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V77 Stinson Reliant "Gullwing"
Built in March of 1943, currently in flying status at MAPS.
Used in WWII by the British Air Corps to fly missions over the English Channel to spot German ships and submarines.
Nine cylinder Lycoming radial engine displacing 680 cubic inches.
Steel tube frame, mostly fabric covered.
Repainted in it's original military colors.
"Expander tube" wheel brakes, and brake master cylinders from a 1943 GMC truck!
Crew Chief Rick Tenan
Thanks to Jim Denning for the above photos and the aircraft info......
THE STINSON ARRIVES AT MAPS 6-5-2005
Arrival Photos by Rick Tenan
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