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Timm N2T Tutor

🇺🇸 United States ·first flew 1940· training monoplane

Timm N2T Tutor, photo 1 of 2
1/2 Greg Goebel· CC BY-SA 2.0

what is it?

The Timm N2T Tutor is an American training monoplane built by the Timm Aircraft Corporation for the United States Navy as the N2T-1.

How to recognise it: 1 engine · 11 m wingspan

base stats

  • speed 232 km/htop speed
  • range 640 kmwithout refuelling
  • size 1,236 kgmax take-off weight
  • built 262made 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 86 years ago, in 1940.
  • Top speed is 1.8× a car on the Dutch motorway (130 km/h).
  • Wingspan of 11 m: about 2 cars parked nose to tail.

spec sheet

first flight
1940
number built
262
role
training monoplane
origin
🇺🇸 United States
makers
O.W. Timm Aircraft Company
engines
1× Continental R-670-4 radial engine
length
7.6 m
wingspan
11 m
height
3.3 m
max take-off weight
1,236 kg
top speed
232 km/h
cruise speed
200 km/h
range
640 km
ceiling
4,877 m

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

Sources: Wikidata Q7806778, Wikipedia: Timm N2T Tutor (CC BY-SA 4.0).Updated 2026-10-24.

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