PT-22 Recruit

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 a military trainer aircraft used by the United States Army Air Corps and it successor, the United States Army Air Forces for primary pilot training. It was the first monoplane that the Army had used for primary pilot training, as all previous PT aircraft were biplanes.

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 at Wright-Patterson AFB near Dayton, Ohio at the Air Zoo in Kalamazoo, 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
jet or prop?=prop
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crew=two (student and instructor)
capacity=
payload main=
payload alt=
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
area main=
area alt=
airfoil=
empty weight main=
empty weight alt=
loaded weight main=
loaded weight alt=
useful load main=
useful load alt=
max takeoff weight main= 1,860 lb
max takeoff weight alt= 840 kg
more general=
engine (prop)= Kinner R-540
type of prop=
number of props=1
power main= 160 hp
power alt= 120 kW
power original=
max speed main= 125 mph
max speed alt= 200 km/h
cruise speed main= 100 mph
cruise speed alt=160 km/h
stall speed main=
stall speed alt=
never exceed speed main=
never exceed speed alt=
range main= 205 miles
range alt=330 km
ceiling main= 15,400 ft
ceiling alt= 4,700 m
climb rate main=
climb rate alt=
loading main=
loading alt=
thrust/weight=
power/mass main=
power/mass alt=
more performance=
armament=
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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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