Moon,

Yup, it's a '42 model. It took only 76,561,495,623 rolls of Monokote!

The red & white plane in the second pic is a '51 LC-126 (the military version of the Cessna 195.) It was one of four LC-126s that were assigned to the Artic Research Institute in the 1960s to do the first photomapping of the then-new state of Alaska. This plane is the only one of those four known to exist.

The yellow tubular structure in the second pic is part of a WWII B-24 Engine & Turret Hoist that I rescued from the Gulfport Municipal Airport (Gulfport, MS) about seven years ago. It was on its way to the scrapyard and I wasn't going to stand for that! It stands 25ft high when erected but dismantles into subassemblies capable of being airlifted inside a C-47. Unfortunately, I can't seem to get it to fit in my Goldberg Super Tote.


Bruce,

I see you know how to use the FAA database. I appreciate resourcefulness.

However, the info on the FAA database is a little bit wrong for the Stearman. It is actually a B75N1 / military model N2S-3 and is an ex Navy trainer. (The PT-17, as you're probably aware, was an Army trainer.)

Harvey