The Stearman 75 also stands out because of its majestic flight and the fairly characteristic sound of its ´round engine´, and after the Second World War thousands of them were used as civil planes in fumigation labours - thanks to its excellent capability for slow flight at low altitude - and in aerobatics competitions, being often provided with different engines sporting more power than the standard 220 hp Continental R-670-5 power plant, above all with Pratt & Whitney Wasp Junior R-985 delivering 450 h.p.
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On the other hand, it was easy to repair in case of breakdown and his maintenance was extremely easy.
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Besides, its flight qualities focused on the most essential sides, with a unique design fulfilling both the U.S Army and U.S navy allowed it throughout a lot of decades into a great military trainer aircraft with an exceedingly good controls response, which was a key factor in the basic instruction of hundreds of thousnads of pilots all over the world, who took advantage of its easy handling, its tolerance to hard use and the performance consistency of its usual Continental R-670-5 powerplant of the U.S Army version (also known as PT-17) 220 hp powerplant or the Lycoming R-680-5 engine of the U.S Navy one (also known as N2S).