The Beechcraft Model 17 Staggerwing is an American biplane with an atypical negative wing stagger. It first flew in 1932.
Vintage Wings of Canada Beechcraft D17S Staggerwing
1943 Beech D17S Staggerwing
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.
Ted A. Wells
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Theodore Arthur Wells was an American aircraft engineer, co-founder of the Beech Aircraft Corporation, and the lead designer of the Beechcraft Model 17 Staggerwing. Wells was also an avid Snipe sailboat racer, winning three national championships and two world championships.
Beech D-17S N79484 (6964558512)
Ted Wells & crew Art Lippitt after winning the 1947 Snipe World Championships