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Description
| Manufacturer: | North American |
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| Base model: | BT-14 | ||
| Designation: | BT-14 | ||
| Designation System: | U.S. Air Force | ||
| Designation Period: | 1930-1947 | ||
| Basic role: | Basic Trainer | ||
Specifications
| Length: | 28' 8" | 8.7 m | |
| Height: | 11' 6" | 3.5 m | |
| Wingspan: | 40' 10" | 12.4 m | |
| Gross Weight: | 4,500 lb | 2,040 kg | |
Propulsion
| No. of Engines: | 1 | ||
| Powerplant: | Pratt & Whitney R-985-25 | ||
| Horsepower (each): | 450 | ||
Performance
| Range: | 765 miles | 1,231 km | |
| Cruise Speed: | 147 mph | 236 km/h | 127 kt |
| Max Speed: | 180 mph | 289 km/h | 156 kt |
| Ceiling: | 21,650 ft | 6,598 m | |
Known serial numbers
Examples of this type may be found at
| Museum | City | State |
| Pima Air & Space Museum | Tucson | Arizona |
| United States Air Force Museum | Wright-Patterson | Ohio |
BT-14 on display
Pima Air & Space Museum |
Recent comments by our visitors
| Scott Schwartz , CA | I am a freelance writer who is currently working on an article about the BT-14; I would be interested in talking to anyone who learned/instructed in this aircraft.
Thank you! 03/12/2008 @ 18:31 [ref: 19994] |
| George Jenista Fort Worth-Alliance [KAFW], TX | The Fort Worth Alliance Airshow 2007 seeks an ecletic mix of historic/classic aircraft for static display. If interested, please email me at george.jenista@faa.gov and I'll send contact info for our Airshow focal. Thanks!!
~George Jenista Alliance ATCT 07/26/2007 @ 20:39 [ref: 17297] |
| Hugh Alexander III Richmond, TX | Looking for engine for BT-14 and or someone to rebuild our
P&W R-985. Still not sure about replacing with a Wright R-975. We are located in Wharton, Texas south and west of Houston. Any and all suggestions would be welcome! At your wing, Hugh 05/30/2006 @ 08:08 [ref: 13410] |
| Robert West Palmdale, CA | There is another BT-14 out here !! It started life as a NA-64, however the engine has been changed to a P&W R985-AN3 made by Jacobs under license. So for intents and purposes it's BT-14. It is on display at the Milestones of Flight Air Museum at KWJF 03/01/2006 @ 14:44 [ref: 12663] |
| DALLAS L BANCROFT LAKELAND, FL | GOOD..I SOLOED OUT IN A BT 14 WAY BACK.. INDEPENDANCE KS.1942 10/11/2005 @ 08:58 [ref: 11450] |
| Lee Lamar , KS | I enjoyed the web site, especially the information about the BT-14. I had the priviledge of being an Army Air Corps instructor in a basic flying school that used the BT-14. I am interested in obtaining a good picure of a BT-14 for use in a book I am writing on my World War II experiences. Any one know of one where I could get permission to use. Lee L. 09/13/2005 @ 00:21 [ref: 11215] |
| Tony Ft Myers, FL | I want to send a big thank you to Dan for all of his enthusiasm and help with this project. Without his input, this project would have been difficult !! Thanks Dan !
Tony 06/30/2005 @ 16:37 [ref: 10635] |
| Hal Kading Las Cruces, NM | I have a Canadian Yale. All of the Yales (NA-64) had the Wright R-975, as did the BT-9. The BT-14 had the P&W R-985. 06/19/2005 @ 01:35 [ref: 10518] |
| Danny R. Linkous Mooresville, NC | Well, the Yale has been converted and we no longer use the "Y" word to describe this airplane. It is now a BT-14.
The main engine cowl had to be practically made from scratch, along with the two lower cowl sections just forward of the firewall that were made from scratch. The only actual BT-14 part used was the top section just forward of the firewall. The airplane has now flown with that wonderful Pratt & Whitney R-985 engine (first flight 6/14/05). It still flies like a Yale, however. It may fly like an original BT-14 as well, but since we've never flown one of those, nor likely ever will, I guess we will never know. It looks great, though, in it's USAAC training colors. Whe the owners show up at an airshow with this baby, I bet they will have the only BT-14 there. 06/15/2005 @ 13:12 [ref: 10493] |
| Greg R. Morrison Cayley, AB | I'm a director at the Nanton Lancaster Air Museum, and an AME. I need someones help in telling me what is the proper engine for the Yale. Our Museum's Yale is SN 3404, it was built for France as part of the shipment of about 200 aircraft that did not make it there. I think the a/c should have a P&W R-985, others say Wright R-975. The books I have read (see Texans in Action by Squadron publications) say that it should have the Pratt. Other people say that no, all Canadian Yales had Wrights. Anybody know the truth?
Keep 'em Flying Greg 10/29/2004 @ 20:09 [ref: 8526] |
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