Milsurp After Hours

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Kind of a stretch for a War Machine but here goes!

The little twin-boom aircraft in the photo is a Stearman-Hammond Y1S.

Only about 11 were built with a couple being bought by the Dutch to train pilots on tri-cycle type gear.

A variant was also tested by the Navy as a radio controlled drone.

The type came about as a result of competition to design a cheap safe civil aircraft but it was too expensive.$7000.00 rather than $700.00!

The photo above was taken at a Black Hill Airport Airshow about 1939 near Spearfish,S.D. by my Dad who was in the Cavalry at the time.

I just thought it was neat that such a rare aircraft even then was at a Podunk Airfield in the middle of No-Where,South Dakota!

There is video on the web of a 10 year old boy flying one so maybe it was safe

John

Think this is one of them....

Yep,

That's one of the KLM planes.I wish my photo was clear enuff to read a tail number but it's not.I'd be interested to know who flew it in to Spearfish.

John

Thanks for posting the pic John, your dad did a great job photographing and recording events in S.D.

I really enoy your posts keep em coming.

Thanks,

Joe