| Registration / Serial: | VH-RAC |
| Aircraft Original Type: | Stearman Kaydet |
| Aircraft Generic Type: | Boeing PT-13/17/27/N2S Kaydet (75) |
| Aircraft Version: | Boeing PT-17/R985 Kaydet (A75N1) |
| C/n (msn): | 75-1528 |
| City / Airport: | Melton (YMEL)Map |
| Region / Country: | Victoria, Australia |
| Event: | Houdini Centenary Airshow 2010 |
| Photo Date: | 20 March 2010 |
| Photo by: | Phil VabreContact |
| Photo ID: | 46266Submit Correction |
| View count: | 227 |
This aircraft was built to a 1941 USAAF order as a Continental R-760-powered PT-17 Stearman, serial 41-7969. Post-war it was civil registered in the USA as N57044, later N70KB. At some stage it was converted to take a higher-powered Pratt & Whitney R-985-AN-1. Exported to Australia, it became VH-RAC(3) on 26 March 1997. It's seen here departing after being on static display at the Houdini-Centenary Air Show.
| Registration / Serial: | VH-RAC |
| Aircraft Version: | Boeing PT-17/R985 Kaydet (A75N1) |
| C/n (msn): | 75-1528 |
| City / Airport: | Melton (YMEL)Map | Region / Country: | Victoria, Australia |
| Photo Date: | 20 March 2010 |
| Photo by: | Phil VabreContact |
| Registration / Serial: | VH-RAC |
| Aircraft Original Type: | Stearman Kaydet |
| Aircraft Generic Type: | Boeing PT-13/17/27/N2S Kaydet (75) |
| Aircraft Version: | Boeing PT-17/R985 Kaydet (A75N1) |
| C/n (msn): | 75-1528 |
| City / Airport: | Melton (YMEL)Map |
| Region / Country: | Victoria, Australia |
| Event: | Houdini Centenary Airshow 2010 |
| Photo Date: | 20 March 2010 |
| Photo by: | Phil VabreContact |
| Photo ID: | 46266Submit Correction |
| View count: | 227 |
This aircraft was built to a 1941 USAAF order as a Continental R-760-powered PT-17 Stearman, serial 41-7969. Post-war it was civil registered in the USA as N57044, later N70KB. At some stage it was converted to take a higher-powered Pratt & Whitney R-985-AN-1. Exported to Australia, it became VH-RAC(3) on 26 March 1997. It's seen here departing after being on static display at the Houdini-Centenary Air Show.
| Registration / Serial: | VH-RAC |
| Aircraft Version: | Boeing PT-17/R985 Kaydet (A75N1) |
| C/n (msn): | 75-1528 |
| City / Airport: | Melton (YMEL)Map | Region / Country: | Victoria, Australia |
| Photo Date: | 20 March 2010 |
| Photo by: | Phil VabreContact |