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 Post subject: Bull Stearman (M2)
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Got some photos today of Allan Lopez's Stearman M2. It was out of the hangar at Trenton Robbinsville for a while today.

The plane has not flown yet, but it is ready to go. Just waiting for the weather....

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Will he try and make it to Bartelesville?
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Will he try and make it to Bartelesville?


I believe so....

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Thanks, I am so there!
I would hope he sells a ride for I would surely buy one in that! :D
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steve dickey wrote:
Thanks, I am so there!
I would hope he sells a ride for I would surely buy one in that! :D


You might have to ride in a mail sack :lol:

(it's single seat)

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steve dickey wrote:
Thanks, I am so there!
I would hope he sells a ride for I would surely buy one in that! :D


You might have to ride in a mail sack :lol:

(it's single seat)


Well that just proves how much I know about those and how much I don't pay attention :oops: :oops:
Mail sack?? What ever it takes :D
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That's beautiful. What a beast! Is this the Bull Stearman that was down at Haiti, Missouri as a project back in the early 90s?

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That's beautiful. What a beast! Is this the Bull Stearman that was down at Haiti, Missouri as a project back in the early 90s?


It is a beast for sure....as many times as I've seen it, I still sometimes stop, scratch my head and say "what the *&&^*!!!!!)

I believe this one came from the Yukon. It went into a lake, was pulled out and sat for years on the shore before it was recovered. They didn't have much to start with.

www.poseybrothers.com has more info on the restoration. Look under the current projects tab.

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Awesome! I'd fly it. But of course, I would anything.

I've got a huge ... ummmm, "feelings" for mail planes.
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Was there a variant with an in line engine? I built a model of an M2 in the sixties and it seems like it had a long tapering nose with a squarish radiator. Or am I thinking of something similar? Mine was dark red plastic and I painted the wings white. That was probably incorrrect as blazes but I thought it looked good at the time. lol.
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That was a Douglas M-2 model....have several of them

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What engine in the Douglas version?

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What engine in the Douglas version?


V12 Liberty engine.

At the risk of posting links :D

http://www.postalmuseum.si.edu/airmail/ ... _long.html

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http://www.pbase.com/fungiman/image/71863205

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Was M-2 a mfg. designation or USPS? Thanks for the link AJ

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Was M-2 a mfg. designation or USPS? Thanks for the link AJ


I believe they are both manufacturers designations.

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