The Stearman (Boeing) Model 75 is an American biplane formerly used as a military trainer aircraft from 1934 and later. At least 10,626 were built in the United States during the 1930s and 1940s. The Stearman Aircraft company became a subsidiary of Boeing in 1934. Widely known as the Stearman, Boeing Stearman, or Kaydet, it served as a primary trainer for the United States Army Air Forces, the United States Navy (as the NS and N2S), and with the Royal Canadian Air Force as the Kaydet throughout World War II. After the conflict was over, thousands of surplus aircraft were sold on the civilian market. In the immediate postwar years, they became popular as crop dusters and sports planes, and for aerobatic and wing walking use in air shows.
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N2S-3 Kaydet
This Kaydet was delivered in 1943 to the U.S. Navy and used for training. After the Second World War is was used for crop dusting and scenic flights. In 1990 it went to Europe in private ownership. Summer 2017 it was seen at the Texel Air Show, The Netherlands.
Photographed Summer 2017 by Cees Hendriks (C) Copyright IPMS Nederland
PT-13 Kaydet
This PT-13 s/n 42-17579 is an E-75. It is on display at the National Museum of World War II Aviation in Colorado Springs, Colorado (USA).
Photographed Summer 2024 by Ronald van Voorst (C) Copyright IPMS Nederland
Several plastic scale models of the Kaydet were released over the years with quite some old kits in odd scales. Monogram had a 1/28 scale kit. In 1/32, Roden, ICM and Revell have kits and Silver Wings a resin kit. In 1/48 Lindberg had an old kit and Revell a good came from 2014. In 1/72 Revell came in 1965 with a kit and Pavla from 2016.
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