Fairchild PT-19
The Fairchild PT -19 was a monoplane, which was used mainly for training. It was used in the USAAC, RAF and RCAF during the Second World War. It was a counter-proposal to the Boeing - Stearman PT- 17th
History and construction
The PT -19 arose from the development version Fairchild M- 62. The aircraft was ordered by the USAAC in 1940. The first series comprised 275 PT -19 machine with a 175 hp Ranger L -440 -1 engine. From 1941 began series production of the PT -19A with a 200 hp Ranger L -440 -3 engine. It 3181 the PT -19A were produced. More 477 was produced by Aeronca, and 44 pieces of the St. Louis Aircraft Company. The PT- 19B is designed for instrument flight instruction, of which 917 units were produced.
The successor to the PT -23 was a 220 hp Continental R -670 engine of this type was built 869 pieces. 256 PT -23A were again made for blind flying training.
The last variant was the PT -26 with Ranger L -440 -7 engine. The Canadian version was called Cornell and has been used in Canada and Rhodesia.
On 3 September 2004, a PT -26 crashed after engine failure in Corsicana, Texas. The pilot and his passenger died.
Variants
- Built first model, powered by a Ranger L -440 -1 175 hp, 270 - PT -19
- PT -19A - more motorized model that was powered by a Ranger L -440 -3 with 200 hp, renamed in 1948 in T -19A, built 3226
- PT- 19B - upgraded version for instrument flight training for the PT -19A, 143 and rebuilt six PT -19A
- XPT -23A - a PT -19 tentatively fitted with a Continental R 670-5 Sternmotort with 220 hp
- Built production version with radial engine, 774 - PT -23
- Built version for instrument flight training for the PT -23, 356 - PT -23A
- PT -26 - variant of the PT -19A with enclosed cockpit for use in the Commonwealth Air Training Plan, powered by a Ranger L -440 -3, 670 built for the Royal Canadian Air Force as the 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 built with small changes, 250 as Cornell III
- PT- 3FG - Brazilian designation of there license-built PT -19A
Military use
- Royal Canadian Air Force
- United States Army Air Corps / United States Army Air Forces
- Royal Air Force