This Stearman was built by Boeing as a PT-18 in 1940. It was then delivered to the United States Army Air Force where it served countless new aviators, training them to be pilots. It was then purchased post war by William L. Fisher, Founder Darryl Fisher’s grandfather, in 1946. He had it for a bit then sold it and it became a crop duster until Darryl and his Uncle tracked it down, purchased it from the owner, and fully restored it. This plane has flown four generations of the Fisher family and is near and dear to them.

This Stearman gave Dream Flights’ 1,000th Dream Flight in 2015 and the 2,000th Dream Flight in 2016.

This Stearman was built by Boeing in 1942 as an A75N1 Kaydet and then sent to the US Navy later that year with BuNo 30106 where it was used to train pilot at the Naval Air Stations in Louisiana, Missouri, Dallas, and Oklahoma. After her time in the service, which ended in 1963, she became a crop duster until William Fisher acquired her in 1987. The aircraft was fully restored when it became part of Dream Flights.

First Dream Flight in August 2011

The 9-cylinder Stearman was used to train military aviators during World War II, first at the Minneapolis Saint Paul Joint Air Reserve Station and later at the Naval Air Station in Corpus Christi, Texas. Once retired from
training, the plane was purchased to work as a crop duster but instead sat in storage. This is Dream Flights’ first and only Stearman purchased and restored using funds raised by a local community.

Inaugural Dream Flight: Presented to WWII veteran Eddie Lamken on June 19, 2019, in Stevens Point, Wis.

This Boeing Stearman was manufactured as an N2S-3 for the US Navy with Bureau Number 38007 and later worked as a crop duster in California. Complete Restoration completed in 2005 at Grove Field in Camas, WA by Skeets Mehrer. Dream Flights pilot Clint Cawley purchased the plane in 2015.

The Spirit of the Pacific gave its first Dream Flight during Operation September Freedom, a 61-day tour that honored 891 WWII heroes in 47 states.

This Stearman was built by Boeing in 1942 as an A75N1 Kaydet and then sent to the US Navy later that year with BuNo 28049 where it was used to train pilots. After WWII, it was sold to a private individual. It changed hands a few times and was donated to Dream Flights Dec 23, 2019 by aviator and Stearman enthusiast Jeff Hamilton. Veterans United Home Loans is the official sponsor of this Stearman.

The VU Plane gave its first Dream Flight during Operation September Freedom, a 61-day tour that honored 891 WWII heroes in 47 states.