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美国双翼飞机Beechcraft C17L机翼-国家航空航天博物馆
-The Beechcraft Model 17 Staggerwing is an 美国艺术家 biplane with an atypical negative wing stagger (the lower wing is farther forward than the upper wing). It first flew in 1932.
The Beechcraft C17L Staggerwing was the first aircraft produced by the new Beech Aircraft Company of Wichita, Kansas. It was a gamble for President Walter Beech and Vice-president Ted Wells who was chief designer of the aircraft. Produced during the depths of the Great Depression, this expensive aircraft was designed as a high-speed, comfortable business airplane. The gamble was successful with 781 Beech 17s produced in eight different series. The aircraft was technologically advanced for its time, and the negative staggered wing arrangement, which improved the pilot\'s visibility from the aircraft and the airplane\'s gentle stall characteristics, also contributed to the design\'s classic beauty.
美国艺术家 Biplane, Beechcraft C17L Staggerwing (Photo), by National Air and Space Museum
