President George Bush the Elder Stearman wing build
October 14, 2020
President George Bush the Elder Stearman wing build
President George Bush the Elder soloed in a Stearman PT trainer as a teenager in 1943 Minneapolis, MN. He went on to fly the Grumman Avenger in the Pacific, being shot down at the tender age of 19 raiding the Chi Chi Islands and rescued by a submarine.
It was very important that the wings were built and covered to original Boeing drawings.
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