Stoddard-Hamilton T-9 Stalker

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T-9 Stalker
RoleTurboprop military training aircraft
National originUnited States
Manufacturer Stoddard-Hamilton Aircraft
First flight24 July 1988
Number built1
Developed from Stoddard-Hamilton Glasair III

The Stoddard-Hamilton T-9 Stalker, also known as the Arocet AT-9 or Arocet AT-T Tactical Trainer, was an American military training monoplane designed and built by Stoddard-Hamilton Aircraft of Arlington, Washington and based on the Stoddard-Hamilton Glasair III. [1]

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Design and development

First flown on 24 July 1988 the Stalker is a military training version of the Glasair III, an all-composite, cantilever, low-wing monoplane. The Stalker is powered by a 420 hp (313 kW) Allison 250-B17D turboprop driving a three-bladed metal tractor propeller. It has a retractable tricycle landing gear and the enclosed cockpit has two seats side-by-side with dual controls and a zero/zero pilot extraction system. The Stalker has two underwing hardpoints outboard of the landing gear for military ordnance. [1] The prototype was destroyed in a fatal accident on 29 May 1989.

Specifications

Data fromJane's All the World's Aircraft 1989–90 [1]

General characteristics

Performance

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  1. 1 2 3 Taylor 1989, pp. 520–521
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