Naval Aircraft Factory PT

PT
General information
Type	Floatplane
National origin	United States
Manufacturer	Naval Aircraft Factory
Primary user	United States Navy
Number built	33
History
First flight	1922

The Naval Aircraft Factory PT were two types of floatplanes built from surplus and spare parts by the United States Navy's Naval Aircraft Factory.

Development

With a shortage of funds at the end of the First World War, the Naval Aircraft Factory built 33 aircraft of two types using surplus assemblies. Both were twin float biplanes based on the fuselage and tail unit of the Curtiss R-6L; the PT-1 was fitted with the 62 ft (18.90m) wings from the Curtiss HS-1L, and the PT-2 fitted with the 74 ft (22.57m) wings from the Curtiss HS-2L.

Variants

PT-1

Fuselage and tail unit of a Curtiss R-6L fitted with wings from a Curtiss HS-1L, 15 built.

PT-2

Fuselage and tail unit of a Curtiss R-6L fitted with wings from a Curtiss HS-2L, 18 built.

Operator

  United States

• United States Navy

Specifications (PT-2)

General characteristics

• Length: 38 ft 5 in (11.71 m)
• Wingspan: 74 ft 0.25 in (22.57 m)
• Powerplant: 1 × Liberty piston engine , 330 ^[1] hp (246 kW)

Performance

See also

• Curtiss R-6
• Curtiss HS-1L
• Curtiss HS-2L

Related lists

• List of military aircraft of the United States (Naval)
• List of flying boats and floatplanes

References

1. Trimble, William (1990). Wings for the Navy: a history of the Naval Aircraft Factory, 1917-1956. Annapolis: United States Naval Institute. p. 43. ISBN   9780870216633.

• Taylor, Michael J. H. (1989). Jane's Encyclopedia of Aviation. London: Studio Editions.
• The Illustrated Encyclopedia of Aircraft (Part Work 1982–1985). Orbis Publishing.

External links

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