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FS2004 1934 Pietenpol Air Camper and 1937 Stinson SR-9C. The Stinson Reliant (Stinson SR-10 Reliant "Gullwing") was a four-to-five seat commercial monoplane which was the brainchild of E.A. "Eddie" Stinson, and was designed for private operators and small charter companies. It was the the last model produced by his company before it was bought out in the late 1930s. It was regarded as a strikingly handsome airplane - with its distinctive gull wing - and was known for its ease in handling and its ability to carry four to five people in comfort. An excellent aircraft, the Reliant could recover from a stall and return to level flight "hands off". These features along with state of the art navigation and communication radios, made it popular with executive charter services as well as with the more sophisticated, wealthy buyer. The Pietenpol Air Camper is a two place, tandem seat, open cockpit plans-built monoplane which will take us back to those early days of aviation and the homebuilt movement! By Lynn and Bill Lyons.