Fairchild PT-19
Fairchild PT-19 | |
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Type: | Trainer aircraft |
Design country: | |
Manufacturer: | |
First flight: |
May 15, 1939 |
Commissioning: |
1940 |
Number of pieces: |
6397 |
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 |
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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
Technical specifications
Parameter | Data |
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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
Individual evidence
- ↑ Statistical Digest of the USAF 1946, p. 100 ff .; www.uswarplanes.net
- ↑ Meekcoms, KJ: The British Air Commission and Lend-Lease , Tonbridge 2000, p 54
- ↑ http://www.fotolog.com/ilhaantiga/193000000000032848/