Bt 13a Basic Trainer Students Manual(1st Edition)

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Book Price $0 : Equipped With A More Powerful Engine And A Larger, Heavier Airframe Than Primary Training Aircraft, Vulteeâ??s BT-13 Served An Important Role As A Secondary-level Trainer For The U.S. Army Air Corps And Navy. Designed By Vulteeâ??s Richard Palmer, The BT-13 Was Adapted From Plans Fora Fighter Aircraft. The Prototype First Flew In May Of 1939, And By August 300 Were On Order. By Warâ??s End Over 11,500 BT-13s And Variants Would Be Produced, More Than Any Other Trainer. Featuring A Cantilever Low-wing And Fixed Landing Gear, The BT-13 Appeared To Be Of All-metal Construction, But It Actually Relied On Fabric-covered Control Surfaces. The Powerplant Was A Pratt & Whitney R-985 Radial Engine Capable Of Producing 450hp. Nicknamed The â??Vultee Vibratorâ? Because Of Its Tendency To Shake As It Approached Stall Speed, The BT-13 Was Nevertheless Beloved By Student Pilots And Instructors Alike. Several Variants Of The Aircraft Were Built Including The BT-13A And BT-15 Equipped With Alternate Powerplants. Roughly 2,000 BT-13As And BT-13Bs Were Transferred To The Navy, Which Designated Them As SNV-1 And SNV-2 Respectively. Originally Created By The U.S. Army Air Force Training Command, This Basic Training Student Manual Features The BT-13A Throughout, And Describes All Aspects Of Flight Training Circa 1944. It Puts You Right In The Cockpit Of One Of Historyâ??s Great Planes. See more