Bach Air Yacht

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name=Air Yacht


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type=Airliner
manufacturer=Bach Aircraft
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first flight=1928
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primary user=West Coast Air Transport
more users=Pickwick Airways
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number built=ca. 30
variants with their own articles=The Bach Air Yacht was a U.S. airliner of the 1920s. Typical of its day, it was a high-wing braced monoplane trimotor, with fixed tailwheel undercarriage. Different models were powered by varying combinations of Wright, Ryan-Siemens, and Pratt & Whitney engines.

On 26 July 1929 a 3-CT-9 model piloted by Waldo Waterman set a new altitude record, lifting a 1,000 kg payload to 20,820 ft (6,347 m).

Variants

* 3-CT-2 - 1×Wright J-5 and 2×Ryan-Siemens engines
* 3-CT-4 - 1×Pratt & Whitney Wasp and 2×Ryan-Siemens
* 3-CT-5 - 1×Pratt & Whitney Wasp and 2×Comet
* 3-CT-6 - 1× [Pratt & Whitney Hornet] and 2×Comet
* 3-CT-8 - 1×Pratt & Whitney Hornet and 2×Wright J-6
** 3-CTS - single 3-CT-8 modified with 1×Pratt & Whitney Wasp and 2×Wright J-5
* 3-CT-9 - 1×Pratt & Whitney Wasp and 2×Wright J-6
** 3-CT-9K - 1×Pratt & Whitney Wasp and 2×Kinner C-5
** 3-CT-9S - Deluxe 3-CT-9 with engine cowls, wheel spats, and custom interior

pecifications (3-CT-6)

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crew=two (pilot, copilot)
capacity=10 passengers
length m=11.23
length ft=36
length in=10
span m=17.81
span ft=58
span in=5
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eng1 number=1
eng1 type=Pratt & Whitney Hornet
eng1 kw= 390
eng1 hp= 525
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eng2 number=2
eng2 type=Comet radials
eng2 kw= 97
eng2 hp= 130
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max speed kmh=248
max speed mph=154
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range km=970
range miles=600
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References

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* [http://www.aerofiles.com/_ba.html aerofiles.com]

ee also

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Fokker F.VII/3m
Ford Trimotor
Short S.8 Calcutta flying boat
Junkers Ju 52/3m
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