Curtiss -Wright AT-9 Jeep

what is it?

The Curtiss-Wright AT-9 Jeep is an American twin-engined advanced trainer aircraft used by the United States during World War II to bridge the gap between single-engined trainers and twin-engined combat aircraft. The AT-9 had a low-wing cantilever monoplane configuration, retractable landing gear and was powered by two Lycoming R-680-9 radial engines.

🔎How to recognise it: 2 engines · 12.3 m wingspan

base stats

• speed 317 km/htop speed
• size 2,749 kgmax take-off weight
• built 792made 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 85 years ago, in 1941.
• 🏎️Top speed is 2.4× a car on the Dutch motorway (130 km/h).
• 🚗Wingspan of 12.3 m: about 3 cars parked nose to tail.

spec sheet

first flight

1941

number built

792

role

advanced twin-engined trainer

engines

2× Lycoming R-680-9

crew

2

length

9.7 m

wingspan

12.3 m

height

3 m

max take-off weight

2,749 kg

top speed

317 km/h

cruise speed

282 km/h

range

—

ceiling

5,791 m

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