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1. The Alpha and its successors would have a profound impact on the design of the all-metal Boeing 247 and the Douglas DC-1 in the mid-1930s.
2. Despite Innes’s enthusiastic report, the Stearman factory did not build any Alpha or Beta monoplanes, but did provide modifications, maintenance and overhaul support services for the Alpha series into the late 1930s.
3. Many Stearman enthusiasts believe the Model 4CM-1 was the zenith of Lloyd Stearman and Mac Short’s seven years of cooperation on advanced biplane design. It was, however, the final collaboration between the two men at the Stearman Aircraft Company.
4. In California, Lloyd Stearman joined forces with Robert Gross and Walter Varney to acquire the assets of the defunct Lockheed Aircraft Company. Stearman was elected president. He had been working on a new design that evolved into the Model 10 “Electra.” Airlines bought the twin-engine, all- metal cabin monoplane for service on short-haul passenger routes.
5. The T-50 was destined to become one of the best multi-engine trainers of World War II.
Ed Phillips, now retired and living in the South, has researched and written eight books on the unique and rich aviation history that belongs to Wichita, Kansas. His writings have focused on
the evolution of the airplanes, companies and people that have made Wichita the “Air Capital of the World” for more than 80 years.
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