1930 something Stinson Gullwing

[jetman]

with 450hp P&W, so it was able to get in and out of the Leadville airport fly-in today.

 

[97prizm]

Very neat. I didn't know that Leadville had a fly-in today. There are high altitude training classes for this reason yet every year 4 adults will cram into a Cessna 182/206 and fly into one of those airports. The paint job on that is spectacular.

 

[ecotourist]

I'll bet it sounds wonderful.

 

[wavinwayne]

How much of a Ship of Theseus is this plane by now?

 

[wwillson]

With that big wing it stalls around 50 kts IAS at sea level, but at 10k' density altitude it stalls closer to 60kts TAS giving you a higher than usual ground speed which can be deceiving.

 

[jetman]

Very neat. I didn't know that Leadville had a fly-in today. There are high altitude training classes for this reason yet every year 4 adults will cram into a Cessna 182/206 and fly into one of those airports. The paint job on that is spectacular.

Parade in town beforehand, then the fly-in, car show, and free hamburgers and hotdogs, every 4th of July

 

[fdcg27]

Simply gorgeous.
There are a few of these on Trade-A-Plane for C172 money.
I would imagine the first annual would exceed the purchase price, but maybe not.
A very pretty and capable aircraft that would be fun to have and fly in a way that nothing modern would be.
Would have to learn to tap dance a taildragger landing though.