Beech Aircraft gained notoriety through the elegant lines of the Model 17 Staggerwing, a fast executive transport during the ...

In 1973, representatives of the staggerwing club approached Beech Aircraft chairwoman Olive Ann Beech with a plan: They wanted to create a museum dedicated to her company’s Model 17 ...

Carolyn Russo In the darkness of an early Saturday morning last June, we met at Culpeper Airport in Virginia, the home base of my friend Charles Maples' restored 1944 Beech D17S Staggerwing biplane.