Boeing-Stearman PT-17 Kaydet Pair in Formation

Two Boeing-Stearman PT-17 Kaydets fly a formation pass at the 2025 SHG Airshow in Sivrihisar, Eskişehir. Both biplanes wear US Army training colours with the white star roundels used in the Second World War era. The Kaydet was the standard primary trainer of the US Army Air Forces and US Navy, a forgiving but demanding aircraft that taught students stick-and-rudder skills before they moved on to more powerful types such as the North American T-6 Texan. Seeing two of them together, wing to wing, is a reminder of the thousands that filled training fields in the 1940s.