Fairchild PT-19

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Fairchild PT-19
Fairchild PT-19
Type: Trainer aircraft
Design country:

United States 48United States United States

Manufacturer:

Fairchild

First flight:

May 15, 1939

Commissioning:

1940

Number of pieces:

6397

Fairchild PT-19

The Fairchild PT-19 was a monoplane that was mainly used for training. He was used by the USAAC , RAF and RCAF during World War II . It was an alternative to the Boeing-Stearman PT-17 .

History and construction

The PT-19 emerged from the development version Fairchild M62 . The aircraft were ordered by USAAC from 1940. The first series PT-19 comprised 275 machines with a 175 HP Ranger L-440-1 engine. Series production of the PT-19A with a 200 HP Ranger L-440-3 engine began in 1941 . 3181 of the PT-19A were produced. Another 477 were produced by Aeronca and 44 by the St. Louis Aircraft Company. The PT-19B was developed for instrument flight training, 917 of which were produced.

The successor, the PT-23, received a 220 HP Continental R-670 engine, 869 of which were built. 256 PT-23A were again produced for blind flight training.

The last variant was the PT-26 with a Ranger L-440-7 engine. The Canadian version was called Cornell and was used in Canada and Rhodesia .

On September 3, 2004, a PT-26 crashed after an engine failure in Corsicana , Texas . The pilot and his passenger died.

variants

  • PT-19 - first production model based on the M62, powered by a Ranger L-440-1 with 175 hp, 270 built
  • PT-19A - more powerfully motorized model powered by a Ranger L-440-3 with 200 hp, renamed T-19A from 1948, built 3226
  • PT-19B - Version for instrument flight training of the PT-19A, 143 newly built and six PT-19A converted
  • XPT-23A - a PT-19 experimentally equipped with a Continental R-670 -5 radial engine with 220 hp
  • PT-23 - production version with radial engine, 774 built
  • PT-23A - Version for instrument flight training of the PT-23, 356 built
  • PT-26 - Closed cockpit variant of the PT-19A for use in the Commonwealth Air Training Plan , powered by a Ranger L-440-3,670 built for the Royal Canadian Air Force as Cornell I.
  • PT-26A - PT-26 with a Ranger L-440-7 , 807 built by Fleet Aircraft Corporation as Cornell II
  • PT-26B - PT-26A with minor changes, 250 as Cornell III built
  • PT-3FG - Brazilian name for the PT-19A, which was built there under license

production

Acceptance of the PT-19, PT-23 and PT-26 by the USAAF:

Manufacturer version 1939 1940 1941 1942 1943 1944 TOTAL
Fairchild, Hagerstown M-62A civil 94 21st         115
M-62B Chile   39         39
270 PT-19, 3,182 PT-19A, 774 PT-19B   193 913 1329 1661 130 4226
PT-23       2     2
PT-26       400   270 670
Aeronca, Middletown 477 PT-19A, 143 PT-19B, 375 PT-23       16 754 225 995
St. Louis, St. Louis PT-19       1 43   44
200 PT-23, 106 PT-23A         245 61 306
Howard, Chicago 200 PT-23, 149 PT-23A       3 344 2 349
Fleet, Fort Erie, Canada PT-23       7th 86   93
PT-26A         1008 49 1057
TOTAL   94 253 913 1758 4141 737 7896

In addition, Fleet produced 250 Cornell Mk. II, 85 PT-23A and 250 PT-23B on Canadian and British accounts, together with the aircraft built on US accounts, a total of 1735 Cornell. In Rio de Janeiro, 232 PT-19s were manufactured as 3 FG between 1945 and 1947, so that a total of 8733 Fairchild PT-19, PT-23 and PT-26 were built.

Military use

Fairchild PT-26 of the Norwegian Air Force
Fairchild PT-26B Cornell at the Commonwealth Air Training Plan Museum, Brandon, Manitoba , 2005.
ArgentinaArgentina Argentina
BrazilBrazil Brazil
China Republic 1928Republic of China (1912–1949) China
EcuadorEcuador Ecuador
HaitiHaiti Haiti
IndiaIndia India
Canada 1921Canada Canada
ColombiaColombia Colombia
MexicoMexico Mexico
NorwayNorway Norway
ParaguayParaguay Paraguay
PhilippinesPhilippines Philippines
RhodesiaRhodesia Rhodesia
South Africa 1928South African Union South African Union
UruguayUruguay Uruguay
United States 48United States United States
United KingdomUnited Kingdom United Kingdom

Technical specifications

Parameter Data
crew 2
length 8.53 m
span 10.97 m
height 3.40 m
Wing area ? m²
Empty mass ? kg
Max. Takeoff mass 1154 kg
Top speed 212 km / h
Service ceiling 4663 m
Range 692 km
Engines 1 × Ranger L-440-3 with 149 kW (203 PS)

literature

  • David Mondey: American Aircraft of World War II (Hamlyn Concise Guide). London: Bounty Books, 2006. ISBN 978-0-7537-1461-4 .
  • Michael JH Taylor: Jane's Encyclopedia of Aviation Vol. 3 . London: Studio Editions, 1989. ISBN 0-517-10316-8 .

Web links

Commons : Fairchild PT-19 Cornell  - Collection of Images, Videos and Audio Files

Individual evidence

  1. Statistical Digest of the USAF 1946, p. 100 ff .; www.uswarplanes.net
  2. Meekcoms, KJ: The British Air Commission and Lend-Lease , Tonbridge 2000, p 54
  3. http://www.fotolog.com/ilhaantiga/193000000000032848/