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Aircraft Make & Model:
Stearman C3B
MTOW:
2,650 lb.
Range:
620 miles
Speed:
126 mph
Seats:
Length:
24 ft.
Wingspan:
35 ft.
Height:
9 ft.
Engines:
1
HP or Thrust:
No. flown by DL:
6 including a Stearman C3B Special and a Stearman C3BM
RoutesFlown:
Advantages:
Drawbacks:
First Delivery:
1934
First Scheduled Service:
1934
Reason Aquired:
Last Retirement:
1937
Reason Disposed:

Narrative:  Stearman C3B 1934-1937

In the latter 1930s, towards the end of the Stearman's mail-carrying days, the aircraft became extremely popular for crop dusting. Delta used six of these early Stearmans for dusting work. 

Registration and serial numbers for Delta's early Stearman cropdusters:

  • NR8814 (MSN 228) 
  • NR7550 (MSN 166)  

The four planes below were purchased from the Texas Dusting Company:

  • NR3863 (MSN 106), this was a Stearman C3B Special
  • NR6253 (MSN 144)
  • NR6496 (MSN 207), this was a Stearman C3BM
  • NR8813 (MSN 227)

 

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