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Hobby Master 1/48 Air Power Series
HA8106
Boeing Stearman Kaydet Trainer
18303, Tuskegee Airmen

1/48 scale pre-finished
Die-cast metal with a minimum of plastic.
Professionally painted.
All markings pad applied for superb results.
Comes with a pilot that can be removed.
Comes with display stand.

The Stearman Aircraft Company produced a bi-plane trainer-aircraft called the Model 70. In
1935 the USN ordered the Model 70 with a Wright J-5 Whirlwind engine designated the
NS-1. Boeing Aircraft Company bought Stearman and gave the Model 70 a Lycoming R-680-5
radial engine making it a Model 75. In 1936 the U.S. Army Air Corps placed an order for the
Model 75 and designated it PT-13. With a Continental R-670-5 engine it became the PT-17.
The RCAF labeled it PT-27 Kaydet with Kaydet becoming the universally accepted name.

This Kaydet was manufactured in 1944 and spent this year as well as 1945 based at Moton
Field in Tuskegee, Alabama. It served as one of the basic trainer aircraft and played a very
important part in the history of the African American men that would become known as the
“Tuskegee Airmen”. These men were part of an experiment to prove to a racially biased white
America that black men had the ability to learn to fly combat aircraft and earn their pilot wings.
Those men that successfully passed basic training were transferred to Tuskegee Airfield
where they trained on more advanced aircraft.

Specifications Boeing PT-17 Kaydet Stearman
Crew – 2 x Student Pilot and Instructor
PT-17 Produced – 3,500 +
Number of all variants produced – 10,000 +

Performance
1 x Continental R-670-5 7 cylinder radial engine producing 220 hp
Maximum Speed – 124 mph
Climb Rate – 840 ft/min
Service Ceiling – 11,200 ft
Range – 505 miles

Dimensions
Length – 24 ft 3 in
Wingspan – 32 ft 2 in
Height – 9 ft 2 in

Weight
Empty – 1,936 lbs
Maximum Takeoff – 2,717 lbs

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