Harlow PC-5

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PC-5
Harlow PC-5A.jpg
PC-5A
RoleMilitary trainer
National originUnited States
Manufacturer Harlow Aircraft Company
Hindustan Aeronautics Limited
Designer Max B. Harlow
First flight1939
Introduction1942
Primary user Royal Indian Air Force
Number built5 (PC-5)
28+ (PC-5A)
1 (PC-6)
Developed from Harlow PJC-2

The Harlow PC-5 was a 1930s American military trainer version of the PJC-2, and was designed and built by the Harlow Aircraft Company and license-produced by the Hindustan Aeronautics Limited in India.

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Development

The Harlow Aircraft Company in Alhambra, California, designed a version of the PJC-2 as a tandem two-seat training aircraft. [1] The PC-5 had a revised fuselage with dual controls. [1] The aircraft first flew in July 1939 but it failed to interest the United States Army Air Corps. Howard Hughes' business partner, J.B. Alexander, backed the project and had flown in early examples of the aircraft. [2] Harlow licensed the manufacturing rights to the PC-5 to Cub Aircraft of Canada during the wartime buildup. [3] Only five aircraft had been built when the company was taken over by the Intercontinent Corporation. Components for 50 aircraft were supplied to the Indian company Hindustan Aeronautics, who were to assemble the aircraft for use by the Royal Indian Air Force as the PC-5A. [3] The first PC-5A flew in August 1941, [4] but it is not known how many were assembled and flown.

Using an engineering team brought in by Intercontinental, a cheaper version of the PC-5 was developed and built as the PC-6. The PC-6 wing failed, causing a fatal accident during an early test flight.[ citation needed ]

Variants

PJC-5 later PC-5
Tandem two-seat training version of the PJC-2
PC-5A
Version for assembly in India by Hindustan Aircraft, number built not known.
PC-6
Cheaper version of the PC-5, one built.

Operators

British Raj Red Ensign.svg  India

Specifications (PC-5A)

Data from Jane's All the World's Aircraft 1941, [5] The Illustrated Encyclopedia of Aircraft [6]

General characteristics

Performance

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References

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  2. John Underwood. Grand Central Air Terminal. p. 95.
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  6. The Illustrated Encyclopaedia of Aircraft. London: Orbis Publications. 1985. p. 2009.
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