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Fairchild PT-19/26 |
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Fairchild PT-19/26 |
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| Built by: | Fairchild Corporation as Company Model M-62A-3 |
| First Flight: | 1939 |
| Number Built: | 6016 |
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Ranger L-440 Six Cylinder inline Specifications: Displacement: 441 cu. in. Max RPM: 2450 Horsepower: 200 WWII Cost: $2600.00 |
| Wingspan: | 35 ft. 11 3/16 in. |
| Length: | 27 ft. 8 3/8 in. |
| Height: | 7 ft. 9 in. |
| Crew: | Two (Student & Instructor) |
| Weight: | 2450 lbs. Loaded |
| Max. Speed: | 124 MPH |
| Cruise Speed: | 106 MPH |
| Range: | 480 Miles |
| Ceiling: | 16,000 ft. |
| WWII Cost: | $6141.00 |
| This aircraft's history:
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Manufacturer's S/N T43-5048 Completed on 3-13-1943 at the Fairchild Factory in Hagerstown, MD, and accepted by the Army as a PT-19A on 3-19-1943 at Parks Air College, East St. Louis, IL and was in service there training new pilots until June 1944. In June 1944 it was sent to Perrin AAF, Texas. It was declared surplus and sent to storage at San Antonio Air Technical Service Center, Kelly AAF, TX on June 30, 1944. It was ferried to another field on Sept 12, 1944 and was sold off as surplus on June 14, 1945. Sometime during it's military career, probably at Parks Air College, the canopy was added, even though it was originally manufactured in open cockpit configuration. It was restored to PT-26A configuration in 1973. In 2005, our PT is being restored to it's original PT-19 configuration, but we are retaining the canopy and painting it as it would have looked during it's service at Parks Air College. Many of the PT-26's were shipped to Canada for use by the RCAF, and were painted in British Commonwealth markings. This aircraft was purchased by Butler County Warbirds, Inc. in May, 2000, and is based at Butler County Regional Airport, in Cincinnati, Ohio. |
