Loening PW-2
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The Loening PW-2 was a 1920s American single-seat monoplane fighter designed by Grover Loening and built by his Loening Aeronautical Engineering Company.
Development
Based on the earlier two-seat braced-wing monoplane fighter, the M-8, the PW-2 was a single-seat variant for the United States Army Air Corps. It had a fixed tailskid landing gear and was powered by a nose-mounted Wright-Hispano H engine with a tractor propeller. The pilot had an open cockpit. The company built three prototypes designated the PW-2 and a production order for 10 aircraft designated the PW-2A followed. The PW-2As were similar to the PW-2 but had a revised tail unit. After four aircraft had been delivered, one aircraft crashed when the wings separated from the aircraft; the contract was canceled. One of the PW-2As was modified with shorter-span wings and a {{convert|350|hp|kW|lk=on|abbr=on}} Packard 1A-1237 engine as the PW-2B.
Variants
;PW-2
:Prototype, three built one of which had twin rudders and was not flown and used for static testing.
;PW-2A
:Production variant with revised tail unit, four built and six cancelled.
;PW-2B
:PW-2A variant with shorter span wings and a 350hp (261kW) Packard 1A-1237
Operators
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Specifications (PW-2A)
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|ref=Fighters of the United States Air Force Dorr and Donald 1990, p.25.
|prime units? = imp
|crew=1
|length m=7.95
|length ft=26
|length in=1
|span m=12.12
|span ft=39
|span in=9
|wing area sqm=27.8
|wing area sqft=299
|wing area note=Swanborough and Bowers 1962, p.519.|gross weight kg=1270
|gross weight lb=2799
|eng1 number=1
|eng1 name=Wright-Hispano H engine
|eng1 kw=239
|eng1 hp=320
|max speed kmh=219
|max speed mph=136
|armament = *2 × {{convert|.30|in|mm|2|abbr=on}} Lewis machine guns
}}
See also
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References
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;Bibliography
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- {{cite book |last= Andrade |first= John |title= U.S.Military Aircraft Designations and Serials since 1909|year=1979 |publisher=Midland Counties Publications|isbn= 0-904597-22-9}}
- {{cite book |title= Fighters of the United States Air Force|last=Dorr |first= Robert F.|author2=Donald, David |year= 1990|publisher=Aerospace Publishing |location= London| isbn= 0-600-55094-X}}
- {{cite book |title= United States Military Aircraft since 1909|last= Swanborough|first= F.G.|author2=Bowers, Peter M. |year= 1963|publisher=Putnam |location=London }}
- {{cite book |last= Taylor |first= Michael J. H. |title=Jane's Encyclopedia of Aviation |year=1989 |publisher=Studio Editions |location=London }}
- {{cite book |title= The Illustrated Encyclopedia of Aircraft (Part Work 1982-1985)|publisher= Orbis Publishing|pages=2376}}
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