Ergo, a half-blind rugged beast of a biplane that likes to swap ends. Not that this reputation has hindered the Stearman’s popularity in the least. Thousands were sold as surplus after the war ...

Everybody’s Favorite Trainer Starting in 1934, the same year it was acquired by Boeing, the Stearman Aircraft Company of Wichita began building a sturdy biplane trainer. By the end of the war ...