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{{Short description|American single engine cabin biplane}}
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{{Infobox aircraft
 |name= Model 17 Staggerwing
 |image= File:Beechcraft UC-43 Traveler at the National Museum of the United States Air Force, in 2007 (071102-F-1234S-010).jpg 
 |caption=Beechcraft UC-43  
 |type= [[Utility aircraft]]
 |national_origin= United States
 |manufacturer= [[Beechcraft|Beech Aircraft Corporation]]
 |designer= 
 |first_flight= November 4, 1932
 |introduction= 1933
 |retired=
 |status=
 |primary_user= [[United States Army Air Forces]]
 |more_users= [[United States Navy]]
 |produced= 1933–1949
 |number_built= 785
 |variants=
}}
[[File:Beechcraft D17S Staggerwing CF-GKY 01.JPG|thumb|right|[[Vintage Wings of Canada]] Beechcraft D17S Staggerwing]]
[[File:Beech.staggerwing.750pix.jpg|thumb|right|1943 Beech D17S Staggerwing]]

The '''Beechcraft Model 17 Staggerwing''' is an American [[biplane]] with an atypical negative wing [[Stagger (aviation)|stagger]] (the lower wing is farther forward than the upper wing). It first flew in 1932, and was sold on the civilian market, being used for transport and air racing. During World War II, it was used by allied forces, and after the war continued in civilian production until 1949, with 785 having been produced.

==Development==
In 1932, [[Walter Herschel Beech|Walter H. Beech]], formerly head of the aircraft manufacturer [[Travel Air]], left [[Curtiss-Wright]], which had purchased Travel Air in 1929, to set up a new company, [[Beechcraft|Beech Aircraft Corporation]], based in [[Wichita, Kansas]]. Beech took the airplane designer [[Ted A. Wells]] from Curtiss-Wright, and the first project of the new company was the Model 17, a fast [[biplane]] with an enclosed cabin designed to meet the needs of business executives. It was based on a design drafted by Wells while at Curtiss-Wright, but rejected by the Curtiss-Wright board.<ref>{{harvnb|Pelletier|1995|pp=13–14, 53}}</ref><ref name="berp89">{{harvnb|Berry|1990|pp=8–9}}</ref> The [[Beechcraft]] Model 17, popularly known as the "Staggerwing", was first flown on November 4, 1932. During its heyday, it was used as an executive aircraft, much as the [[Business jet|private jet]] is now, and its primary competition were the [[Waco Custom Cabin series|Waco Custom Cabin]] and [[Waco Standard Cabin series|Waco Standard Cabin]] series of biplanes.

The Model 17's unusual negative stagger [[wing]] configuration (the upper wing staggered behind the lower) and unique shape maximized pilot visibility and was intended to reduce [[Parasitic drag|interference drag]] between the wings (although it was later found to have negligible effect).<ref name="Sport Aviation">{{cite journal|journal=Sport Aviation|date=January 1961|title=The Beechcraft Biplanes}}</ref> The fabric-covered [[fuselage]] was [[Aircraft fairing|faired]] with wood [[former]]s and [[longeron|stringers]] over a welded, steel tube frame.<ref name="Sport Aviation"/> Construction was complex and took many man-hours to complete. The Staggerwing's retractable [[conventional landing gear]], uncommon at that time, combined with careful streamlining, light weight, and a powerful [[radial engine]], helped it perform well.

In the mid-1930s, Beech undertook a major redesign of the aircraft, to create the '''Model D17 Staggerwing'''. The D17 featured a lengthened [[fuselage]] that improved the aircraft's handling characteristics by increasing control leverage, and the [[aileron]]s were relocated to the upper wings, eliminating interference with the [[flap (aircraft)|flaps]]. [[Braking]] was improved with a foot-operated brake linked to the [[rudder]] pedals.

Between April 1936 through May 1940 there were six Model 17 fatal accidents involving midair breakups that were attributed to weather conditions and structural failures, later determined to be caused by [[Aeroelasticity#Flutter|flutter]] of the ailerons and wings. The [[Civil Aeronautics Administration (United States)|CAA]] Bureau of Safety Regulation initially issued an edict to restrict maximum airspeed and [[instrument flight]], which was later replaced by a safety bulletin requiring lead balance weights to be added to the ailerons and flaps, and plywood panels to the outboard portion of the wings to increase torsional stiffness of the wing tip section.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://generalaviationnews.com/2019/05/22/the-savior-of-the-staggerwing-fleet/|title=The savior of the Staggerwing fleet|publisher=General Aviation News|date=May 22, 2019|first=Sparky|last=Barnes}}</ref>

==Operational history==
Sales began slowly. The first Staggerwings' high price tag (between [[United States dollar|US$]]14,000 and $17,000, depending on engine size) scared off potential buyers in an already depressed civil aircraft market. Only 18 Model 17s were sold during 1933, the first year of production, but sales steadily increased. Each Staggerwing was custom-built by hand. The luxurious cabin, trimmed in [[leather]] and [[mohair]], held up to five passengers. Eventually, the Staggerwing captured a substantial share of the passenger aircraft market. By the start of World War II, Beechcraft had sold more than 424 Model 17s.

===Air racing===
[[File:Beech Aircraft Corporation ad Model 17 "Staggerwing" 1937.jpg|thumb|left|1937 advertisement for the Model 17 Beech Staggerwing]]The Staggerwing's speed made it popular with 1930s air racers. An early version of the Model 17 won the 1933 [[Texaco]] Trophy Race. In 1935, a British [[diplomat]], Capt. H.L. Farquhar, successfully flew [[circumnavigation|around the world]] in a Model B17R, traveling 21,332 miles (34,331 kilometers) from [[New York City|New York]] to [[London]], by way of [[Siberia]], [[Southeast Asia]], the [[Middle East]], [[North Africa]] and back across [[Europe]].

[[Louise Thaden]] and [[Blanche Noyes]] won the 1936 [[Bendix trophy]] in a Model C17R Staggerwing. Thaden also won the [[Harmon Trophy]] for her achievement. [[Jacqueline Cochran|Jackie Cochran]] set a women's speed record of {{convert|203.9|mph|km/h|0|abbr=on}}, established an altitude record of over 30,000 feet (9,144 m), and finished third in the 1937 Bendix Trophy Race, all in a special Model D17W Staggerwing. The aircraft made an impressive showing in the 1938 Bendix race, as well.

In 1970, due to a dispute with the T-6 racing class, the Reno National Air Races invited five Staggerwings to perform a demonstration race. Two G models and two D17 models raced. The five pilots were Bryant Morris, Bert Jensen, Don Clark, Noel Gourselle, and Phil Livingston, the only pilot to have prior racing experience in the T-6 class. The race was flawless, with ''ABC Wide World of Sports'' coverage, but protesting T-6 racers prevented the class from future competition with allegations of safety issues.

===World War II===
[[File:Beechcraft Staggerwing production line.jpg|thumb|[[Assembly line]] at the beginning of Staggerwing production; the sole A17F (with fixed landing gear) is being constructed in front of the frames of the first and second production B17Ls.]]
As World War II loomed, a number of Model B17Ls were pressed into service as [[bombers]] by the [[Spanish Republican Air Force]], the air forces of the [[Second Spanish Republic]] during the [[Spanish Civil War]]. [[China]] ordered a number of Staggerwings to use as [[air ambulance]]s in its fight against [[Imperial Japan]]. [[Finland]] had one C17L as a liaison aircraft between 1940 and 1945.<ref name="Albatrossista Pilatukseen"/> On October 2, 1941, Beech shipped a special [[camouflage]]d D17S to [[Prince Bernhard of Lippe]], who was in exile in [[London]] after the [[Nazi Germany|German]] invasion of the [[Netherlands]]. He used it for refugee work in and around London. <!-- photo in the Library of Congress, but no digital version yet :/ -->

The '''Beech UC-43 Traveler''' was a slightly modified version of the Staggerwing. In late 1938, the [[United States Army Air Corps]] purchased three Model D17Ss to evaluate them for use as light [[liaison aircraft]]. These were designated '''YC-43''' (''Y'' designating a development aircraft or non-standard type, ''C'' standing for ''Cargo''). After a short [[flight test]] program, the YC-43s went to [[Europe]] to serve as liaison aircraft with the [[air attaché]]s in [[London]], [[Paris]], and [[Rome]].

Early in World War II, the need for a compact executive-type transport or courier aircraft became apparent, and in 1942, the [[United States Army Air Forces]] ordered the first of 270 Model 17s for service within the [[United States]] and overseas as the '''UC-43''' (USAAF designation for ''Utility'', ''Cargo''). These differed only in minor details from the commercial model. To meet urgent wartime needs, the government also purchased or [[leased]] (impressed) additional "Staggerwings" from private owners, including 118 more for the Army Air Force plus others for the [[United States Navy]]. In Navy service, the airplanes were designated as '''GB-1''' and '''GB-2''' (under USN designating convention signifying ''General'' (purpose), ''Beech'', ''1st'' or ''2nd'' variant of type). The [[United Kingdom|British]] [[Royal Air Force]] and [[Royal Navy]] acquired 106 "Traveller Mk. I" (the British name uses the UK double "l" spelling) through the [[Lend-Lease]] arrangement to fill its own critical need for [[cargo aircraft|light personnel transports]].
[[File:Beech UC-43 USAF.jpg|thumb|Beech UC-43]]

The production UC-43 differed in minor details from the service test YC-43. Two distinguishing external features of the UC-43 are the circular [[automatic direction finder]] [[antenna (radio)|antennae]] mounted between the main landing gear and [[landing lights]] near the lower wingtips. They were all powered by the 450 [[horsepower]] (336 [[kilowatt]]) [[Pratt & Whitney R-985]] engine.

===Postwar===
After the war's end, Beech immediately converted its manufacturing capabilities back to [[civil aircraft]] production, making one final version of the Staggerwing, the Model G17S. They built 16 aircraft, which they sold for US$29,000 apiece. [[Norway]] sold one D17S to [[Finland]] in 1949, which the [[Finnish Air Force]] used from 1950 to 1958.<ref name="Albatrossista Pilatukseen"/>

The lightweight [[V-tail]] [[Beechcraft Bonanza]], a powerful four-passenger luxury aircraft, soon replaced the venerable Staggerwing in the Beech product line, at about a third of the price. The Bonanza was a smaller aircraft with less horsepower, but carried four people at a similar speed to the Staggerwing. Beechcraft sold the 785th and final Staggerwing in 1948 and delivered it in 1949.
[[File:Beech YC-43.JPG|thumb|left|YC-43 Traveler at Flying Legends, Duxford, U.K in 2009]]
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===Critical praise===
In March 2003, ''Plane & Pilot'' magazine named the Staggerwing one of its Top Ten All-Time Favorite aircraft.<ref name="p&p">{{cite web|url=http://www.planeandpilotmag.com/content/2003/mar/top10_favorites.html |date=March 2003 |access-date=August 7, 2006 |publisher=Warner Publishing Corporation |title=Top 10 All-Time Favorites |url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20061018021707/http://www.planeandpilotmag.com/content/2003/mar/top10_favorites.html |archive-date=October 18, 2006 |df=dmy }}</ref>

In the April 2007 issue of ''[[AOPA]] Pilot'' magazine, it was reported that the Staggerwing was voted by nearly 3000 AOPA members as the Most Beautiful Airplane. "Members said it's the perfect balance between 'muscular strength and delicate grace,' and rated it highly for its 'classic lines and symmetry.'"

The November 2012 issue of ''Aviation History'' magazine ranked the Staggerwing fifth in their top 12 list of the Worlds Most Beautiful Airplanes. Stating that "Some might think 'the Stag' ungainly, backward wings and all, yet it has become the prime example of vintage beauty" and "...the aftward upper wing led to the big, steeply raked windscreen that is also a key element of what some have called an art deco classic."<ref>{{cite journal|last=Wilkinson|first=Stephan|title=Aviation History Magazine; "The Worlds Most Beautiful Airplanes"| journal=Aviation History |year=2012|publisher=Weider History Group|location=Leesburg, VA|issn=1076-8858|pages=22–29|url=http://www.historynet.com/magazines/aviation_history|access-date=September 24, 2012|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120918024952/http://www.historynet.com/magazines/aviation_history|archive-date=September 18, 2012|url-status=dead}}</ref>

==Variants==
{| class="wikitable" align="right"
|+ '''Production by Model'''
! '''Model<br>Designation'''
! '''Number<br>Produced'''
|-
|17R
|align="right"| 2
|-
|A17F
|align="right"| 1
|-
|A17FS
|align="right"| 1
|-
|B17B
|align="right"| 2
|-
|B17E
|align="right"| 4
|-
|B17L
|align="right"| 46
|-
|B17R
|align="right"| 15
|-
|C17B
|align="right"| 39
|-
|C17E
|align="right"| 22
|-
|C17L
|align="right"| 6
|-
|C17R
|align="right"| 17
|-
|D17A
|align="right"| 8
|-
|D17R
|align="right"| 27
|-
|D17S
|align="right"| 67<small> civilian</small><br>412<small> military</small>
|-
|D17W
|align="right"| 2
|-
|E17B
|align="right"| 54
|-
|E17L
|align="right"| 1
|-
|F17D
|align="right"| 60
|-
|G17S
|align="right"| 20
|-
|Total
|align="right"| 785
|}

;17
:Fixed gear prototypes, manufactured from 1932 to 1933.<ref name="beechp54">{{harvnb|Pelletier|1995|p=54}}</ref>
:;17R
::Prototypes, powered by {{convert|420|hp|kW|abbr=on}} [[Wright R-975 Whirlwind|Wright R-975-E2]] engine. Made first flight on November 4, 1932. Two built.<ref name="beechp53">{{harvnb|Pelletier|1995|p=53}}</ref><ref name="beechp54"/>
:;17J
::Proposed single-seat military development of the Model 17 powered by a {{convert|715|hp|kW|abbr=on}} [[Wright R-1820 Cyclone|Wright Cyclone]] engine.  The cockpit was moved aft of the upper wing, which was to be in an [[Gull wing|inverted gull]] configuration to improve visibility.  Not built.<ref name="beechp175">{{harvnb|Pelletier|1995|p=175}}</ref>
;A17
:Fixed gear, plans for production abandoned in 1935.<ref name="beechp54"/>
:;A17F
::Powered by {{convert|690|hp|kW|abbr=on}} [[Wright R-1820 Cyclone|Wright R-1820-F11]] engine. One built.<ref name="beechp55"/>
:;A17FS
::Powered by {{convert|710|hp|kW|abbr=on}} Wright SR-1820-F3 engine. One built.<ref name="beechp55"/>
;B17
:Retractable gear, first production model, manufactured from March 1934 to March 1936.
:;B17B
::{{convert|285|hp|kW|abbr=on}} [[Jacobs R-830|Jacobs L-5]] engine. One built 1934.<ref name="beechp55">{{harvnb|Pelletier|1995|p=55}}</ref>
:;B17E
::{{convert|285|hp|kW|abbr=on}} [[Wright R-760]]-E1 engine. Four built from 1935.<ref name="beechp556">{{harvnb|Pelletier|1995|pp=55–56}}</ref>
:;B17L
::{{convert|225|hp|kW|abbr=on}} [[Jacobs R-755|Jacobs L-4]] engine. 48 built.<ref name="beechp56">{{harvnb|Pelletier|1995|p= 56}}</ref>
:;SB17L
::B17L fitted with floats. One built.<ref name="beechp56"/>
:;B17R
::{{convert|425|hp|kW|abbr=on}} Wright R-975-E2/E3 engine. 16 built from 1935.<ref name="beechp56"/>
;C17
:Manufactured from March 1936 to March 1937.
:;C17B
::{{convert|285|hp|kW|abbr=on}} Jacobs L-5 engine. 40 built.<ref name="beechp56"/>
:;SC17B
::Floatplane version of C17B - One built.<ref name="beechp56"/>
:;C17E
:: {{convert|285|hp|kW|abbr=on}} Wright R-760-E1.<ref name="beechp56"/>
:;C17L
:: {{convert|225|hp|kW|abbr=on}} Jacobs L-4 engine. Six built.<ref name="beechp57">{{harvnb|Pelletier|1995| p=57}}</ref>
:;C17R
::{{convert|420|hp|kW|abbr=on}} Wright R-975-E2/E3 engine. 16 built.<ref name="beechp57"/>
:;SC17R
:: Floatplane C17R. One built.<ref name="beechp57"/>
[[File:1944D17S.jpg|thumb|1944 Beechcraft D17S]]
;D17
:Manufactured from March 1937 to 1945 (All were [[military]] models after 1941).
:;D17A
::{{convert|350|hp|kW|abbr=on}} Wright R-760-E2. 10 built.<ref name="beechp57"/>
:;D17R
::{{convert|420|hp|kW|abbr=on}} Wright R-975-E3 engine. 27 built.<ref name="beechp578">{{harvnb|Pelletier|1995|pp=57–58}}</ref>
:;D17S
::{{convert|450|hp|kW|abbr=on}} [[Pratt & Whitney R-985]]-SB Wasp Junior. 23 built.<ref name="beechp58">{{harvnb|Pelletier|1995|p=58}}</ref>
:;SD17S
::Floatplane version of D17S.<ref name="beechp58"/>
:;D17W
::{{convert|600|hp|kW|abbr=on}} geared and supercharged Pratt & Whitney R-985-SC-G Wasp Junior. Two built.<ref name="beechp58"/>
;E17
:Manufactured from March 1937 to 1941.
:;E17B
:: Powered by {{convert|285|hp|kW|abbr=on}} Jacobs L-MB engine. 50 built.<ref name="beechp58"/>
:;SE17B
:: Amphibian version of E17B. Four built.<ref name="beechp58"/>
:;E17L
:: Powered by {{convert|225|hp|kW|abbr=on}} Jacobs L-4 engine. One built.<ref name="beechp58"/>
[[File:Beechcraft-F17D-Staggerwing.jpg|thumb|right|An F17D Model Staggerwing]] 
;F17
:Manufactured from April 1938 to 1941.
:;F17D
:: Powered by {{convert|330|hp|kW|abbr=on}} Jacobs L-6 engine. 61 built.<ref name="beechp58"/>
:;SF17D
:: One built.<ref name="beechp58"/>
;G17
:Manufactured from 1946 to 1948.
:;G17S
:: Powered by {{convert|450|hp|kW|abbr=on}} [[Pratt & Whitney R-985 Wasp Junior|Pratt & Whitney R-985-AN4]] engine. 20 built.<ref name="beechp58"/>
;Tachikawa-Beechcraft C17E Light Transport
:20 built in licence production in Japan by Tachikawa, plus two assembled from imported parts for [[Dai Nihon Koku KK. Manshu]], Chuka Koku and agencies such as provincial police headquarters.
;20M
:Unbuilt twin-engine derivative of the Model 17.  Was to have been powered by two [[Menasco Buccaneer|Menasco C6S-4 Super Buccaneer]] engines.  Canceled in favor of the [[Beechcraft Model 18|Model 18]].<ref>{{Cite web |title=Bygone Beechcrafts – Part One |url=https://kingairmagazine.com/article/bygone-beechcrafts-part-one/ |access-date=2024-01-27 |website=King Air |language=en-US}}</ref>

===Military designations===
[[File:Beech YC-43 39-139 side view in London.jpg|thumb|right|YC-43 (S/N 39-139) assigned to the American Embassy in London, England]]

;YC-43
:Three Model D17S with a 450hp R-985-17 engine for evaluation by the United States Army Air Corps
[[File:Beechcraft UC-43 43-10859 side view.jpg|thumb|right|UC-43 s/n 43-10859]]
;UC-43 Traveler
:Production version with a 450hp R-985-AN-1 engine, 75 ordered for the Army Air Corps and 63 for the United States Navy as the '''GB-1''', 132 were later transferred from the Navy to the Army Air Corps.
;UC-43A
:Model D17R with 440hp R-975-11 engine, 13 impressed into service.
;UC-43B
:Model D17S with 450hp R-985-17 engine, 13 impressed into service.
;UC-43C
:Model F17D with 300hp [[Jacobs R-915|R-915-1]] engine, 37 impressed into service.
;UC-43D
:Model E17B with 285hp R-830-1 engine, 31 impressed into service.
;UC-43E
:Model C17R with 440hp R-975-11 engine, five impressed into service.
;UC-43F
:Model D17A with 350hp R-975-3 engine, one impressed into service.
;UC-43G
:Model C17B with 285hp [[Jacobs R-830|R-830-1]] engine, 10 impressed into service.
;UC-43H
:Model B17R with 440hp R-975-11 engine, three impressed into service.
;UC-43J
:Model C17L with 225hp [[Jacobs R-755|R-755-1]] engine, three impressed into service.
;UC-43K
:Model D17W, one impressed into service. This aircraft was originally built in 1937 for famed [[aviator]] [[Jacqueline Cochran]]. Cochran flew the airplane in the 1937 Bendix cross-country race and placed first in the Women's Division and 3rd overall. She also set a Women's National Speed Record of 203.895 miles per hour using the airplane.
[[File:Beechcraft GB-1 Traveler.jpg|thumb|right|A GB-1 Traveler]]
;GB-1
:United States Navy transport version of the D17, ten bought in 1939 and ten impressed into USN service.
;GB-2
:USN version as GB-1 but with a 450hp R-985-50 or R-985-AN-1 engine, 271 built, 132 later transferred to USAAF as UC-43s. Also additional aircraft from a cancelled British contract and impressed aircraft.
;JB-1
:One Model C17R as an executive transport for the United States Navy.
;Traveller I
:British designation for the former US Embassy in London's YC-43 and 107 UC-43 and GB-2 aircraft delivered mainly for the Royal Navy.
;D1Be
:[[Brazilian Navy]] designation for the Model D17A.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Brazilian Military Aircraft Designations |url=https://designation-systems.net/non-us/brazil.html |access-date=2025-03-16 |website=designation-systems.net}}</ref>

===Engine selection===
{| class="wikitable"
|+ '''Beechcraft Model 17 [[aircraft engine|Engine]] Selections'''
|-
!align="center"| Suffix
!align="left"| Engine ([[radial engine|radial]] configuration)
!align="center"| [[cylinder (engine)|Cylinders]]
!align="center"| Power ([[horsepower|hp]])
|-
|align="center"|  '''A'''
|align="left"| [[Curtiss-Wright|Wright]] [[Wright R-760|R-760-E2]]
|align="center"|  7
|align="center"|  350 
|-
|align="center"|  '''B'''
|align="left"| [[Jacobs Aircraft Engine Company|Jacobs]] [[Jacobs Model L-5|L-5]] (R-830-1)
|align="center"|  7
|align="center"|  285 
|-
|align="center"|  '''D'''
|align="left"| [[Jacobs Model L-6|Jacobs L-6]] (R-915A3)
|align="center"|  7
|align="center"|  330
|-
|align="center"|  '''E'''
|align="left"| [[Wright R-760]]-E1
|align="center"|  7
|align="center"|  285
|-
|align="center"|  '''F'''
|align="left"| [[Wright R-1820|Wright R-1820-F11]]
|align="center"|  9
|align="center"|  690
|-
|align="center"|  '''FS'''
|align="left"|  Wright SR-1820-F3 ([[supercharger|supercharged]])
|align="center"|  9
|align="center"|  710
|-
|align="center"|  '''L'''
|align="left"| [[Jacobs Model L-4|Jacobs L-4]] (R-755D)
|align="center"|  7
|align="center"|  225
|-
|align="center"|  '''R'''
|align="left"| [[Wright R-975|Wright R-975-E2]] or E3
|align="center"|  9
|align="center"|  420–450
|-
|align="center"|  '''S'''
|align="left"| [[Pratt & Whitney|P&W]] [[Pratt & Whitney R-985|R-985-AN-1]] or AN-3
|align="center"|  9
|align="center"|  450
|-
|align="center"|  '''W'''
|align="left"|  P&W R-985-SC-G ([[supercharger|supercharged]] & [[geared engine|geared]])
|align="center"|  9
|align="center"|  600
|}

==Operators==
===Military===
{{Acopmap|Staggerwing|Military staggerwing operators}}
Numbers operated from<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.worldairforces.com |title=World Air Forces: Historical listings of the aircraft used |author=Chris Thornburg |date=December 3, 2006 |work=www.worldairforces.com |publisher=Chris Thornburg |access-date=August 6, 2012 |url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120716224534/http://www.worldairforces.com/ |archive-date=July 16, 2012 |df=dmy }}</ref>
[[File:Lineup of Beechcraft GB-2 Travelers, in early 1943 (060519-F-1234P-003).jpg|thumb|Lineup of GB-2 Travelers in early 1943]]
[[File:Beechcraft UC-43 Travelers, in early 1943 (060519-F-1234P-006).jpg|thumb|UC-43 Travelers in foreground, and GB-2 Travelers farther down the line with their two-tone paint job]]
;{{AUS}}
*[[Royal Australian Air Force]] (operated three from 1941 to 1947)

;{{BOL}}
*[[Bolivian Air Force]] (received one in 1941)

;{{flag|Brazil|1889}}
*[[NAB – Navegação Aérea Brasileira]] (airline)
*[[Brazilian Air Force]] (operated 54 from 1942 to 1960)
*[[Brazilian Navy]] (operated four from 1940 to 1941)

;{{China as ROC}}
*[[Chinese Nationalist Air Force]] (operated 21 from 1937 to 1945)

;[[File:Flag of the Republic of China-Nanjing (Peace, Anti-Communism, National Construction).svg|23px|link=Reorganized National Government of China]] [[Republic of China-Nanjing]]
*[[Collaborationist Chinese Army#Air force|Nanjing air force]] (operated one from 1941 to 1945)<ref>Jowett, Philip (2004). ''Rays of The Rising Sun, Armed Forces of Japan’s Asian Allies 1931–45, Volume I: China & Manchuria''. p. 96.</ref>

;{{CUB}}
*[[Cuban Army Aviation Corps]] (operated two in 1945 and 1958)

;{{Flag|Ethiopia|1897}}
*Ethiopian Government (operated two from 1935 to 1936)

;{{FIN}}
*[[Finnish Air Force]] (operated one C17L from 1940 to 1945 and one D17S from 1950 to 1958)<ref name="Albatrossista Pilatukseen">{{cite book|last1=Heinonen|first1=Timo|last2=Valtonen|first2=Hannu|title=Albatrossista Pilatukseen – Suomen sotilaslentokoneet 1917–2010|date=2010|publisher=[[Aviation Museum of Central Finland|Keski-Suomen ilmailumuseo]]|location=[[Tikkakoski]]|isbn=978-952-99989-2-0|pages=160–161|language=fi}}</ref>

;{{HON}}
*[[Honduran Air Force]] (operated two from 1936 to 1958)

;{{NLD}}
*[[Netherlands Naval Aviation Service]] (one from 1942 to 1945)

;{{NZL}}
*[[Royal New Zealand Air Force]]
**[[No. 42 Squadron RNZAF]]

;{{PER}}
*[[Peruvian Air Force]] five from 1946 to 1958

;{{flag|Spain|1931}}
*[[Spanish Republican Air Force]] (operated nine in 1936)

;{{UK}}
*[[Royal Air Force]]
*[[Royal Navy]] - [[Fleet Air Arm]]{{sfn|Thetford|1991|p=404}}
**[[701 Naval Air Squadron]]
**[[712 Naval Air Squadron]]
**[[730 Naval Air Squadron]]
**[[740 Naval Air Squadron]]
**[[776 Naval Air Squadron]]
**[[778 Naval Air Squadron]]
**[[781 Naval Air Squadron]]
**[[782 Naval Air Squadron]]
**[[787 Naval Air Squadron]]
**[[799 Naval Air Squadron]]

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*[[US Army Air Corps]]
*[[US Army Air Force]]
*[[United States Navy]]
*[[Civil Air Patrol]]

;{{URY}}
*[[Uruguayan Air Force]] (operated one from 1944 to 1962)

==Aircraft on display==

;Brazil
* 6691 – D17S on static display at the [[Museu Aeroespacial]] in [[Rio de Janeiro]], [[Brazil]].<ref>{{cite web|title=Staggerwing – Beechcraft D17S &#124; Beech Aircraft Corporation|url=http://www2.fab.mil.br/musal/index.php/anvs/202-d17s|website=Museu Aeroespacial|access-date=January 17, 2017}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|title=Airframe Dossier – Beech UC-43 Traveler, s/n 2778 FABr, c/n 6691, c/r PT-CVC|url=http://aerialvisuals.ca/AirframeDossier.php?Serial=104874|website=Aerial Visuals|publisher=AerialVisuals.ca|access-date=January 17, 2017}}</ref>
[[File:Beech UC-43 Traveler USAF.jpg|thumb|Beech UC-43 Traveler at the National Museum of the Air Force]]
[[File:Beechcraft B17L Staggerwing (NC14409, cn 21) (12-12-2023).jpg|thumb|Beechcraft B17L at the Beechcraft Heritage Museum]]
;United States
* 1 – 17R on display at the Beechcraft Heritage Museum in [[Tullahoma, Tennessee]]. This airframe is the prototype Model 17.<ref name="BHM">{{cite web|title=Aircraft Exhibits & Memorabilia|url=https://beechcrafthm.org/exhibits.html|website=Beechcraft Heritage Museum|access-date=July 24, 2017|archive-date=August 6, 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170806142643/https://beechcrafthm.org/exhibits.html|url-status=dead}}</ref>
* 21 – B17L on display at the Beechcraft Heritage Museum in Tullahoma, Tennessee.<ref name="BHM" />
* 93 – C17L on static display at the [[National Air and Space Museum]] in [[Washington, D.C.]] It was built as a C17B and originally owned by Buzz Aldrin's father.<ref>{{cite web|title=Beechcraft C17L Staggerwing|url=https://airandspace.si.edu/collection-objects/beechcraft-c17l-staggerwing|website=Smithsonian National Air and Space Museum|access-date=January 17, 2017|archive-date=January 18, 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170118220103/https://airandspace.si.edu/collection-objects/beechcraft-c17l-staggerwing|url-status=dead}}</ref>
* 100 – C17B on display at the Beechcraft Heritage Museum in Tullahoma, Tennessee.<ref name="BHM" />
* 231 – E17B on display at the Beechcraft Heritage Museum in Tullahoma, Tennessee.<ref name="BHM" />
* 257 – F17D on display at the [[Mid-America Air Museum]] in [[Liberal, Kansas]].<ref>{{cite web|last1=Peijmen|first1=Dré|title=c/n 225 – 264|url=http://beech17.net/?page_id=2403|website=www.beech17.net|publisher=WordPress|access-date=January 17, 2017}}</ref>
* 305 – D17A on static display at the [[Evergreen Aviation & Space Museum]] in [[McMinnville, Oregon]]. This airframe was impressed into service during World War II as UC-43F 42-49071.<ref>{{cite web|title=Airframe Dossier – Beech UC-43F Traveler, s/n 42-49071 USAAF, c/n 0305, c/r N50959|url=http://aerialvisuals.ca/AirframeDossier.php?Serial=26457|website=Aerial Visuals|publisher=AerialVisuals.ca|access-date=January 17, 2017}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|last1=Baugher|first1=Joe|title=1942 USAAF Serial Numbers (42-39758 to 42-50026)|url=http://www.joebaugher.com/usaf_serials/1942_2a.html|website=JoeBaugher.com|access-date=January 17, 2017|date=December 28, 2016|archive-date=November 19, 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231119203505/http://www.joebaugher.com/usaf_serials/1942_2a.html|url-status=dead}}</ref>
* 333 – F17D on display at the Beechcraft Heritage Museum in Tullahoma, Tennessee.<ref name="BHM" />
* 395 – D17S on display at the Beechcraft Heritage Museum in Tullahoma, Tennessee.<ref name="BHM" />
* 2012 - D17S on display inside at the [[Clarksville Regional Airport and Jet Center]] at Clarksville, Tennessee. 
* 4835 – D17S on display at the Beechcraft Heritage Museum in Tullahoma, Tennessee.<ref name="BHM" />
* 4890 – UC-43 on display at the [[Yanks Air Museum]] in [[Chino, California]]. It has the USAAF serial number 43-10842. It was the museum's first aircraft and bears the seal of the U.S. Ambassador to the United Kingdom.<ref>{{cite web|title=Beech D17S (UC-43)|url=https://yanksair.org/collection/beech-d17s-uc-43/|website=Yanks Air Museum|access-date=January 17, 2017}}{{Dead link|date=September 2025 |bot=InternetArchiveBot }}</ref><ref>{{cite web|title=Airframe Dossier – Beech UC-43 Traveler, s/n 43-10842 USAAF, c/n 4890, c/r N51746|url=http://aerialvisuals.ca/AirframeDossier.php?Serial=7559|website=Aerial Visuals|publisher=AerialVisuals.ca|access-date=January 17, 2017}}</ref>
* 6700 – GB-2 on static display at the [[National Naval Aviation Museum]] at [[Naval Air Station Pensacola]] near [[Pensacola, Florida]]. It has the US Navy Bureau Number 23688.<ref>{{cite web|title=GB-2 TRAVELLER|url=http://www.navalaviationmuseum.org/attractions/aircraft-exhibits/item/?item=gb_traveller|website=National Naval Aviation Museum|publisher=Naval Aviation Museum Foundation|access-date=January 17, 2017|archive-date=September 12, 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170912233950/http://www.navalaviationmuseum.org/attractions/aircraft-exhibits/item/?item=gb_traveller|url-status=dead}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|title=Airframe Dossier – Beech GB-2 Traveler, s/n 32873 USN, c/n 6700, c/r N9459H|url=http://aerialvisuals.ca/AirframeDossier.php?Serial=34252|website=Aerial Visuals|publisher=AerialVisuals.ca|access-date=January 17, 2017}}</ref>
* 6880 – UC-43 on display at the [[Fantasy of Flight]] in [[Polk City, Florida]].<ref>{{cite web|title=Currently Showing In Museum|url=http://www.fantasyofflight.com/collection/aircraft/currently-showing-in-museum|website=Fantasy of Flight| date=November 14, 2016 |access-date=January 17, 2017}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|title=Airframe Dossier – Beech UC-43 Traveler, s/n 44-67772 USAAF, c/n 6880, c/r N52962|url=http://aerialvisuals.ca/AirframeDossier.php?Serial=7194|website=Aerial Visuals|publisher=AerialVisuals.ca|access-date=January 17, 2017}}</ref>
* 6897 – D17S on display at the [[Lone Star Flight Museum]] in Houston, Texas.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.lonestarflight.org/aircraft/beechcraft-d-17s-staggerwing|title=Beechcraft D-17S Staggerwing: An Art Deco classic|publisher=Lone Star Flight Museum|access-date=2019-05-23|archive-date=May 23, 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190523213004/https://www.lonestarflight.org/aircraft/beechcraft-d-17s-staggerwing|url-status=dead}}</ref> Registration N666TX.
* 6913 – GB-2 on static display at the [[National Museum of the United States Air Force]] at [[Wright-Patterson Air Force Base]] near [[Dayton, Ohio]]. It is painted as UC-43 39-139.<ref>{{cite web|title=Beech UC-43 Traveler|url=https://www.nationalmuseum.af.mil/Visit/Museum-Exhibits/Fact-Sheets/Display/Article/196273/beech-uc-43-traveler/|website=National Museum of the US Air Force|access-date=January 17, 2017|date=April 16, 2015}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|title=Airframe Dossier - Beech UC-43 Traveler, s/n 23733 USN, c/n 6913, c/r N67198|url=http://aerialvisuals.ca/AirframeDossier.php?Serial=51969|website=Aerial Visuals|publisher=AerialVisuals.ca|access-date=January 17, 2017}}</ref>
* B-3 – G17S on display at the Beechcraft Heritage Museum in Tullahoma, Tennessee.<ref name="BHM" />
* B-7 – G17S on display at the Beechcraft Heritage Museum in Tullahoma, Tennessee.<ref name="BHM" />

==Surviving aircraft==
{{Incomplete list|date=April 2023}}
[[File:Duxford Autumn Airshow 2013 (10543106773).jpg|thumb|right|The Fighter Collection's Staggerwing, ''G-BRVE'', in 2013]]
Many Staggerwings remain registered with the FAA in flyable condition, or undergoing restoration. Several military versions are on display.

;Canada
* 403 – D17S in storage at the [[Reynolds-Alberta Museum]] in [[Wetaskiwin, Alberta]].<ref>{{cite web|title=Airframe Dossier – Beech D17S Staggerwing, c/n 0403, c/r CF-DTE|url=http://aerialvisuals.ca/AirframeDossier.php?Serial=18970|website=Aerial Visuals|publisher=AerialVisuals.ca|access-date=January 17, 2017}}</ref>
* 4874 – D17S airworthy owned by 1138110 Alberta Ltd. of [[Edmonton]], Alberta. It was previously owned by [[Vintage Wings of Canada]] in [[Gatineau, Quebec]].<ref>{{cite web|title=Beech D-17S Staggerwing|url=http://www.vintagewings.ca/Aircraft/tabid/66/articleType/ArticleView/articleId/18/language/en-CA/Beech-D-17S-Staggerwing.aspx|website=Vintage Wings of Canada|access-date=January 17, 2017|archive-date=April 22, 2011|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110422181956/http://www.vintagewings.ca/Aircraft/tabid/66/articleType/ArticleView/articleId/18/language/en-CA/Beech-D-17S-Staggerwing.aspx|url-status=dead}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|title=Airframe Dossier – Beech UC-43 Traveler, s/n 43-10826 USAAF, c/n 4874, c/r CF-GKY|url=http://aerialvisuals.ca/AirframeDossier.php?Serial=2|website=Aerial Visuals|publisher=AerialVisuals.ca|access-date=January 17, 2017}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|title=Canadian Civil Aircraft Register: Aircraft Details [CF-GKY]|url=http://wwwapps.tc.gc.ca/saf-sec-sur/2/ccarcs-riacc/ADet.aspx?id=1508&rfr=RchSimpRes.aspx?m=%7cGKY%7c|website=Transport Canada| date=August 28, 2013 |access-date=January 17, 2017}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|last1=Peijmen|first1=Dré|title=c/n 4871 – 4900|url=http://beech17.net/?page_id=1155|website=www.beech17.net|publisher=WordPress|access-date=January 17, 2017}}</ref>

;United Kingdom
* 4803 – D17S airworthy at [[Old Buckenham Airport]] in [[Norwich, Norfolk]].<ref>{{cite news|last1=Knights|first1=Emma|title=Video and photo gallery: Staggering sights on offer at this year's Old Buckenham Airshow|url=http://www.edp24.co.uk/business/tourism/video_and_photo_gallery_staggering_sights_on_offer_at_this_year_s_old_buckenham_airshow_1_3484411|access-date=January 17, 2017|work=Eastern Daily Press|publisher=Archant Community Media Ltd|date=March 25, 2014|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160306211019/http://www.edp24.co.uk/business/tourism/video_and_photo_gallery_staggering_sights_on_offer_at_this_year_s_old_buckenham_airshow_1_3484411|archive-date=March 6, 2016|df=mdy-all}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|title=FAA Registry [N9405H]|url=http://registry.faa.gov/aircraftinquiry/NNum_Results.aspx?NNumbertxt=N9405H|website=Federal Aviation Administration|publisher=U.S. Department of Transportation|access-date=January 17, 2017|archive-date=January 18, 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170118051619/http://registry.faa.gov/aircraftinquiry/NNum_Results.aspx?NNumbertxt=N9405H|url-status=dead}}</ref>
* 6701 – D17S airworthy at [[The Fighter Collection]] in [[Duxford, Cambridgeshire]]. It was built in 1943 as a US Navy model GB-2. It was shipped to the UK and flown by Royal Navy's 782 Naval Air Squadron as Traveller Mk.I ''FT475''. Postwar, it was returned to the US and flown by the US Air Force before passing into private hands. It came back to the UK in 1990 and has since flown with several owners under the UK registration ''G-BRVE''.<ref>{{cite web|title=Beech D-17S Staggerwing|url=http://fighter-collection.com/cft/beech-d-17s-staggerwing|website=The Fighter Collection|date=November 30, 2012 |access-date=January 17, 2017}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|title=GINFO Search Results [G-BVRE]|url=https://publicapps.caa.co.uk/modalapplication.aspx?catid=1&pagetype=65&appid=1&mode=detailnosummary&fullregmark=BRVE|website=Civil Aviation Authority|access-date=January 17, 2017}}</ref> (see also [[c:Category:G-BRVE (aircraft)|media commons Gallery of G-BRVE]])
[[File:Beechcraft Staggerwing D17S NC67555 FDK MD2.jpg|thumb|Beechcraft Staggerwing D17S]]
;United States
* 102/110 – C17B airworthy with Christine M. St. Onge of [[Wexford, Pennsylvania]].<ref>{{cite web|title=FAA Registry [N47024]|url=http://registry.faa.gov/aircraftinquiry/NNum_Results.aspx?NNumbertxt=47024|website=Federal Aviation Administration|publisher=U.S. Department of Transportation|access-date=January 17, 2017|archive-date=January 18, 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170118051457/http://registry.faa.gov/aircraftinquiry/NNum_Results.aspx?NNumbertxt=47024|url-status=dead}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|last1=Peijmen|first1=Dré|title=c/n 94 – 123|url=http://beech17.net/?page_id=2243|website=www.beech17.net|publisher=WordPress|access-date=January 17, 2017}}</ref> It is operated out of [[Grove City Airport]] in [[Grove City, Pennsylvania]]. The aircraft is painted in the colors and scheme used by Blanche Noyes and Louise Thaden for the 1936 Bendix Air Race.{{citation needed|date=January 2017}}
* 198 – UC-43D airworthy at the [[Frontiers of Flight Museum]] in [[Dallas, Texas]].<ref>{{cite web|title=Airframe Dossier – Beech UC-43D Traveler, s/n 42-61093 USAAF, c/n 0198, c/r N57829|url=http://aerialvisuals.ca/AirframeDossier.php?Serial=28006|website=Aerial Visuals|publisher=AerialVisuals.ca|access-date=January 17, 2017}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|title=FAA Registry [N57829]|url=http://registry.faa.gov/aircraftinquiry/NNum_Results.aspx?NNumbertxt=N57829|website=Federal Aviation Administration|publisher=U.S. Department of Transportation|access-date=January 17, 2017|archive-date=January 18, 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170118050950/http://registry.faa.gov/aircraftinquiry/NNum_Results.aspx?NNumbertxt=N57829|url-status=dead}}</ref>
* 3098 – D17S airworthy at the Legacy Flight Museum in [[Rexburg, Idaho]].<ref>{{cite web|title=Planes|url=http://rexburg.org/pages/lfm-planes|website=Legacy Flight Museum|publisher=City of Rexburg|access-date=January 17, 2017|archive-date=December 30, 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171230082425/http://rexburg.org/pages/lfm-planes|url-status=dead}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|title=FAA Registry [N217SD]|url=http://registry.faa.gov/aircraftinquiry/NNum_Results.aspx?NNumbertxt=N217SD|website=Federal Aviation Administration|publisher=U.S. Department of Transportation|access-date=January 17, 2017|archive-date=January 18, 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170118051748/http://registry.faa.gov/aircraftinquiry/NNum_Results.aspx?NNumbertxt=N217SD|url-status=dead}}</ref>
* 6704 – UC-43 airworthy at the [[National Warplane Museum]] in [[Geneseo, New York]].<ref>{{cite web|title=Beechcraft UC-43 Staggerwing|url=http://www.nationalwarplane.org/Our-Fleet/Beechcraft-UC-43-Staggerwing|website=National Warplane Museum|access-date=January 17, 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170628212122/http://www.nationalwarplane.org/Our-Fleet/Beechcraft-UC-43-Staggerwing|archive-date=June 28, 2017|url-status=dead|df=mdy-all}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|title=Airframe Dossier – Beech GB-2 Traveler, s/n 32876 USN, c/n 6704, c/r N582|url=http://aerialvisuals.ca/AirframeDossier.php?Serial=7818|website=Aerial Visuals|publisher=AerialVisuals.ca|access-date=January 17, 2017}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|title=FAA Registry [N582]|url=http://registry.faa.gov/aircraftinquiry/NNum_Results.aspx?NNumbertxt=N582|website=Federal Aviation Administration|publisher=U.S. Department of Transportation|access-date=January 17, 2017|archive-date=January 18, 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170118051228/http://registry.faa.gov/aircraftinquiry/NNum_Results.aspx?NNumbertxt=N582|url-status=dead}}</ref>
* 6914 – D17S airworthy at the Historic Flight Foundation in [[Spokane, Washington]].<ref>{{cite web|title=Beechcraft Staggerwing|url=http://historicflight.org/hf/collection/beechcraft/|website=Historic Flight at KILO-7|access-date=January 17, 2017}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|title=FAA Registry [N67738]|url=http://registry.faa.gov/aircraftinquiry/NNum_Results.aspx?NNumbertxt=67738|website=Federal Aviation Administration|publisher=U.S. Department of Transportation|access-date=January 17, 2017|archive-date=January 18, 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170118051230/http://registry.faa.gov/aircraftinquiry/NNum_Results.aspx?NNumbertxt=67738|url-status=dead}}</ref>

==Specifications (Beech Model D17S)==
[[File:Beechcraft UC-43 3-view line drawing.png|frameless|right|3-view line drawing of the Beechcraft UC-43]]

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|eng1 name=[[Pratt & Whitney R-985]]-AN-1
|eng1 type="Wasp Junior" [[radial engine]]
|eng1 number=1
|eng1 hp=450 
|eng1 kw=
|eng1 note=at 2,300 rpm
|max speed mph=212 
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|power/mass=9.44 lb/hp (5.68 kg/kW)

}}

==See also==
[[File:The Instrument Panel... Updated (795557417).jpg|thumb|Staggerwing cockpit, for 21st century flying]]
{{Aircontent
|related=
|similar aircraft=
* [[Howard DGA-15]]
* [[Spartan Executive]]
|lists=
* [[List of aircraft of the Spanish Republican Air Force]]
* [[List of aircraft of World War II]]
* [[Military transport aircraft]]
|see also=
* [[Griffon Lionheart]]
}}

==References==
;Notes
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{{Reflist|30em}}

;Bibliography
* {{cite book |last=Berry |first=Peter |title=Beechcraft Staggerwing |year=1990 |location=Blue Ridge Summit, Pennsylvania, US |publisher=TAB Books |isbn=0-8306-8410-7}}
* {{cite web
 |last        = Guillemette
 |first       = Roger
 |url         = http://www.centennialofflight.gov/essay/GENERAL_AVIATION/staggerwing/GA11.htm
 |title       = Beech Model 17 Staggerwing
 |publisher   = U.S. Centennial of Flight Commission
 |access-date  = January 6, 2006
 |archive-url  = https://web.archive.org/web/20051214030559/http://www.centennialofflight.gov/essay/GENERAL_AVIATION/staggerwing/GA11.htm
 |archive-date = December 14, 2005
 |url-status=dead
 |df          = mdy-all
}}
* {{cite web
 |url=http://www.wpafb.af.mil/museum/research/cargo/c4/cargo4.htm 
 |title=Cargo Aircraft Virtual Gallery; World War II era Development- Part I 
 |publisher=[[National Museum of the United States Air Force]] 
 |access-date=January 6, 2006 
 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20051128012643/http://www.wpafb.af.mil/museum/research/cargo/c4/cargo4.htm 
 |archive-date=November 28, 2005 
 |url-status=dead
 |df=dmy 
}}
* {{cite book |last=Pelletier |first= A. J. |title=Beech Aircraft and their Predecessors |year=1995 |location=Annapolis, Maryland, USA |publisher=Naval Institute Press |isbn=1-55750-062-2}}
* {{cite book|author=Phillips, Edward H.|title=The Staggerwing Story|publisher=Flying Books International|year=1996|isbn=0-911139-27-3}}
* {{cite book |last1=Thetford |first1=Owen |title=British Naval Aircraft since 1912 |year=1991 |publisher=Putnam Aeronautical Books, an imprint of Conway Maritime Press Ltd |location= [[London]], UK |isbn=0-85177-849-6 }}

==External links==
{{Commons}}
* [https://beechcrafthm.org/ Beechcraft Heritage Museum]

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