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[Ptah]

[Major Nikon]

1. The Flying Station Wagon

A friend of mine has one.

[Ptah]

2. This is a family photo from 1953, I think.

I always enjoy your aviation stories and knowledge.

Why was it called The Flying Station Wagon?

[Major Nikon]

3. The 50's were the golden age of aviation

The idea back then was that everyone was going to have their own airplane.

I'm sure it was a marketing idea trying to promote the utility of the aircraft. The Stinson 108 is a tail dragger that is relatively easy to land compared to other tail draggers.

[Ptah]

4. 'Inherently Spin Resistant'

What about the design made this true?

[Major Nikon]

5. It has to do with wing design mostly

A spin is caused by an aircraft entering an aggravated stall while in uncoordinated flight. An airplane can't enter a spin unless it stalls. If you design an aircraft that is hard to stall, it will be "spin resistant".

[bluedigger]

7. Our '49 PA-16 had a single wing tank.

It was "not rated for aerobatics".

I'm not sure when Piper wised up and stopped doing that, but Stinson may have been responding to that in their marketing. Nice planes, anyways!

[Major Nikon]

6. At any rate it's a pretty cool pic

So I'm giving it a kick.