{"id":16472,"date":"2020-09-22T14:02:00","date_gmt":"2020-09-22T14:02:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/saj.pachecostudios.com?p=16472"},"modified":"2020-09-22T14:02:48","modified_gmt":"2020-09-22T14:02:48","slug":"caf-dixie-wing-september-program-to-feature-pt-17-stearman-n2s-kaydet","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/stateaviationjournal.com\/index.php\/state-news\/georgia\/caf-dixie-wing-september-program-to-feature-pt-17-stearman-n2s-kaydet\/%20","title":{"rendered":"CAF Dixie Wing September Program to Feature PT-17 Stearman\/N2S Kaydet"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Photo above – A U.S. sailor cranking the engine of a Stearman N2S-2 Kaydet (BuNo 3553) at the Naval Air Station Corpus Christi, Texas (USA), in 1943. <\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

The Commemorative Air Force (CAF) Dixie Wing will present a panel discussion on the history of the PT-17 Stearman\/N2S Kaydet at its Living Aviation History program Sept. 26, 2020. The program will be streamed live at 1 p.m. on the Dixie Wing Facebook page, https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/CAFDixieWing<\/a>. Audience members will be able to interact with the speakers by posing questions during the streaming.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Female members of the CAF Dixie Wing taking part of the restoration. In the rear cockpit Robyn, front cockpit Alisa Lockwood and Robin O’reilly standing by the airplane. <\/em> <\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n

The Boeing-Stearman Model 75, widely known as the Stearman,\nBoeing Stearman or Kaydet, it served as a primary trainer for the United States\nArmy Air Forces, the United States Navy (as the NS and N2S), and with the Royal\nCanadian Air Force as the Kaydet throughout World War II.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The Dixie Wing has acquired a 1941 Stearman (Boeing)\nN2S2-Kaydet and has begun the restoration process. The project will be\ndedicated to \u201cRosie the Riveter,\u201d the cultural icon representing women who\nworked in factories and shipyards during WWII, helping transform America into\nthe Arsenal of Democracy.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The goal is to return the classic biplane to the air by 2024\nin time to celebrate the 90th Anniversary of the first Stearman flight. More\nthan 8,428 \u201cKaydets\u201d were built for the United States and its allies.  During its 11 years of military service, more\nAmerican military pilots learned to fly in the \u201cKaydet\u201d than any other\nairplane. The two-seat biplane\u2019s simple and sturdy design made it ideal for\nnovice pilots.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Presenters will cover the restoration of the Dixie Wing\nStearman with a focus on Rosie the Riveter and several female members of the\nWing who are actively working on the project. The Dixie Wing plans to develop\nits restoration program led by the female members, to honor all WWII \u201cRosie the\nRiveter\u201d female workers.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Dixie Wing volunteers already have completed the painstaking\ninventory and parts assessment process for a 1941 Stearman (Boeing) N2S2-Kaydet\nacquired in 2019. The team acquired a 40-foot shipping container and built\nshelves to catalog and store the Stearman parts in preparation for the\nrestoration.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Two members of the unit, Jeff Clark and Vic Syracuse, will\nfly their Stearman biplanes to the Dixie Wing Warbird Museum hangar for the\noccasion. Syracuse will conduct a walkaround of his Stearman and will explain\nthe characteristics of the airplane.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cWe welcome donations to complete this project so the\naircraft can join the Dixie Wing fleet of operating warbirds,\u201d said project\nmanager Mo Aguiari. To support the Stearman restoration, please visit www.cafstearman.com<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Photo above – A U.S. sailor cranking the engine of a Stearman N2S-2 Kaydet (BuNo 3553) at the Naval Air Station Corpus Christi, Texas (USA), in 1943. The Commemorative Air Force (CAF) Dixie Wing will present a panel discussion on the history of the PT-17 Stearman\/N2S Kaydet at its Living Aviation History program Sept. 26, […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":16473,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[29],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-16472","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-georgia"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/stateaviationjournal.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/Dixie-Wing-2edit.jpg","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/stateaviationjournal.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/16472","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/stateaviationjournal.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/stateaviationjournal.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/stateaviationjournal.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/stateaviationjournal.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=16472"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/stateaviationjournal.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/16472\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":16477,"href":"https:\/\/stateaviationjournal.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/16472\/revisions\/16477"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/stateaviationjournal.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/16473"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/stateaviationjournal.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=16472"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/stateaviationjournal.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=16472"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/stateaviationjournal.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=16472"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}