Ten Stearman Take-Off

Flying is one of the great joys of my life.  Old biplanes are especially appealing to me.  The Stearman is a large, open cockpit biplane used by the American military prior to and during World War Two as a primary flight trainer.

After that war, many ended up being used as cropdusters.  A fair number of them are in the hands of private owners today, still flying, probably on weekends just because they are so much fun.  The big radial engine hung on the front of a Stearman burns a lot of fuel, and they don't fly very fast, so they are now mostly a rich man's toy, flying on sunny and warm weekends when having a good time is the bottom line.

Here is a link to a video that features ten Stearman's flying together...  http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JDUgzPshEPQ