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PT-26 Cornell, USAAF
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The PT-26 Cornell is a canopied version of the open cockpit PT-19 developed by Fairchild in 1938. Designed as a rugged monoplane primary trainer, the PT-19 went into quantity production for the US Army Air Corps in 1940. In 1942 the US Army Air Forces (USAAF) ordered the PT-26 into production for the Royal Canadian Air Force under the Lend-Lease Program. A total of more than 1,700 PT-26s were produced in the US by Fairchild and in Canada by Fleet Aircraft, Ltd. The PT-26, like the PT-19, used a Ranger air-cooled, in-line engine. A third Cornell variant, the open-cockpit PT-23, was very similar to the PT-19 and PT-26, but was powered by a Continental air-cooled radial engine. By the time Cornell production came to an end, approximately 7,700 PT-19s, PT-23s, and PT-26s had been built under AAF contracts. Crew:
Pilot and student
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