MAPS Air Museum - Fairchild PT-19 Cornell
Bill Maloney
6/24/2010

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01 Fairchild PT-19 Cornell 02 PT-19 Cornell Fuselage Section 03 PT-19 Cornell Wing

Fairchild PT-19 Cornell Specifications:

Other PT-26 trainer aircraft at this and another Aviation Museum
Fairchild PT-26 Fairchild PT-26 Cornell
Fairchild PT-26 at the Historic Aircraft Restoration Project at Floyd Bennett Field in Brooklyn, NY A Fairchild PT-26 Cornell also at the Canadian Warplane Heritage Museum
  Fleet M62A Cornell
  Fleet M62A Cornell at the Canadian Warplane Heritage Museum in Mount Hope, Ontario, Canada

Length: 27 feet 8 inches
Wingspan:
35 feet, 11 inches
Height:
7 feet, 9 inches
Crew:
2
Weight:
2,000 lbs Empty 2,450 lbs Max
Max Speed: 124 mph
Cruise Speed: 106 mph
Range: 410 miles
Service Ceiling: 16,000 feet
Fuel Capacity: 45 Gallons
Powerplant: Ranger L-440 Inverted Inline Air Cooled 6cyl, 175 hp
Armament:
 None
First Flight : 1939
Cost: $15,400

The MAPS volunteers are in the process of doing a ground up restoration of this historic aircraft. Here's a Fairchild Cornell Youtube video of a PT-19 taxiing and taking off and doing a low level flyby. One more Youtube Fairchild Cornell Video of a PT-19 starting up.

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