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Chief designer: Richard Palmer. The H-1 Hughes racer was designed by Richard Palmer, and similarities can be seen in aircraft he later designed for the Vultee Aircraft Corporation, including the BT-13 trainer. Type: Basic Trainer (BT) Single-engine all metal low-wing mono-plane with fixed landing gear

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[History by David MacGillivray] BASIC SPECIFICATIONS BT-13A Engine: One 450-hp Pratt & Whitney R-985-AN-1 Wasp Junior radial piston engine Weight: Empty 3,375 lbs., Max Takeoff 4,496 lbs. Wing Span: 42ft. 0in. Length: 28ft. 10in. Height: 11ft. 6in. Performance: Maximum Speed: 180 mph Ceiling: 21,650 ft. Range: 725 miles Armament: None NICKNAMES

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The Vultee BT-13 was the principal vehicle used for the Basic Training phase, as powered by the 450 hp Pratt & Whitney R-985-AN-1 nine-cylinder radial, single-row, air- cooled engine.. After 18 years of use in aerial photography, the plane was purchased by two pilots (J. C. Vest & A.F. Hopson) for $1,500 in February 1966 and moved the Vultee.

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The Vultee BT-13, Boeing Stearman PT-17 and the Fairchild PT-19 were the three most widely used trainers employed by the United States military during World War II. Training for new pilots consisted of four 10-week phases. The first phase of training was conducted in the classroom.

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The Vultee BT-13 Valiant joins the Fairchild PT-19 and the Boeing-Stearman PT-13/17 series (see NASM collection for both aircraft) as the most widely used United States primary trainers of World War II. Using its own money, Vultee developed a Model V-51 basic combat trainer in the late 1930s. The U. S. Army Air Corps tested the aircraft in 1939.

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Description: The BT-13 was one of several simplified versions of the more complex Vultee BT-54 Basic Trainer. It was a fixed-gear, low-wing tail-dragger with a crew of two sitting in tandem. When production ended in 1944, approximately 11,537 Valiants had been built. The BT-13 was the most widely used trainer aircraft in WWII.

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It was the plane they'd owned, and flown, together over Central Illinois shortly after their marriage in 1946. They sold it before my sister was born in 1951. Mom had a blast in this plane.. My aunt was lost Sept 11,1947 flying a BT-13 NC-58684 silver with red cowling between McChord Field, Washington to North Bend. To date still missing.

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Vultee delivered a total of 9,833 all BT-13/SNV types to the Army and Navy between1940 -1944. This particular plane, 41-11584 was assigned to the AAF Training Command at Luke auxilliary Field (previously Echeverria Field), Wickenburg in Arizona, Nov 13, 1944. The rest of its history is unknown. Museum volunteers recovered this aircraft from a.

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The Vultee Aircraft Corp. BT-13 "Valiant" was a single-engine, tandem-seat trainer produced for the U.S. Army Air Corps, U.S. Navy and foreign allies prior to and during World War II.

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The Vultee Aircraft Corp. BT-13 "Valiant" was a single-engine, tandem-seat trainer produced for the U.S. Army Air Corps, U.S. Navy and foreign allies prior to and during World War II.. The Valiant was an all-metal, low-wing mono-plane with fixed main landing gear and a tail-wheel. The aircraft was considered 'overpowered' for the day.

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BT-13 students soon gave the airplane a nickname which described its most memorable characteristic: Vultee Vibrator. The only major variant of the BT-13 was the BT-13B, which featured a revised electrical system. Because of the speed with which the BT-13s were built, there was soon a shortage of Pratt & Whitney Wasp Junior engines.

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The Vultee BT-13 Valiant is an American World War II -era basic (a category between primary and advanced) trainer aircraft built by Vultee Aircraft for the United States Army Air Corps, and later US Army Air Forces.

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The BT-13 Valiant was an American World War II-era basic trainer aircraft built by Vultee Aircraft for the United States Army Air Corps. The BT designation indicated the aircraft was a "Basic Trainer". The BT-13 was the basic trainer flown by most American pilots during World War II. It was the second phase of the three phase training program.

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Our Aircraft's History. Vultee BT-13A "Valiant" (Model- 54) (S/N 41-21271; MSN 74-5109; C/S N64852) ~ Nicknamed by many of her pilots as the "Vultee Vibrator", she was later re-designated the T-13A in 1948. Modern S/N is now 5110. After pilots initial training in a "primary" aircraft, such as the BT-13, BT-17 or BT-19, pilots then went to their basic aircraft, like the Vultee BT.

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The BT-13 aircraft were basic trainers used by the United States (US) Army Air Forces during World War II. As the second of the three-phase training plan for pilots, these aircraft required the student pilot to use a two-way radio communication with the ground and to operate landing flaps as well as a two-position, variable pitch propeller.

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CONSOLIDATED VULTEE BT-13 "VALIANT" 1941' 45 By Plane and Pilot Updated January 28, 2016 Save Article STANDARD DATA: Seats 2. Gross wt. 4,360. Empty wt. 3,345. Fuel capacity 120. Engine 450-hp Pratt & Whitney. PERFORMANCE: Top mph 166. Cruise mph 140. Stall mph 75. Initial climb rate 1,562. Range 516. Ceiling 16,500.

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