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Now found it and it says it's a Stearman, which is very difficult to believe.
And as far as I can see it was never used for mail....at least one of them was used for film work.
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Nope....
Remember what I said about the engine options, and the fact that the challenge aircraft is pictured with a Curtiss engine........
Going to make a cup of tea now....!
Remember what I said about the engine options, and the fact that the challenge aircraft is pictured with a Curtiss engine........
Going to make a cup of tea now....!
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It IS the C1!!!!!!!!
The First Stearman, the C-1, serial number 101 was completed at Venice, California in 1927. Originally powered with a 90 HP WWI surplus Curtiss OX-5, the C1 carried two passengers side-by-side in the front cockpit. The OX was replaced with a 240 hp war-surplus French Salmson water-cooled radial engine and received registration number 4100. This was soon replaced by a Menasco air-cooled radial and the aircraft was re-registered as a C3-741.
The First Stearman, the C-1, serial number 101 was completed at Venice, California in 1927. Originally powered with a 90 HP WWI surplus Curtiss OX-5, the C1 carried two passengers side-by-side in the front cockpit. The OX was replaced with a 240 hp war-surplus French Salmson water-cooled radial engine and received registration number 4100. This was soon replaced by a Menasco air-cooled radial and the aircraft was re-registered as a C3-741.
