Stearman PT-13D Kaydet - fotod ja video

Fotogalerii Stearman PT-13D Kaydet, The Stearman (Boeing) Model 75 is a biplane used as a military trainer aircraft, of which at least 10,626 were built in the United States during the 1930s and 1940s. Stearman Aircraft became a subsidiary of Boeing in 1934. Widely known as the Stearman, Boeing Stearman or Kaydet, it served as a primary trainer for the United States Army Air Forces, the United States Navy (as the NS & N2S), and with the Royal Canadian Air Force as the Kaydet throughout World War II. After the conflict was over, thousands of surplus aircraft were sold on the civilian market. In the immediate postwar years they became popular as crop dusters, sports planes, and for aerobatic and wing walking use in air shows.

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2007 Stearman PT-13D Kaydet was a biplane trainer aircraft used by the United States Army Air Forces and the United States Navy during World War II. It was designed by Lloyd Stearman and produced by the Stearman Aircraft Company, a subsidiary of Boeing. The PT-13D was a variant of the PT-13 model, which had a Lycoming R-680-17 engine with 220 horsepower. The PT-13D had a metal propeller and a revised cowling. The PT-13D could accommodate two crew members, a student and an instructor, in open cockpits. The aircraft had a wingspan of 32 feet 2 inches, a length of 24 feet 10 inches, and a height of 9 feet 2 inches.
2007 PT-13D selle maksimaalne kiirus oli 124 miili tunnis, reisikiirus 96 miili tunnis ja sõiduulatus 505 miili. PT-13D-l polnud relvastust, kuid see suutis kanda kahte 100-naelast pommi väljaõppe eesmärgil. PT-13D oli USA sõjaväes üks enim kasutatavaid treeninglennukeid, mida ehitati üle 8,000 ühiku. PT-13D-d eksporditi ka mitmesse riiki, sealhulgas Kanadasse, Brasiiliasse, Hiinasse ja Filipiinidele. PT-13D oli tuntud oma töökindluse, manööverdusvõime ja hoolduse lihtsuse poolest. Merevägi nimetas PT-13D-d "Kaydet" ja armee õhujõud selle erekollase värvilahenduse tõttu "kollaseks ohuks".