- PT-22 Recruit
Infobox Aircraft
name = PT-22 Recruit
type = Trainer
manufacturer =Ryan Aeronautical Company
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primary user =United States Army Air Forces
more users =United States Army Air Corps
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unit cost = $10,000
variants with their own articles =The Ryan PT-22 Recruit is amilitary trainer aircraft used by theUnited States Army Air Corps and it successor, theUnited States Army Air Forces for primary pilot training. It was the firstmonoplane that the Army had used for primary pilot training, as all previous PT aircraft werebiplane s.Variants
;PT-22:Military version of the Model ST.3KR powered by a 160hp R-540-1, 1023 built.;PT-22A:Model ST.3S twin-float seaplanes ordered by the Netherlands Navy powered by 160hp Menasco D4B, ordered cancelled and completed for the United States Army Air Corps with 160hp R-540-1 engines, 25 built.;PT-22B:Unbuilt project.;PT-22C:PT-22s re-engined with the 160hp R-540-3, 250 conversions.
Operators
; China as ROC; ECU
*Ecuadorian Air Force ; USA
*United States Army Air Corps
*United States Army Air Force urvivors
There is a PT-22 "Recruit" on display at the
National Museum of the United States Air Force atWright-Patterson AFB nearDayton, Ohio at theAir Zoo inKalamazoo, Michigan and at the Robins Air Force Base Museum of Aviation [http://museumofaviation.org/] in Warner-Robins,Georgia.
Also there are still some flying examples.pecifications (PT-22)
aircraft specifications
plane or copter?=plane
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crew=two (student and instructor)
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length main= 22 ft 7½ in
length alt= 6.90 m
span main= 30 ft 1 in
span alt= 9.17 m
height main= 7 ft 2 in
height alt= 2.18 m
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max takeoff weight main= 1,860 lb
max takeoff weight alt= 840 kg
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engine (prop)= Kinner R-540
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number of props=1
power main= 160 hp
power alt= 120 kW
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max speed main= 125 mph
max speed alt= 200 km/h
cruise speed main= 100 mph
cruise speed alt=160 km/h
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range main= 205 miles
range alt=330 km
ceiling main= 15,400 ft
ceiling alt= 4,700 m
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avionics=External links
* [http://www.aerospacemuseum.org/exhibits/aircraft_april.html San Diego Museum]
* [http://cavanaughflightmuseum.com/Aircraft/PT-22/Page1.html Cavanaugh Flight Museum]
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