"Fairchild" RT-19 / -23 / -26 «Cornell." Photo. Characteristics
USA
A type: single-engine training aircraft
Crew: Two pilots are arranged one behind the other
Supported by the US Air Force with the aim of training pilot pilots to manage monoplanes at the front, the RT-19 of Fairchild began life as an independent development of the company under the designation M-62. Tested in the army in 1939, this small training aircraft was ordered for serial production in 1940 and commissioned under the designation RT-19 "Cornell" at the end of the same year. Before the transition to the modification of RT-19A with a new engine, about 270 RT-19 aircraft was built. More than 3700 RT-19 airplanes were already built, when production began to be frustrated by the year 1942 due to a lack of in-line Ranger engines.
With no-engine gliders flooding three production lines in the Midwest, a quick fix was needed. The Fairchild Company installed the Continental R-760 radial engine without a hood on the RT-19A aircraft and created the RT-23 - by the end of production in 1944, another 6000 were delivered. Northern Neighbor Canada found this Fairchild design ideal for the Commonwealth Aviation Training Project. Fleet has built under license a significant number of RT-23 (Cornell I - 93 copies) and RT-26A / B (Cornell II - 1057 copies). Many aircraft in flight condition survived today in North America, while flying examples can be found in the UK.
Basic data
Dimensions:
- Length: 8,45 m
- Wingspan: 10,97 m
- Height: 2,32 m
Power point: "Ranger» L-440 or "Continental» R-670
Power: 200 l. from. (149 kW) or 220 l. from. (164 kW)
The weight:
- BLANK: 917 kg
- Maximum take-off: 1241 kg
Date of first flight: March 1939 years
On right: Equipped with a radial engine plane PT-23 tail number 42-49307 painted on reliable training scheme USAF middle of the war.
Aircraft performance characteristics:
- Maximum speed: 196 km / h
- Range: 644 km
The surviving airworthy modifications: RT-19, PT 19A, 23A PT, RT-26A, PT 26V and "Cornell» I / II