INDEX OF PRESERVED AIRCRAFT TYPES USED BY THE FAA

Beech GB-2/JB/C-43 Traveller

"Staggerwings"

Type	Total Number 2000	FAA notes 1999-2000	Threat Status 1999-2000	Changes 1999-2000
Beech Traveller	3 GB/UC-43 over 100 Beech D-17 travelers are registered in the USA. See US civil register	Not known Many Fleet Air Arm Beech Traveller's returned to the US and re-numbered after the war. Research is required to see if any are still extant.	-	-

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Beech Traveller
Status	Civil Registration Nunber	Serial Number s/n	Type	Markings	Owner/Operator	Condition/Notes
	-	BuNo: 44-76068	Beech UC-43 "Traveler"	Painted and marked as a UC-43 assigned to the US 8th AF in England in 1943 as a liaison aircraft. Coded "9139" See photo	United States Air Force Museum, Wright-Patterson, Ohio (USA)	Static
	-	BuNo 23688	Beech GB-2 "Traveler"	See photo	National Museum of Naval Aviation, Pensacola (USA)	Static
	N1503M	Serial Number 4794	Beech GB-2 "Traveler"	-	Private: Webb, EE, Charlotte, NC (USA)	Airworthy
	-		Beech Staggerwing	All red colour scheme. See photo	Per-Erik Höglund, Vallentuna Aviation Club (Sweden)	Airworthy
	G-BUXU Ex 33024,N9113H	c/n: 4823	Beech D.17S Traveler	-	S.J.Ellis (UK)	Airworthy
	N20753	s/n: 395	Beech D.17S Traveler	-	Staggerwing Museum, Tullahoma, TN (USA)	Airworthy
	NC15840	S/n: 93. Built 1936	Beech C-17B. later C-17L staggerwing	All yellow civil markings. See photo	National Air and Space Museum, Smithsonian Institution (USA) won the 1936 Bendix Trophy Race. During World War II, it flew coastal patrol with the Civil Air Patrol Ex original owner of the aircraft was Mr. Aldrin (father of astronaut Edwin ‘Buzz" Aldrin)	Static
	NC 57829	s/n: 138 Manufactured 1938	Staggerwing Model El7B	Painted red with maroon trim. For Thumbnail Pictures from all angles click here.	Private: J Bohlande, Hampshire, IL (USA)	Airworthy - for sale
	N50650	s/n: 143	Staggerwing Model El7B	-	Private: RA Kreutzer, San Diego (USA)	Airworthy
	N48401	s/n: 151	Staggerwing Model El7B	-	Private: EG Sawdon, St Clair, MI (USA)	Airworthy
	N17071	s/n: 156	Staggerwing Model El7L	-	Private: JD Hoff, Weiser, ID (USA)	Airworthy
	N41852	s/n: 160	Staggerwing Model El7L	-	Private: ES McEwen, Daytona Beach, FL (USA)	Airworthy
	N18560	S/n: 162	Staggerwing Model El7L	-	Private: HA Strafuss, Manhattan (USA)	Airworthy
	N18044	S/n: 191	Staggerwing Model El7B	-	Private: Wright Aero Inc, Maple Lake, MN (USA)	Airworthy
	N41663	s/n: 196	Staggerwing Model El7L	-	Private: MD Bell, Elk Grove, CA (USA)	Airworthy
	N57829	s/n: 198	Staggerwing Model El7B	-	JRW Aviation Inc, Dallas, TX (USA)	Airworthy
	N284Y	S/n: 206	Staggerwing Model El7L	-	Private: HF Wells, Royal Oak, MI (USA)	Airworthy
	N18785	S/n: 208	Staggerwing Model El7L	-	Private: WD Spillers, Versailles, OH (USA)	Airworthy
	N18561	s/n: 210	Staggerwing Model El7B	-	Private: DT Ladd, Loundon, NH (USA)	Airworthy
	N91H	s/n: 219	Staggerwing Model El7B	-	Private: VJ Pincetich, Amestoy, Northridge, CA (USA)	Airworthy
	N18570	s/n: 228	Staggerwing Model El7B	-	Private: JE McMurray, Burkburnett, TX (USA)	Airworthy
	N19467	s/n: 231	Staggerwing Model El7L	-	Staggerwing Museum, Tullahoma, TN (USA)	Airworthy
	N233EB	s/n: 233	Staggerwing Model El7B	-	Private: CD Hamilton, Portland, OR (USA)	Airworthy

Associations and reunions

Tullahoma's Staggerwing Museum (USA)

Staggerwing Museum-Parish Aerodrome

Tullahoma Municipal Airport

P.O. Box 550

Tullahoma, TN 37388

USA

Tel: USA (931)455-1974

Fax: USA (931)455-2577

Staggerwing Club

1885 Millsboro Rd

Mansfield, OH 44906

USA

Tel: USA (419) 529-3822

FURTHER INFORMATION
Flightline - Preserved US Military Aircraft	This list of US military aircraft preserved and displayed was originally compiled by Ben Marselis with input from many others. Our coverage of airworthy warbirds is very limited, since Ben did not cover them in the original list. We have concentrated on those which are often on display rather than personal projects.
Aviation Enthusiast Corner AeroWeb Museum/Aircraft Reference Beech Page	Beech Traveler museum locator in USA and Canada only
Das Virtuelle Luftfahrtmuseum	Details of preserved Beech aircraft in European museums [in German]
Tullahoma's Staggerwing Museum (USA)	The Staggerwing Museum commemorates Walter Beech's Model 17 as a milestone of 1930's aviation development. Various versions of the streamlined, executive transport, "Staggerwing" bi-planes are on display. Those include the restored Serial Number 1, the first airplane built by Beech Aircraft.
	Sturtivant, R. & Burrow, M (1995) 'Fleet Air Arm Aircraft 1939 to 1945' Published by Air Britain (Historians) Ltd, 1995 ISBN: 085130 232 7

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