3 photos from Wikimedia Commons · credits & licences
- 1. North American NA.64 Yale CWH Hamilton MDF 0350: NiD.29· CC BY-SA 3.0
- 2. North American NA-64 Yale Canada - Air Force 3416, CNC4 Guelph Airpark, ON, Canada PP1383118077: Peter Bakema· GFDL 1.2
- 3. North American NA-64 Yale USAF Museum Dayton,OH MDF 4864: NiD.29· CC BY-SA 3.0
what is it?
The North American NA-64 (NA-64 P-2 or NAA-64 P-2 in French service, Yale in Canadian service) is a low-wing single piston engine monoplane advanced trainer aircraft that was built for the French Air Force and French Navy, served with the Royal Canadian Air Force, and with the Luftwaffe as a captured aircraft during World War II.
How to recognise it: 1 piston engine with propeller · 12.2 m wingspan
base stats
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 86 years ago, in 1940.
- Top speed is 2.1× a car on the Dutch motorway (130 km/h).
- Wingspan of 12.2 m: about 3 cars parked nose to tail.
- Range of 1,175 km: 7× Amsterdam to Brussels.
piston: A car-like piston engine turning a propeller: simple and cheap, the classic small plane.
spec sheet
- first flight
- 1940-02-12
- introduced
- 1940
- retired
- 1946
- status
- retired
- number built
- 230
- role
- trainer
- makers
- North American Aviation
- engines
- 1× Wright R-975-E3 Whirlwind
- length
- 8.6 m
- wingspan
- 12.2 m
- height
- 2.7 m
- max take-off weight
- 1,946 kg
- top speed
- 267 km/h
- cruise speed
- 235 km/h
- range
- 1,175 km
- ceiling
- 5,350 m
Specs are for the version in the Wikipedia article's specification section. Blank means the sources don't say.
Sources: Wikidata Q16982376, Wikipedia: North American NA-64 Yale (CC BY-SA 4.0).Updated 2026-10-24.