The Stearman Kaydet today still retains an aura of nostalgia similar to that of the De Havilland Tiger Moth. It all started with the Stearman Aircraft Company, also known as the Wichita Division of the Boeing Airplane Company, formed by Lloyd Stearman in 1927.
Ivan and Sonica van der Schaar's was imported into South Africa in a sad state of dissembled parts as a project. However it languished for a number of years until they purchased it and started to rebuild it. Their labour of love paid off.