FotoImages - Aircraft Data - Vultee BT-13 Valliant

FotoImages - Aircraft Data
Vultee BT-13 Valliant

[BACK]

This design was the most populous basic trainer produced in the US during WW2 with over 11,000 a/c being built. Flown by both the USAAC and Navy the a/c was so rapidly produced that it had to be modified (BT-15) to accept Wright R975-11 engines because of a shortage of Pratt & Whitney engines created by the rapidity at which the airframes were built.

General:

Type: Trainer

Crew: 2

Seating: 2

First Flight: 24/Mar/1939

Specifications

Propulsion

Performance

Length:

Height:

Wingspan:

Empty Weight:

Gross Weight:

28' 10"

11' 6"

42' 0"

3375 lbs.

4496 lbs.

No. Engines:

Horsepower:

Power plant:

450 hp

Pratt & Whitney R-985-AN-1 Wasp Junior

Range:

Speed (max):

Speed (cruise):

Climb:

Ceiling:

725 miles

180 mph

- mph

- ft/sec

- ft

Armament:

None