Starduster (other)
Starduster may refer to: * ''Starduster'' (aircraft), a B-17G heavy bomber from World War II on display in Riverside, California * Starduster (G.I. Joe), a fictional character of the G.I. Joe Team * Stolp Starduster The Stolp-Adams SA-100 Starduster is an American single-seat sport biplane designed to be built from plans supplied by Aircraft Spruce & Specialty Co. Though the first flight was in 1957, Stardusters continue to be built and flown. Design and ..., an American single-seat homebuilt biplane * Stolp Starduster Too, an American two-seat homebuilt biplane See also * * Stardust (other) {{disamb ...
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Starduster (aircraft)
The Boeing B-17 Flying Fortress is an American four-engine heavy bomber used by the United States Army Air Forces and other Allies of World War II, Allied air forces during World War II. Forty-five planes survive in complete form, including 38 in the United States. Fewer than 10 are Airworthiness, airworthy. Of the 12,731 B-17s built, about 4,735 were lost during the war. After the war, planes that had flown in combat missions were sent for smelting at Aircraft boneyard, boneyards, such as those at Marine Corps Air Facility Walnut Ridge, Walnut Ridge and Kingman Airport (Arizona), Kingman. Consequently, only six planes that survive today have seen combat. Most of the other survivors were built too late to see active service and then were used through the 1950s and 1960s in military and civilian capacities. Many are painted to represent actual planes that flew in combat. Surviving aircraft , 18 B-17s are registered with the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA). These include '' ...
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Starduster (G
Starduster may refer to: * ''Starduster'' (aircraft), a B-17G heavy bomber from World War II on display in Riverside, California * Starduster (G.I. Joe), a fictional character of the G.I. Joe Team * Stolp Starduster, an American single-seat homebuilt biplane * Stolp Starduster Too, an American two-seat homebuilt biplane See also * * Stardust (other) Stardust may refer to: * A type of cosmic dust, composed of particles in space Entertainment Songs * “Stardust” (1927 song), by Hoagy Carmichael * “Stardust” (David Essex song), 1974 * “Stardust” (Lena Meyer-Landrut song), 2012 * ...

Stolp Starduster
The Stolp-Adams SA-100 Starduster is an American single-seat sport biplane designed to be built from plans supplied by Aircraft Spruce & Specialty Co. Though the first flight was in 1957, Stardusters continue to be built and flown. Design and development The SA-100 Starduster was designed by Louis A. Stolp and George M. Adams as a light sports aircraft for homebuilding from plans. It is a single bay biplane with fabric covered, wooden framed staggered wings, each pair braced by a single, wide chord interplane strut aided by bracing wires. A total of eight centre section struts join the upper wing to the fuselage, basically two pairs in N-form but with the forward strut doubled. The lower wing is unswept and has 1.5° of dihedral; the upper wing has 6° of sweep on its leading edge, no dihedral and a greater span. There are ailerons on the lower wings only, but no flaps. The fuselage and tail unit have a fabric covered steel tube structure, with the open cockpit positi ...
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Stolp Starduster Too
The Stolp Starduster Too SA300 is a two-seat, conventional landing gear equipped homebuilt biplane. Aircraft Spruce & Specialty Co currently holds rights to sell plans for the aircraft. Design and development The Starduster Too was developed to be an economical two-seat sport biplane. The airplane is designed to plus 6 or minus 6 G loading. It was not intended for use in aerobatic competition, but it can perform basic aerobatics. The fuselage is made of 4130 steel tubing with fabric covering. The spars are made of spruce wood with plywood wooden wing ribs. The base engine is a Lycoming O-360 engine, but alternative examples have been built using the Lycoming IO-540, Ranger, Ford V-8 and V-6, Continental, Jacobs, and even Pratt & Whitney R-985 engines. Operational history The Starduster Too is a popular biplane homebuilt design. There are several with over 2500 hours of flight time, and one with over 5000 hours. Variants The Stolp Acroduster, and Stolp Acroduster Too, were ...
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