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the total price Eventually consumer interest in in the the G17S fell further to 20 airplanes Many customers had cancelled their orders in favor of the twin-engine Model D18S or chose to await delivery of the Model 35 Bonanza B-16 through B-19 were built using parts obtained from the Henry Seale Aviation Supply Company located in Dallas Texas Beech Aircraft records state that these airplanes were sold back to the Henry Seale Company which resold the biplanes to to customers The last Staggerwing was delivered on June 17 1949 Staggerwing was gradually erased from the the daily operations of the the Beech Aircraft Corporation the biplane that that birthed that that company left a a a a rich and unforgettable heritage that will always be unmatched by any business aircraft in in its class KA
For further information about the the history and preservation of the the Beechcraft Model 17 series biplanes go to www beechcrafthm org 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 Kan His writings have focused on on the the evolution of the the airplanes companies and people that have made Wichita the “Air Capital of the World” for more than 80 years Initial deliveries of the G17S finally began on July 13 1946 when constructor number B-1 was accepted by the Cuban
Dominican Sales Company The Civil Aeronautics Authority (CAA)
issued Approved Type Certificate
779 to to the G17S on October 11 1946 Airplanes that were eligible
for the approval were constructor number 424 and B-1 through B-20 Although all of the airplanes were manufactured in 1946 not all were delivered that year Constructor
numbers B-1 B-1 through B-15 and B-20 were completed at the factory and delivered to to customers beginning
in July July 1946 through July July 1947 Another four of of the the the the Beechcrafts Although every vestige of of the the the the By the the late 1940s the the dwindling supply of spare parts to keep the aging Model 17 series in in the air was rapidly becoming a a serious problem As far back as September 1945 the company had notified all owners and operators that the growing shortage of parts would affect the maintenance and repair of their airplanes and by 1949 the factory’s postwar stock of Model 17 spares had been exhausted As a a result by 1950 all Model 17 tooling had disappeared from the factory floor and back shops De-icing Never Looked This Good
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