However, the fact that the aircraft was still airworthy meant that Torchia was in no hurry to get it restored immediately. Torchia would fly the Stearman, then placed in a white scheme with red ...

The Stearman was standard issue for training fledgling pilots during the war. But what makes this particular plane—with its Air Corps blue, yellow, red and ... and an aircraft-mechanic friend ...

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 ...