- Piper PT-1
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type=Monoplane trainer
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first flight=1942
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variants with their own articles=The Piper PT-1 was a 1940s American two-seat primary training monoplane designed and built by
Piper Aircraft atLock Haven . A low-wing tandem two-seat monoplane, the PT-1 was the first Piper aircraft to have a low-wing. It had a fabric covering over an all metal fuselage frame and wooden spar wings and tail unit. The PT-1 had a retractable tailwheel landing gear and was powered by a 130hp Franklin 6AC-2980D engine. No further aircraft were built. A four-seat development was designed as the PWA-6 which did not go into production either.pecifications (PT-1)
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* Roger W. Peperell and Colin M.Smith, "Piper Aircraft and their forerunners", 1987, Air-Britain (Historians), ISBN 0 85130 149 5, Page 47 and 50.
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