (4)
Регистрационный номерRegistry number: VP-YIT
A rare shot of c/n 4925 during its stay in Rhodesia from 1951-55.
Air-Britain Archive 1984-01 / 3 - The Beech 17 /Aircraft Production List/ (1)
Регистрационный номерRegistry number: VP-YIV
D17S c/n 295 in two guises: as VP-YIV at Livingstone on 11.12.55
Air-Britain Archive 1984-01 / 3 - The Beech 17 /Aircraft Production List/ (1)
Регистрационный номерRegistry number: ZK-AJS
ZK-AJS c/n 107 sometime prior to its sale to Australia in 3.55
Air-Britain Archive 1984-03 / 3 - The Beech 17 /Aircraft Production List/ (3)
Регистрационный номерRegistry number: ZS-AJT
Still active in South Africa is D17S-4885 ZS-AJT though this photo at Johannesburg-Rand was taken in 4.72.
Air-Britain Archive 1985-01 / 3 - The Beech 17 /Aircraft Production List/ (5)
Регистрационный номерRegistry number: ZS-BBZ
ZS-BBZ c/n 6768 at Cape Town in August 1972 when owned by Rotorwing (Pty) Ltd. Sadly, it was destroyed in a hangar fire on 11.12.76.
Air-Britain Archive 1984-01 / 3 - The Beech 17 /Aircraft Production List/ (1)
Регистрационный номерRegistry number: ZS-PWD
D17S c/n 295 in two guises: in the seventies as P.W.Dahl's ZS-PWD.
Aeroplane Monthly 1980-11 / H.Levy - Oshkosh'80

Four Beech Staggerwings make a neat flypast.
Aeroplane Monthly 1983-11 / ??? - Sea boots
Регистрационный номерRegistry number: G-ADLE
Beech B-17L G-ADLE was fitted with floats for a flight from New York to Heston via Siberia made in October 1935. It is seen here at San Francisco in September 1935.

Air-Britain Archive 1985-03
Регистрационный номерRegistry number: CP-613, N2277Z
Another Staggerwing - but as photos of Bolivian-registered examples are none too common this certainly merits inclusion. CP-613 was c/n 4902 and was seen rather the worse for wear at Cochabamba, Bolivia in May-June 1976. The right main undercarriage appears to have collapsed and the port wing strut is almost completely detached from the upper wing with additional damage to the aileron. The aircraft did survive however and after surgery became N2277Z as which it is still current.
Air-Britain Archive 1984-02 / 3 - The Beech 17 /Aircraft Production List/ (2)
Регистрационный номерRegistry number: F-BEEK
The precise fate of F-BEEK c/n 3119 is not known but the aircraft was seen in very poor condition at Beirut on 26.7.56. It carried the name "Mon Solo II" and its USAAF plate showed it to have been accepted as 42-38676 on 16.12.42.
Air-Britain Archive 1985-02 / 3 - The Beech 17 /Aircraft Production List/ (6)
Регистрационный номерRegistry number: G-AJLD
An unmarked Beech 17 in the scrapyard at Pierrelaye, near Pontoise, France on 4.6.67. This is almost certainly c/n 4921 the former G-AJLD which, as N6402N, had already lain derelict at Le Bourget for some time.

Flight 1934-10 / Flight

Другие самолёты на фотографии: Another planes on the photo: Airspeed Viceroy / AS.8 - ВеликобританияUnited Kingdom - 1934 Bleriot Bleriot-111 - ФранцияFrance - 1929 British Klemm BK-1 Eagle - ВеликобританияUnited Kingdom - 1934 Caproni Bergamaschi PL-3 - ИталияItaly - 1934 De Havilland Dragon Rapide / Dominie / D.H.89 - ВеликобританияUnited Kingdom - 1934 Vance Flying Wing / Viking Cargo Plane - СШАUSA - 1932 Vultee V-1A - СШАUSA - 1933
Flight 1934-05 / Flight
Air-Britain Archive 1985-02 / 3 - The Beech 17 /Aircraft Production List/ (6)

Beech G17S
Jane's All the World Aircraft 1946 / 03 - All the world's aeroplanes

The Beechcraft UC-43 Traveller Light Transport

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