Great Lakes Flies!
6/13/09
June
turned out to be a productive month for Bipe, Inc. The Stearman was
completed at the beginning of the month and the 1931 Great Lakes was
completed today. It features an updated panel, a Warner Scarab 165 for
power and paint by Eric Frier. This was another complete ground-up
restoration. The Lakes flew "hands off" on its first flight.
Click on the picture for a few more pix. Photo by Eric
Frier
450 Stearman Completed
6/1/09
Well, today is the
day. After 1.5 years of total restoration and modifications, the 450
Stearman is finally finished. Click on the picture for a few more
shots of this beauty.
Photo by Eric Frier
Search Tool Added to
Site
2/6/09
I added a Google search feature to my website. It is located both
on this page, on the left, and on my Skybolt Construction page. Now
you can search the whole website by just typing in key words. Try it!
I seems to work well.
Restored Stearman Flies
Today!
11/21/08
After
working for 18 months restoring this Boeing PT-17 Stearman all of us at Bipe,
Inc. were watching like proud papas as the test pilot put the maiden flight
on the 66 year old classic.
Brought back from the dead as a retired crop duster, this
museum quality aircraft hadn't flown since 1973. It originally served
as a primary trainer in the Army Air Corps during 1942. Click on the
picture to see more pictures of the Stearman.
Copyright Allen Rice 2008-2009