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Description
| Manufacturer: | Stearman |
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| Base model: | PT-13 | ||
| Designation: | PT-13 | ||
| Nickname: | Kaydet | ||
| Designation System: | U.S. Air Force | ||
| Designation Period: | 1925-1947 | ||
| Basic role: | Primary Trainer | ||
| Crew: | Instructor & Student | ||
Specifications
| Length: | 24' 10" | 7.5 m | |
| Height: | 9' 2' | 2.7 m | |
| Wingspan: | 32' 2" | 9.8 m | |
| Wingarea: | 297.4 sq ft | 27.6 sq m | |
| Empty Weight: | 1,936 lb | 878 kg | |
| Gross Weight: | 2,717 lb | 1,232 kg | |
Propulsion
| No. of Engines: | 1 | ||
| Powerplant: | Lycoming R-680-5 | ||
| Horsepower (each): | 215 | ||
Performance
| Range: | 505 miles | 813 km | |
| Cruise Speed: | 106 mph | 170 km/h | 91 kt |
| Max Speed: | 125 mph | 201 km/h | 108 kt |
| Climb: | 840 ft/min | 256 m/min | |
| Ceiling: | 11,200 ft | 3,413 m | |
Known serial numbers
Examples of this type may be found at
| Museum | City | State |
| Western Aerospace Museum | Oakland | California |
Recent comments by our visitors
| Marc C. Lee RSM, CA | I recently flew one of these for the first time as a sort of "graduation present" from my tailwheel instructor for having taken the time to learn how to fly tailwheels the right way. This is the most magical airplane I've ever flown. I have never had as much fun as during those 2 hours I flew the Stearman. It's a solid airplane with positive control feel and a wonderfully smooth, snarling radial up front. Its no-nonsense cockpit makes you feel right at home and I found it to be a nice, docile airplane. My wheel landings were great but landing it 3-point was a bit tougher. In any case, this is the airplane I'd own if I could afford it. THIS is a real airplane. I'm still on cloud 9. I told my wife: "Someday when I die and get to the other side, there will be a field full of pristine Stearmans, lined up, full of fuel and waiting to be flown on balmy summer days. Anything else just wouldn't be Celestial Glory." 07/11/2008 @ 12:33 [ref: 21827] |
| Gabe Lopez Arcadia, CA | My dad learned to fly at Cal Aero (Chino Airport) in a Stearman for the Army Air Core. He's now 85 yrs. young and still a current pilot. I've owned my N2S-3 with a Lycoming R-680 (300 hp) for a little over 10yrs now. Also Jeff Arnett is a good friend. Jeff we mis you at the airport. These old timers ones told me if you can fly a Stearman, You can fly anything. I believe this to be true. But ones you learn to fly one What a sweethart. But don't let your guard down or she'll bite you. This plane you might have seen on the TV show JAG. She was known as Sarah or Stearman 153. You can look up some pics by running a google search on my N number. (N53153) 06/22/2008 @ 14:58 [ref: 21574] |
| glenn dunham Redlands, CA | My wife and I restored a PT with a Lycoming at the Redlands airport. We had a bunch of great people help us like John Kreuger, Jack Groves and so many others my old mind has let slip away. N1391V unfortunately never lived up to the 505 mile range attributed to it in this site---boy the money we could have saved.
We were asked by the Palm Springs Air Museum manager to display our a/c because he thought it was a great restoration---I think his last name was Richardson but I'm not sure of that. The plane was there for about a year or so and we got rave reviews about the restoration work. One day I got a letter from the museum board of directors giving me 3 choices'---move out, give them the plane FREE, or pay rent.None of those choices' were given me when I was asked to display our plane so I said I'd move. I wonder until this day if at the time I got my letter if the board had given Bob Pond the same choices' for the planes he had on display? I rather doubt it. 10/14/2006 @ 16:07 [ref: 14456] |
| glenn dunham Redlands, CA | My wife and I restored a PT with a Lycoming at the Redlands airport. We had a bunch of great people help us like John Kreuger, Jack Groves and so many others my old mind has let slip away. N1391V unfortunately never lived up to the 505 mile range attributed to it in this site---boy the money we could have saved.
We were asked by the Palm Springs Air Museum manager to display our a/c because he thought it was a great restoration---I think his last name was Richardson but I'm not sure of that. The plane was there for about a year or so and we got rave reviews about the restoration work. One day I got a letter from the museum board of directors giving me 3 choices'---move out, give them the plane FREE, or pay rent.None of those choices' were given me when I was asked to display our plane so I said I'd move. I wonder until this day if at the time I got my letter if the board had given Bob Pond the same choices' for the planes he had on display? I rather doubt it. 10/14/2006 @ 16:07 [ref: 14455] |
| Jeff Arnett pasadena, CA | Soloed in"44 in a 13D and owned one the last fourteen years.
Now I am 80 plus and the insurance co is getting nasty so the bird is up for sale. The plane has been fun and just as demanding as ever-all pilots should have a go at it- but it scares a lot of guys. My late partner with fifteen hundred hours couldn't bring himself to solo this plane. And then stuck his twin Bonanza into the mountains near the Lolo Pass. The late Tony Farhat of Stearman Restorers took care of this plane for some years. It is not a show piece because I wanted it to look very cadet "stock" (even has an instrument light). Pete Jones of Air Repair remembers this as a "very original aircraft". 09/12/2005 @ 15:12 [ref: 11212] |
| Pete Chestnut Eaton Rapids, MI | We own a civilian A75-L3 which would have been an Army PT-13A had the Army picked up the option on these airplanes in 1941 11/02/2004 @ 10:20 [ref: 8539] |
| clyde mckinley pearsall, TX | i flew stearmans in okla class 45-c chicsha as a extra 5 weeks add on after flying pt19 for 10 weeks.so did all my budys in class. took 18months to complete training that was supposed to take 30 weeks.we finally got our wings but it took a long time as cadets. 07/10/2004 @ 09:19 [ref: 7791] |
| Al Miner Naples, FL | Soon I'll be 80 but I still Fly.I've Flown 147 different aircraft types and of them all the stearman and the Falcon 10 are the magic carpets. Now take the Stearman [I should't have sold mine. Gone in 1950 for $750]Getting Married, bad excuse.If I'm not mistaken, Stearmans are stressed for 9 g's positive and 7g's negative,and there is very little you can do to tear them up short of rubbing parts of their anatomy other than the wheels on the ground while underweigh.Did you know that all controls are ball bearing. Rap the stick to a far corner and let it go and its back int middle and your still going straight. Todays Stearmans sort of lumber through airobatics though. You know why?The Guru's have in their wisdom removed the very significant little wooden triangles from the upper and lower wing leading edges.On ground loops Off lousy snaprolls al miner 11/23/2002 @ 23:35 [ref: 6137] |
| Al Miner Naples, FL | Soon I'll be 80 but I still Fly.I've Flown 147 different aircraft types and of them all the stearman and the Falcon 10 are the magic carpets. Now take the Stearman [I should't have sold mine. Gone in 1950 for $750]Getting Married, bad excuse.If I'm not mistaken, Stearmans are stressed for 9 g's positive and 7g's negative,and there is very little you can do to tear them up short of rubbing parts of their anatomy other than the wheels on the ground while underweigh.Did you know that all controls are ball bearing. Rap the stick to a far corner and let it go and its back int middle and your still going straight. Todays Stearmans sort of lumber through airobatics though. You know why?The Guru's have in their wisdom removed the very significant little wooden triangles from the upper and lower wing leading edges.On ground loops Off lousey snaprolls al miner 11/23/2002 @ 23:33 [ref: 6136] |
| Pooters Pooters, NY, CT | Pooters is the greatest cat in the world. 03/24/2001 @ 02:35 [ref: 1892] |
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