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One prototype only, Intermediate step in development of the BT-14. Y1BT-10 600hp Pratt & Whitney R-1340-41. First aircraft of batch of BT-9C completed as Y1BT-10. BT-10 Production version of Y1BT-10 - cancelled BT-14 lengthened all metal fuselage and new canopy, Pratt & Whitney R-985-25, 251 built. BT-14A 27 BT-14s were re-engined with 400 hp ...
The North American BT-9 was the United States Army Air Corps (USAAC) designation for a low-wing single engine monoplane primary trainer aircraft that served before and during World War II. It was a contemporary of the Boeing-Stearman PT-13 Kaydet biplane trainer which pilots learned to fly on before advancing to Basic Flying Training on the BT-9.
North American Aviation (NAA) was a major American aerospace manufacturer that designed and built several notable aircraft and spacecraft. Its products included the T-6 Texan trainer, the P-51 Mustang fighter, the B-25 Mitchell bomber, the F-86 Sabre jet fighter, the X-15 rocket plane, the XB-70 bomber, the B-1 Lancer, the Apollo command and service module, the second stage of the Saturn V ...
The modified NA-16 was redesignated by North American as the NA-18, with production examples entering Air Corps service as the North American BT-9 (NA-19). The U.S. Army Air Corps ordered 42 BT-9s, equipped with the Wright R-975 Whirlwind engine, and 40 BT-9As, which could be armed with .30 cal. Browning M-1 machine guns.
BT-13 Valiant A restored Vultee BT-13 over an Airshow in Dallas, 2019 General information Type Trainer Manufacturer Vultee Aircraft Primary users United States Army Air Forces United States Navy Number built 9,525 History Introduction date June 1940 First flight March 1939 The Vultee BT-13 Valiant is an American World War II -era basic (a category between primary and advanced) trainer aircraft ...
The North American Aviation T-6 Texan is an American single-engined advanced trainer aircraft used to train pilots of the United States Army Air Forces (USAAF), United States Air Force (USAF), United States Navy, Royal Air Force, Royal Canadian Air Force and other air forces of the British Commonwealth during World War II and into the 1970s.
The BT-13's and BT-14's were moved to airfields in Georgia, Oklahoma, and Missouri. On 15 March Independence Army Airfield was placed on a standby basis. On 11 April 1945, however, the Army announced that the airfield would be used to store aircraft not needed in the war effort as a Class II storage depot.
He did obtain a pilot's license in 1944, however. Langhurst owned several different aircraft in later years, including a Luscombe, BT-13 Vultee Valiant, North American AT-6 Texan and a Stinson SR-10 Reliant. In 1967-68 he built a Smith Miniplane and rebuilt a Mooney Mite in 1970. [1]