Loening PW-2

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name=Loening PW-2


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type=Monoplane fighter
national origin=United States
manufacturer=Loening Aeronautical Engineering
designer=Grover Loening
first flight=1920
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primary user=United States Army Air Corps
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number built=7
developed from=Loening M-8
variants with their own articles=The Leoning PW-2 was a 1920s American single-seat fighter monoplane designed by Grover Loening and built by his Loening Aeronautical Engineering Company.

Development

Based on the earlier two-seat braced-wing monoplane fighter the M-8 the PW-2 was a single-seat variant for the United States Army Air Corps. It had a fixed tailskid landing gear and was powered by a nose-mounted Wright-Hispano H engine with a tractor propeller. The pilot had an open cockpit. The company built three prototypes designated the PW-2 and a production order for ten aircraft designated the PW-2A followed. The PW-2As were similar to the PW-2 but had a revised tail unit. After four aircraft had been delivered, one aircraft crashed when the wings separated from the aircraft; the contract was canceled. One of the PW-2As was modified with shorter-span wings and a 350hp (261kW) Packard 1A-1237 engine as the PW-2B.

Variants

;PW-2:Prototype, three built one of which had twin rudders and was not flown and used for static testing.;PW-2A:Production variant with revised tail unit, four built and six cancelled.;PW-2B:One PW-2A modified with shorter span wings and a 350hp (261kW) Packard 1A-1237

Operators

;USA:United States Army Air Corps

pecifications (PW-2A)

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armament1=Twin 0.3in (7.62mm) Lewis machine gun
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ee also

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* List of military aircraft of the United States

References

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*cite book |last= |first= |authorlink= |coauthors= |title= The Illustrated Encyclopedia of Aircraft (Part Work 1982-1985)|year= |publisher= Orbis Publishing|location= |issn=|pages=2376