Bomber_12th
SOH-CM-2025
I'm uploading these now to our library here at SOH, as well as Flightsim.com and Avsim. These repaints are all for the Vertigo Studios Stearman Vol.1 set and depict restored Stearmans that are currently flying or have flown in recent years. They all feature a number of texture modifications/improvements as well as each having their own custom specular textures, new engine textures (redid the ambient occlusion of the main engine core for better/correct appearance), new prop textures and customized pilot textures. (They all conform to the restrictions of the model - for instance, the diffuse alpha effects (glossiness) is all hard-wired into the model materials themselves, so there is nothing I could do with that - fortunately, however, with all of these particular paint schemes, that doesn't really matter). All of the repaints also have all of the stencils and dope codes (of various types) applied as per the real-world aircraft, with the dope codes time-stamped to match each individual aircraft/restoration (the dates themselves properly differentiating from one assembly/part to another).
Stearman PT-13 ZK-XAF, owned/operated by Stearman 03 Ltd. at the Classic Flyers museum based at Tauranga Airport, Mount Maunganui, New Zealand. The aircraft, originally manufactured as USAAF 42-17744, was imported to Australia in 1988, and later to New Zealand in 1996, then registered to Bay of Plenty Classic Aircraft Company Ltd. and based with the Classic Flyers Museum. The aircraft is painted in colorful pre-WWII U.S. Naval Fighting Squadron markings and is used to provide scenic flights and flight training to paying customers.
Stearman PT-17 N59293, owned/operated by Andrew and Mike Porter, based at Spring Lake, New Jersey. The aircraft was manufactured as USAAF 41-25714 and was used continually from June 1942 until June 1945. During WWII the aircraft had multiple assignments, one of which included Avenger Field in Sweetwater, Texas, home of the WASP (Women's Airforce Service Pilots), where it was based from February 1943 until August 1944. Sold surplus after the war, the aircraft was used as a crop duster in New Mexico all the way until 1981. Starting in 2006, the aircraft was restored to factory-original award-winning condition, and painted in the same markings it wore while stationed at Avenger Field, flying as a tribute to all of the WASP pilots. (In one of the aircraft's other WWII training assignments, Donald Strait flew this aircraft during flight training and would go on to become a double-ace flying P-51's with the 361st Fighter Squadron).
Stearman PT-27 N56233, owned/operated by Chris Prevost/Vintage Aircraft Co., based at Sonoma Valley/Schellville Airport in California. The aircraft was manufactured as USAAF 42-15720 and later utilized by the Royal Air Force as Kaydet I FJ859, as it is painted today. The aircraft is one of three Stearmans which are put to use regularly selling rides through Vintage Aircraft Co.
Stearman N2S-5 N53549, owned/operated by Vanessa Jago, based at Oshkosh, Wisconsin. The aircraft, originally manufactured as U.S. Navy BuNo. 38575, was purchased by Charles F. Wright in 2001 and restored to factory-original award-winning condition. The number '75' on the side of the aircraft symbolic of the aircraft being the Model 75 (or A75). Vanessa Jago, who began flying at the age of 16 and is currently an airline pilot flying 747's with over 12,000 hrs of flight time, acquired the aircraft in 2015. The aircraft won "Best N2S" at the 2016 National Stearman Fly-In.
Stearman PT-13 ZK-XAF, owned/operated by Stearman 03 Ltd. at the Classic Flyers museum based at Tauranga Airport, Mount Maunganui, New Zealand. The aircraft, originally manufactured as USAAF 42-17744, was imported to Australia in 1988, and later to New Zealand in 1996, then registered to Bay of Plenty Classic Aircraft Company Ltd. and based with the Classic Flyers Museum. The aircraft is painted in colorful pre-WWII U.S. Naval Fighting Squadron markings and is used to provide scenic flights and flight training to paying customers.
Stearman PT-17 N59293, owned/operated by Andrew and Mike Porter, based at Spring Lake, New Jersey. The aircraft was manufactured as USAAF 41-25714 and was used continually from June 1942 until June 1945. During WWII the aircraft had multiple assignments, one of which included Avenger Field in Sweetwater, Texas, home of the WASP (Women's Airforce Service Pilots), where it was based from February 1943 until August 1944. Sold surplus after the war, the aircraft was used as a crop duster in New Mexico all the way until 1981. Starting in 2006, the aircraft was restored to factory-original award-winning condition, and painted in the same markings it wore while stationed at Avenger Field, flying as a tribute to all of the WASP pilots. (In one of the aircraft's other WWII training assignments, Donald Strait flew this aircraft during flight training and would go on to become a double-ace flying P-51's with the 361st Fighter Squadron).
Stearman PT-27 N56233, owned/operated by Chris Prevost/Vintage Aircraft Co., based at Sonoma Valley/Schellville Airport in California. The aircraft was manufactured as USAAF 42-15720 and later utilized by the Royal Air Force as Kaydet I FJ859, as it is painted today. The aircraft is one of three Stearmans which are put to use regularly selling rides through Vintage Aircraft Co.
Stearman N2S-5 N53549, owned/operated by Vanessa Jago, based at Oshkosh, Wisconsin. The aircraft, originally manufactured as U.S. Navy BuNo. 38575, was purchased by Charles F. Wright in 2001 and restored to factory-original award-winning condition. The number '75' on the side of the aircraft symbolic of the aircraft being the Model 75 (or A75). Vanessa Jago, who began flying at the age of 16 and is currently an airline pilot flying 747's with over 12,000 hrs of flight time, acquired the aircraft in 2015. The aircraft won "Best N2S" at the 2016 National Stearman Fly-In.
