Beach B-5

The 1927 Beach B-5 was in original form a Cessna BW N5035 that Beach reworked into a cabin biplane.

Registered N1743, registration notes a letter of 17 October 1927: “After the plane was cracked up, it was rebuilt by Beach, test-flown, and sold [1 August 1930] to a Burnett Rodabaugh in Alaska,”

Engine: 180hp Hisso E
Wingspan: 40’0″
Length: 27’0″
Seats: 5

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