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  1. Vultee BT-13 Valiant - Wikipedia

    • The Vultee BT-13 Valiant is an American World War II-era basic (a category between primary and advanced) trainer aircraft built by Vultee Aircraft for the United States Army Air Corps, and later US Army Air Forces. A subsequent variant of the BT-13 in USAAC/USAAF service was known as the BT-15 Valiant, while an identical version for the US Navy was known … 展开

    Design and development

    According to Jonathan Thompson, "The three trainer designs that shared their basic engineering with the
    On … 展开

    Variants

    BC-3 Vultee Model V.51 with retractable landing gear and a 600hp P&W R-1340-45, one built, not developed. BT-13 Vultee Model V.54 with fixed undercarriage and a 450hp P&W R-985-25 engine, 300 built. BT-13A As BT-1… 展开

    Surviving aircraft

    Australia
    • 41-23063 – BT-13A airworthy with John Kempton in Albury, New South Wales.
    Brazil
    • 1072 – BT-15 on static display at the Museu Aeroespa… 展开

    Popular culture

    The 1942 Army training film Winning Your Wings opens with actor Jimmy Stewart landing a BT-13.
    BTs were used by Twentieth Century Fox in the 1970 motion picture "Tora! Tora! Tora!", converted to loo… 展开

    Specifications (BT-13A)

    Data from United States Military Aircraft since 1909
    General characteristics
    • Crew: 2
    • Length: 28 ft 10 in (8.79 m)
    • Wingspan: 42 ft 0 in (12.80 m)… 展开

    See also

    Related development:
    Vultee P-66 Vanguard
    Comparable aircraft:
    North American T-6 Texan 展开

    Bibliography

    • "Pentagon Over the Islands: The Thirty-Year History of Indonesian Military Aviation". Air Enthusiast Quarterly (2): 154–162. June 1976. ISSN 0143-5450.
    • Andersson, Lennart (2008). A History of Chinese Aviation… 展开

     
  1. BT-13 Valiant | Vultee Aircraft | Training Aircraft | World War II

  2. Vultee BT-13A Valiant - National Air and Space Museum

    The Vultee BT-13 Valiant joins the Fairchild PT-19 and the Boeing-Stearman PT-13/17 series (see NASM collection for both aircraft) as the most widely used United States primary trainers of World War II. Using its own money, Vultee …

  3. Vultee BT-13 Valiant - Airplanes Online

    The BT-13 Valiant was an American World War II-era basic trainer aircraft built by Vultee Aircraft for the United States Army Air Corps. The BT designation indicated the aircraft was a "Basic Trainer".

  4. Vultee BT-13 Valiant — Fagen Fighters WWII Museum

    The Vultee BT-13 was the basic trainer flown by most American 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 …

  5. Vultee BT-13B 'Valiant' - Planes of Fame Air Museum

    The aircraft featured fixed landing gear, a steerable tail wheel, hydraulic brakes, and manually controlled landing flaps. To save aluminum for combat aircraft, the Vultee trainer utilized a steel frame and incorporated wood and plastic …

  6. Vultee BT-13A Valiant (USAAC s/n 41-11584) - Combat …

    Known to its student pilots as the “Vultee Vibrator,” thousands of Army Air Corps, Navy, and Marine Corps aviation cadets flew the BT-13 series aircraft during World War II as the next step in their pilot training after primary instruction.

  7. BT-13 Mike Hunt Alaska Wing - Commemorative Air …

    The Vultee BT-13 Valiant was an American World War II-era basic trainer aircraft built by Vultee Aircraft for the United States Army Air Corps, and later US Army Air Forces.

  8. Vultee BT-13 Valiant - Warbird Alley

    BT-13 students soon gave the airplane a nickname which described its most memorable characteristic: Vultee Vibrator. The only major variant of the BT-13 was the BT-13B, which featured a revised electrical system. Because of the …

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