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This model is a little bit special,it represents a Boeing Stearman PT-17 Kaydet made by my father during 1941 whilst he was under training as a pilot with the U.S.Army air corps,the model was whittled from chunks of firewood carved with an ordinary pen knife,the now cracking dope finish is authentic paint from the real Stearman's that he scrounged from the maintenance crew in the workshops,the fact that it has survived all of these years after travelling back and forth across the atlantic in a military kit bag is remarkable in itself,together with his log books it is an historic reminder of turbulent times past,machine '41' was the one that he made his first solo in at Lakeland air force base in Florida.The Army air corps instructors were mostly civilians snapped up by uncle Sam to fulfill the war effort,they stood no nonsense with the R.A.F recruits on the famous Arnold scheme which ensured flying instruction un-hampered by the awful English weather at that time.

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'And there I was oil on my goggles from a broken pipe,then I looked at the altimeter,all I could see was the makers name !'
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