Built of steel tube, wood and fabric
A welded steel-tube fuselage and wooden wings, all covered in fabric: the construction of the 1930s and 1940s, which makes wood rot and fabric age the inspection items.
9 of the model families on this list are built this way, 3,274 aircraft on the register between them; the largest is the Boeing A75 Stearman Kaydet with 979, then the Bellanca 17 Viking (628).
Biggest model families aircraft on the register
Boeing A75 Stearman Kaydet979Bellanca 17 Viking628Boeing E75 Stearman Kaydet343Bellanca 14282Boeing B75 Stearman Kaydet257Fairchild 24242Waco UPF-7189Fairchild M-62186Great Lakes 2168
All 9 families with notes where the construction changed
979Boeing A75 Stearman Kaydet · The Stearman: welded steel-tube fuselage, wooden wings, fabric over all of it.
628Bellanca 17 Viking · The Viking's wings are wood, which is why its inspections matter.
343Boeing E75 Stearman Kaydet · The Stearman: welded steel-tube fuselage, wooden wings, fabric over all of it.
282Bellanca 14 · The Cruisair and Cruisemaster: wooden wings under fabric.
257Boeing B75 Stearman Kaydet · The Stearman: welded steel-tube fuselage, wooden wings, fabric over all of it.
242Fairchild 24
189Waco UPF-7
186Fairchild M-62 · The PT-19 and PT-26 trainers: plywood-covered wooden wings.
Connections how this material links to the rest of the register
Model families
- Boeing A75 Stearman Kaydet 979 registered · The Stearman: welded steel-tube fuselage, wooden wings, fabric over all of it.
- Bellanca 17 Viking 628 registered · The Viking's wings are wood, which is why its inspections matter.
- Boeing E75 Stearman Kaydet 343 registered · The Stearman: welded steel-tube fuselage, wooden wings, fabric over all of it.
- Bellanca 14 282 registered · The Cruisair and Cruisemaster: wooden wings under fabric.
- Boeing B75 Stearman Kaydet 257 registered · The Stearman: welded steel-tube fuselage, wooden wings, fabric over all of it.
- Fairchild 24 242 registered
- Waco UPF-7 189 registered
- Fairchild M-62 186 registered · The PT-19 and PT-26 trainers: plywood-covered wooden wings.
- Great Lakes 2 168 registered
Makers
- Boeing 6,665 aircraft on the register
- Bellanca 2,699 aircraft on the register
- Fairchild 616 aircraft on the register
- Waco 657 aircraft on the register
- Great Lakes 168 aircraft on the register
Other materials
- Aluminium 137 model families
- Steel tube and fabric 30 model families
- Aluminium with composite parts 30 model families
- Composite 21 model families
- Carbon fibre and plastic 21 model families
- Steel tube and aluminium 15 model families
- Fabric and wicker 3 model families
- Fabric wing and steel frame 1 model families
These connections as data: /graph/material/steel-wood-fabric.json · about the eFlight graph.
The FAA's register does not record construction; this list is written by hand from the makers' descriptions and the type certificate data sheets, which remain the authority for any one model. Connections as data: /graph/material/steel-wood-fabric.json.