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Description
| Manufacturer: | North American |
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| Base model: | BT-9 | ||
| Designation: | BT-9 | ||
| Designation System: | U.S. Air Force | ||
| Designation Period: | 1930-1947 | ||
| Basic role: | Basic Trainer | ||
| Crew: | 2 | ||
Specifications
| Length: | 27' 3" | 8.3 m | |
| Height: | 11' 9" | 3.5 m | |
| Wingspan: | 42' 0" | 12.8 m | |
| Empty Weight: | 2,825 lb | 1,281 kg | |
| Gross Weight: | 4,400 lb | 1,995 kg | |
Propulsion
| No. of Engines: | 1 | ||
| Powerplant: | Wright R-975-7 | ||
| Horsepower (each): | 400 | ||
Performance
| Range: | 810 miles | 1,304 km | |
| Max Speed: | 175 mph | 281 km/h | 151 kt |
| Ceiling: | 19,000 ft | 5,790 m | |
Known serial numbers
Recent comments by our visitors
| Chris Maurer Columbus, OH | To the gentleman that wrote about the story in the Mansfield, Ohio paper. I was the cousin of Frank Fisch who rededicated a park in Mansfield, Ohio to him. To answer your question, the instructor that was with Cadet Fisch and died on August 24th, 1937 was Lieut. R.C. Wood of Haynesville, LA. And yes, the plane they died in was a
BT-9, I have my cousins actual flying instruction manual that was brought back to Mansfield by his roommate and honor/body guard Cadet Paul Tibbets. 11/21/2007 @ 21:04 [ref: 18627] |
| Thomas Saal North Ridgeville, OH | The Mansfield (Ohio) News Journal of Sunday, July 22, 2007 carried a 1-1/2 page story with ten photos about a local boy by the name of Frank Fisch who played football at Mansfield Senior High and Ohio State, joined the Army Air Corps in 1937 and was killed at age 23 in a BT-9 training flight at Randolph Field on August 24, 1937, along wih his instructor. The instructor was not identified in the story 08/05/2007 @ 11:41 [ref: 17466] |
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