RE: Flair 1/4 Scale PT-17 Stearman Review
Herb,
I went to airliners.net to get my color scheme. There are hundreds of Stearman pictures there. I was looking for more detailed photo's and couldn't find any so I joined a Stearman restorers website.
I asked if anyone had a Stearman in my area that I could take photo's of. A week later I got a response from a great guy. He said he would be honored to have his Stearman serve as an example.
It turned out that his plane was at an airport 15 minutes from my house. His Stearman one best of show this year. He beat out 135 other Stearman. His plane is 2-years old. It's a complete ground up restoration (spare no expense).
I took the Robart engine with me and some photo's of my airplane and next thing you know I'm flying in the real thing. I'm going to be starting lessons in the spring and they have a slot open for a 1/4th owner on a nice ARMY Stearman.
Can you believe that! Talk about getting lucky! I used my quota for this year.