Beechcraft Staggerwing

The Hangar Jul 26, 2026

The Beechcraft Staggerwing, Walter and Olive Ann Beech's Negative-Stagger Business Biplane, and the Model Seventeen That Still Rules the Vintage Rows at Oshkosh

The story of the Beechcraft Staggerwing, the negative-stagger luxury biplane the Beeches built during the Depression and a Bendix winner.

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The Hangar Jul 24, 2026

The Beechcraft Staggerwing, the Backward Biplane Walter Beech Built for Speed, and the Restorers Who Make It Gleam in the Vintage Rows at Oshkosh

The Beechcraft Staggerwing's backward-staggered wings gave it speed and visibility - and today's restorers keep the vintage biplane gleaming at Oshkosh.

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The Hangar Jul 22, 2026

The Beechcraft Staggerwing and the Backward Biplane That Outran Every Airplane in Its Class

The Beechcraft Staggerwing's backward-staggered wings made this 1930s luxury biplane faster than fighters - here's the real story.

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The Hangar Apr 23, 2026

Louise Thaden and the Staggerwing that won the nineteen thirty-six Bendix Trophy

Louise Thaden and Blanche Noyes won the 1936 Bendix Trophy Race outright in a Beechcraft Staggerwing, beating every male competitor.

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