Fairchild PT-19

what is it?

The Fairchild PT-19 (company designation Fairchild M-62) is an American monoplane primary trainer aircraft that served with the United States Army Air Forces (USAAF), Royal Air Force, and Royal Canadian Air Force during World War II. Designed by Fairchild Aircraft, it was a contemporary of the Kaydet biplane trainer and was used by the USAAF during primary flying training. As with other USAAF trainers of the period, the PT-19 had multiple designations based on the powerplant installed.

🔎How to recognise it: 1 piston engine with propeller · 11 m wingspan

base stats

• speed 212 km/htop speed
• range 644 kmwithout refuelling
• size 1,154 kgmax take-off weight
• built 7,700made 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 87 years ago, in 1939.
• 🏎️Top speed is 1.6× a car on the Dutch motorway (130 km/h).
• 🚗Wingspan of 11 m: about 2 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

1939-05-15

introduced

1940

number built

7,700

role

trainer

makers

Fairchild

engines

1× Ranger L-440-3

length

8.5 m

wingspan

11 m

height

3.2 m

max take-off weight

1,154 kg

top speed

212 km/h

range

644 km

ceiling

4,663 m

wings

monoplane

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