Beechcraft Staggerwing – Review, Specs and History of Timeless Classic!

This is a truly beautiful design for a civilian aircraft. Thanks so much for posting. 😊

A Staggerwing dropped into Waukesha, WI where I was taking flight instruction. I got to walk right up to it and even see inside. Most impressive bird I have seen before or since. Excluding the DC-3. 😁😁

Brings back 45+ old memories, I knew two people who owned them. One was a super nice guy that would visit once in a while, he even had a matching colored automobile and a girlfriend that looked very similar to Jessica Rabbit. I looked at the one without wing supports up close at dawn in Oshkosh back in the '90s, now that was awesome. Personally, I'd be more than happy with a 180, at least I wouldn't be flopping around and crying if I wrecked it.

Great airplane...👍

Absolutely stunning aircraft up there with the connie

They're $400k. Yep, out of my price range. Pretty plane though.

That is one Sexy Airplane !!!!!!!!!!!!

I always thought that the Beech 17 is one of most Beautiful planes ever built it's up there with the Lockheed Constellation, classy!

I know too much after fully restoring a crashed bellied in 43' Staggerwing,
but I wasn't prepared two yrs later, for the intense 2.5G barrel roll indicated on the panel.
No worries, no one heard me screaming over the maxed out 450Hp radial.
It was a huge restoration making all new landing gear doors, to full panel mod
to use modern radios, where it's required to extend the firewall for new style radios to fit.
The final touch was full repaint to original layout.
If other tech's recognize this rebuild, where it happened in St.Paul Mn mid eighties,
Cheers

Picked up a D17 in Ohio 1978. Drove back thru Tullahoma to see what was happening, probably to show off and got a ride in another there. Got it home to San Antonio. New- zero time R985, it was beautiful but after looking at it closely, realized that all wings were red tagged. Tried to talk major investor into keeping her but he backed out. 50,000 was what he had in it and wouldn’t be budged. Nearly cried as we were set up to rebuild it all. Sad, sad.

The Griffon Lionheart was a updated version.

"Staggerwing and Me" was an article written by an English Professor out of NM that ferried planes as a side job. It's one of the best written articles in an age (the seventies) when Playboy published some incredible work.

Walter Beech was saved by a mysterious airport hacked out of the Canadian forest while flying a Staggerwing. I picked up this story while working in the public relations department of Beech Aircraft in Wichita, KS, back in the 60's. Walter and his production test pilot were flying back to Kansas in a new Staggerwing after attending an air show in Canada. This was in the late 30's or so. The big problem was that they were running low an fuel. Ahead and behind lay miles forest. They flew on and after awhile their lack of fuel grew critical. It was about then that they spotted a runway cut out of the trees below. Walter landed, and there they sat on a wilderness landing strip. A few minutes later, a man driving a tractor and pulling a cart with a 50 gallon gas drum appeared. Walter and his test pilot were grateful, but astounded. Walter asked the man how this field came to be. The man told them the story of how his son -- a fighter pilot in WWI -- was shot down over a forest in Europe. No runway in sight. Suddenly he came across a runway carved out of the trees below. It saved the son's life. Hearing this story from his son made the man decide to do the same thing where he lived in Canada.

Worked at Glendale, AZ airport in 1976. A genleman had a Beech Staggerwing that he rebuilt from the ground up. As part of its maiden flight after the restoration he made a high speed low pass down the runway. Very impressive. And the sound it made..........

More like PILATUS JET.

Thank you!
One minor point: it is ‘ whopping,’ not ‘whooping,’ as you used. 😉

i dont get it. a state of the art buisness plane for 250.000 is an incredible bargain

I saw a few over the years a beautiful airplane

👍

It’s nice to see an innovative design.

My Grand pa had a V tail, it was a beautiful plane

Great video. Thanks

Monoplanes were actually superior even then, but most people didn't' think so, and the clients were not engineers. Still it's a great looking aircraft.

The staggering is the most beautiful civil aviation aircraft of the 30s and 40s.

Whooping?

WACO Aircraft pronounced "Wah Co" Waco "Wayco" is in Texas

Please learn the correct pronunciation of the "Waco" Aircraft Company. In that context, it is not the same as Waco Texas.

Sexiest airplane ever. Tore between Beech 18 or Lockheed loadstar bombers ( Howard 500,s) as second sexiest ever.

Pretty Aircraft . you can see where the Pitt Specials came from too .

I enjoyed the video of the Beechcraft Staggerwing but I'd like to see the interior of this plane too whenever possible. It puts me in mind of the Dehavilland Beaver with it's radial engine but I'm not familiar with the Beech at all. The Staggerwing is very impressive but I got confused with which is which the negative and the other style and which is best. Thank you very much for all you do to prepare these videos to upload for all of us to share. Happy Landings.

My neighbor has a 17D. He often flys around on nice days. That is one of the most beautiful aircraft I have ever seen and heard. Can’t beat the sound of the radials.

Waco makes a beautiful biplane

You missed the boat on the main attraction of the staggerwing, its fuselage and wings were a work of art.

The original Q-ship.

WACO rhymes with taco.
Waco is a town in Texas.

Has anyone converted one of these to turboprop? I know there are limitations due to the biplane, as far as never exceed speed.

Why dont they make a modern remake of this plane?

$14,000 ÷ $35(1 oz GOLD in 1933) = 400 oz of GOLD for 1 Plane.
400 oz × $2200 1oz GOLD 2024 = $880,000 ( this will only grow over time )
Any Inflation calculation NOT using GOLD is wrong.
The US Dollar was backed by GOLD at the time. Therefore the comparison needs to be brought back to LEVEL.
GOLD is MONEY.
PAPER is CURRENCY.

My Dad had a J3 and a Stinson 10A, Tied next to them was a Stagger Wing. Tried as I Could I could NEVER wrangle a ride out of the owner,the biggest regret of my life,What a beautiful Airplane!

Classy 👌

Wonderful history video. Thanks for your work. Much enjoyed!

The Duesenberg of the sky.

500K for this beauty, and 400K for a new C 172 Not too hard to choose.

It is very beautiful.

What is this AI narrator shit?

I helped restore two

so beautiful ... Incredible how much it is so beautiful...

Beautiful bird

I was fortunate enough to get a few hours in a D-17S, N711ZZ. Joe Kittinger was the PIC, and allowed me to fly with him on some trips. Rambling Rosie was an amazing airplane!

❤❤❤🎉🎉🎉!!!