Andy and Mike Porter’s WWII WASP ( WOMAN’S AIRFORCE SERVICE PILOTS) PT-17

History:
Boeing S/N # 75-3221
Military S/N #41-25714

Boeing PT-17 #41-25714 was manufactured on 5-11-1942. The aircraft was accepted to the USAAF on 5-16-1942 and flown to Maxwell Field, in Montgomery Alabama. On June the second of 1942 the plane was assigned to Union City Tennessee, which was a contract school run by Embry Riddle as the 67th AAFTD while at Union City TN the Aircraft was flown By Donald Strait who flew with the 361st FS. in P-51s during the the war and scored 13.5 air victories along with receiving the rank of Major. The aircraft was re assigned on 2-10-1943 to Sweetwater Texas at Avenger field which was home of the WASP the( Women’s Airforce Service Pilots) and remained there for the entire duration of the Wasp program. On the 12 of August 1944 the plane received its last assignment and went to Goodfellow Army Airforce Base in Texas. The plane was then declared surplus on June 19 1945 and sold surplus on the 28 of June 1945.
The Plane was then converted to a crop duster after the war and was spraying all the way until 1981 in the Las Cruses NM . in 1981 the plane was semi restored and kept flying till 2006 when I restored the plane back to its full original condition exact to the factory blue-prints and after extensive research in photo archives to locate a photo of the plane in 1943 to restore the original markings . This Plane has won many awards in including EAA Oshkosh the 2010 Best Stearman and the 2010 Snap-on Silver wrench along with the 2011 preservation award in addition to the 2011 Best Army Kaydet Stearman at the national Stearman fly-in in Galesburg IL

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Specifications

Registration Number	Date of Manufacture
N59293	1942
Aircraft Role	Nickname
Primary Trainer	“Yellow Peril”
Aircraft Type:	Wingspan:
Boeing/Stearman PT-17	32 feet 2 inches
Overall length:	Empty weight:
24 feet 3 inches	1936 US pounds
Gross weight:	Fuel capacity:
2717 US pounds	505 miles
Oil capacity	Engine type:
4.4 Gals.	Single 220 hp Continental R670-5 radial piston engine
Propeller type:	Max Speed
McCauley 41D5926 2 blade steel 102″	124 mph
Rate of Climb	Cruise Speed
	105 mph
Service Ceiling	Number of Crew
13,200 feet	Two Tandem
Armament	Bomb Load
None	None
Number Built	Number Surviving
13000+	1000+