On your Aussie rotor head post I always thought the rippled tail Stinson
(The 108) was the Station wagon and the 105 was the Voyager. Am I wrong?
Karibian

Well Dave M, is it a Station Wagon or a Voyager?

Paul Lamar ...No rotor no motor.

Hi Karibian,
Your are not wrong, but also you are not all right !
The pre WW2,  Stinson 105 was called a Voyager, they  had 4 cyl
engines, either Continental or Franklin, about 90 hp.
After WW2, the Stinson Voyager was  built a bit bigger, using a bit of
the L5 Sentinel (USMC) ideas and  re-engined with the Franklin 6 cyl
150 hp engine. i have seen old ads with 125 hp Lycoming  engines, but I
do not think the company ever sold any with Lycs. This airplane had the
company model number 108, and later 108-1.

In 1947, the 108-2 was built
with a Franklin 165 hp engine, still called a Voyager. Later a sub model
of this same Voyager was built with a strengthened rear floor and
removable rear seats and marketed as the Flying Station Wagon; it had
plywood lining in the rear to handle light freight.

In 1948 the 108-3,
my model, with the big rippled tail like the L5 of the USMC. was
released, and Stinson still offered both stock Voyager or the Flying
Station Wagon variation. Both known as Stinson Voyagers. I believe the
big tail was brought in to help stability when fitted with floats;
there were thousands sold to Canadian customers.  Piper bought out the
Voyager factory in late '48 and assembled the remaining airplanes in
49, and sold them off as Piper Stinsons, then shut down production. A
still born Twin Voyager was built but it did not beat the Piper
takeover, it became the Piper Apache.  My bird is actually a 1948
Flying Station Wagon with the plywood trim but was rebuilt with the
regular trim in the rear section.
BR, Dave McC


Interesting Dave thanks. I love that airplane. Quiet and comfortable ride
too. Here are some more pics of Dave's airplane.
For those that have never been to WA it is a lot like California.

Paul Lamar ...No rotor no motor.

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