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PT-19
Cornell
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Photo: Robert
Deering 10/28/2016
Dallas
Executive Airport (RBD)
Dallas, Texas |
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Photo: Robert Deering 1985
National Museum of the USAF
Wright-Patterson AFB (FFO)
Dayton, Ohio |
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Photo:
Robert Deering 10/18/2012
National Museum of
the USAF
Wright-Patterson AFB (FFO)
Dayton, Ohio |
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Photo: Robert Deering 5/27/2017
Cavanaugh Flight Museum
Addison Airport (ADS)
Addison, Texas |
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Fairchild
developed the PT-19 in 1938 to satisfy a
military requirement for a rugged monoplane
primary trainer, and it went into quantity
production in 1940. In addition to those
manufactured by Fairchild, the Aeronca,
Howard and St. Louis Aircraft Corps.
produced Cornells. Fleet Aircraft Ltd.
produced them in Canada.
From the basic
PT-19, Fairchild produced two more aircraft:
the Continental radial engine powered PT-23
and the PT-26 with an enclosed cockpit.
Altogether the U.S. Army Air Forces accepted
7,742 Cornells, of which 4,889 were PT-19s.
Additional Cornells went to Canada, Norway,
Brazil, Ecuador and Chile.
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SPECIFICATIONS:
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PERFORMANCE: |
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35 ft. 11 3/16 in.
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Maximum speed:
124 mph
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Length:
27 ft. 8 3/8 in.
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Cruising speed:
106 mph
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Height:
7 ft. 9 in.
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Range:
480 miles
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Empty Weight:
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Service ceiling:
16,000 ft. |
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Gross Weight:
2,450 lbs. loaded
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Crew:
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Engines:
Ranger L-440
of 175 hp
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Armament:
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SOURCE:
National Museum of the United States Air
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PT-26
Cornell |
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