Consolidated NY

what is it?

The Consolidated Model 2 was a biplane trainer manufactured by the Consolidated Aircraft Corporation and diverted to the United States Navy for a trainer competition in 1925. It beat out 14 other designs, and was ordered into production as the NY-1.

🔎How to recognise it: 1 piston engine with propeller · 12.2 m wingspan

base stats

• speed 145 km/htop speed
• range 338 kmwithout refuelling
• size 1,290 kgmax take-off weight
• built 302made in total

Bars compare against all aircraft: 3,500 km/h, 20,000 km, 850 seats; size and number built on a log scale up to 640 t (An-225) and 45,000 built (Cessna 172).

fun facts

• 🎂First flew 101 years ago, in 1925.
• 🚗Wingspan of 12.2 m: about 3 cars parked nose to tail.

piston: A car-like piston engine turning a propeller: simple and cheap, the classic small plane.

spec sheet

first flight

1925

introduced

1926

retired

1939

status

retired

number built

302

role

trainer

makers

Consolidated Aircraft

engines

1× Wright R-760-8 Whirlwind

crew

2

length

9.6 m

wingspan

12.2 m

height

3.6 m

max take-off weight

1,290 kg

top speed

145 km/h

cruise speed

121 km/h

range

338 km

ceiling

3,355 m

Specs are for the version in the Wikipedia article's specification section. Blank means the sources don't say.