BT-13 BT-13 VALIANT Indiana Wing

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Westfield, IN
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BT-13 Specs | |
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Role | Trainer |
Manufacturer | Vultee Aircraft |
Introduced | Jun 1940 |
Power | 1 × Pratt & Whitney R-985-AN-1 nine-cylinder air-cooled radial engine, 450 hp |
Length | 28 ft 10 in |
Height | 11 ft 6 in |
Wingspan | 42 ft 0 in |
Range | 725 mi |
Vultee BT-13 Valiant, An American basic trainer flown by most student pilots during World War II. It was the second phase of the three phase training program for pilots. After primary training, the student pilot moved to the more complex Vultee for basic flight training. The BT-13 had larger engine and was faster and heavier than the primary trainers. It required the student pilot to use two way radio and to operate landing flaps and a two-position variable pitch propeller. A variant is the BT-15.
The Vultee BT-13 Valiant was an American basic trainer aircraft from the World War II era, produced by Vultee Aircraft for the U.S. Army Air Corps and later the U.S. Army Air Forces. A later variant of the BT-13 used by the USAAC/USAAF was designated the BT-15 Valiant. In contrast, an identical model used by the U.S. Navy was referred to as the SNV and was utilized to train naval aviators for the U.S. Navy and its sister services, the U.S. Marine Corps and the U.S. Coast Guard.