Staggerwing
Beechcraft Staggerwing D17S
N28A
This aircraft has been in my family since 1966. It was modified for use in high altitude aerial photogrammetry, the modifications being a camera port in the floor and a mod to the engine. The engine mod (14:1 blower) places the aircraft into Restricted Category on the airworthiness certificate, but I believe replacing the engine with either a standard 10:1 or STC'ed 12:1 would allow a Normal Category certification.
Most of the documentation (logbooks, etc) were destroyed in a fire in the mid-seventies. Total time is unknown. I do have the airworthiness certificate, and the aircraft registration is current. I have the FAA CD of their records.
N28A was last recovered in Grade A in the mid-sixties. The interior is simple Grade A for weight savings. There is no back seat. The baggage door has been removed (an oblique camera port is installed instead). Avionics are outdated and at this point not really worth discussing. N28A has been hangered and in dry country the majority of it's life. We operated out of Gunnison, Colorado, a high semi-desert environment. I purchased the airplane from my father in 1994 and it has been in a T hanger in the Phoenix area ever since.
This aircraft is perfect for the individual (or group) that wants really good "bones" from which to build up a beautiful Staggerwing.
Staggerwing
N28A
Details pending
N28A History
6760 UC-43-BH 44-67752 1944-0.-.. mfd, contract AN.31386
6760 UC-43-BH 44-67752 1944-03-23 U.S. Army Air Force
6760 UC-43-BH 44-67752 1944-03-24 Fort Dix AAB (NJ) for Lend-Lease to Britain
6760 UC-43-BH 44-67752 1944-04-13 departed
6760 Traveller Mk1 FT498 1944-..-.. Royal Navy
6760 Traveller Mk1 FT498 1944-11-.. to 1945-11-.. Station Flight, Royal NAS Anthorn, England
6760 GB-2 BuNo. 32892 194.-..-.. U.S. Navy
6760 GB-2 BuNo. 32892 1946-07-31 stricken at Norfolk NAS (VA)
6760 D17S N9461H 1950-..-.. Mr. Clarke J. Smith (PA)
6760 D17S N9461H 195.-..-.. Aerial Survey, Miami (FL)
6760 D17S N28A 1956-05-29 CoA
6760 D17S N28A 1963-..-.. Pennsylvania Aerial Survey, Miami (FL) painted red
6760 D17S N28A 196.-..-.. supercharged for mapping work at 31,000ft for the US Geological Survey
6760 D17S N28A 1966-07-01 Gordon B. “Rocky” Warren, Gunnison (CO)
6760 D17S N28A 1996-08-30 Mark W. Warren, Phoenix (AZ) moved to Gunnison (CO)
6760 D17S N28A supercharger removed to standard on overhaul
6760 D17S N28A 2015-02-28 expired
6760 UC-43-BH 44-67752 1944-03-23 U.S. Army Air Force
6760 UC-43-BH 44-67752 1944-03-24 Fort Dix AAB (NJ) for Lend-Lease to Britain
6760 UC-43-BH 44-67752 1944-04-13 departed
6760 Traveller Mk1 FT498 1944-..-.. Royal Navy
6760 Traveller Mk1 FT498 1944-11-.. to 1945-11-.. Station Flight, Royal NAS Anthorn, England
6760 GB-2 BuNo. 32892 194.-..-.. U.S. Navy
6760 GB-2 BuNo. 32892 1946-07-31 stricken at Norfolk NAS (VA)
6760 D17S N9461H 1950-..-.. Mr. Clarke J. Smith (PA)
6760 D17S N9461H 195.-..-.. Aerial Survey, Miami (FL)
6760 D17S N28A 1956-05-29 CoA
6760 D17S N28A 1963-..-.. Pennsylvania Aerial Survey, Miami (FL) painted red
6760 D17S N28A 196.-..-.. supercharged for mapping work at 31,000ft for the US Geological Survey
6760 D17S N28A 1966-07-01 Gordon B. “Rocky” Warren, Gunnison (CO)
6760 D17S N28A 1996-08-30 Mark W. Warren, Phoenix (AZ) moved to Gunnison (CO)
6760 D17S N28A supercharger removed to standard on overhaul
6760 D17S N28A 2015-02-28 expired
I had misplaced the airworthiness certificate and so worked with the FAA to generate a new one, below. As luck would have it about 6 months later I found the original.
