Boeing-Stearman Model 75

Model 75 (Stearman Kaydet)
Boeing Stearman N7058Q in U.S. Navy markings
General information
Type	Biplane trainer
Manufacturer	Stearman Aircraft / Boeing
Number built	10,626 (includes model 70, 75 and 76)[1]
History
Introduction date	1934
Variants	American Airmotive NA-75

The Stearman (Boeing) Model 75 is an American biplane formerly used as a military trainer aircraft, of which at least 10,626 were built in the United States during the 1930s and 1940s.^[2] Stearman Aircraft became a subsidiary of Boeing in 1934. Widely known as the Stearman, Boeing Stearman, or Kaydet, it served as a primary trainer for the United States Army Air Forces, the United States Navy (as the NS and N2S), and with the Royal Canadian Air Force as the Kaydet throughout World War II. After the conflict was over, thousands of surplus aircraft were sold on the civilian market. In the immediate postwar years, they became popular as crop dusters and sports planes, and for aerobatic and wing walking use in air shows.