Click to open image viewer. The Model 17, the first aircraft produced by the new Beech Aircraft Company of Wichita, Kansas, was a gamble for president Walter Beech and vice-president Ted Wells who was ...

The Beechcraft Model 17 "Staggerwing," introduced in 1933, was a technologically advanced and luxurious private aircraft known for its distinctive "negative stagger wing" design, retractable landing ...

The Beech Model 17, or Staggerwing, was Beech Aircraft's first product in 1932, a biplane uniquely designed with a negative wing stagger. Chief designer Ted Wells engineered the Staggerwing for high ...

On this day in aviation history, 93 years ago (November 4, 1932), the first flight of the Beechcraft Model 17 Staggerwing took place. The Model 17 was an American-built civilian/executive transport ...

WICHITA, Kan. (KSNW) — Opera Kansas is taking people back to the 1930s to showcase women who made a mark on the aviation industry, including Olive Ann Beech. “Staggerwing” focuses on the historic ...

In 1973, representatives of the staggerwing club approached Beech Aircraft chairwoman Olive Ann Beech with a plan: They wanted to create a museum dedicated to her company’s Model 17 Staggerwing, an ...

There's nothing quite like the sunlight gleaming off of a restored red paint job, is there? Luckily, this photo gives us more than one dose of it. Our featured wallpaper comes from photographer ...

All the Latest Game Footage and Images from Microsoft Flight Simulator X: Steam Edition – Beechcraft D17 Staggerwing The Microsoft Flight Simulator X: Steam Edition rendition of the Beechcraft D17 ...