Piper PT-1
{{Short description|US two-seat primary training aircraft; 1942}}
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The Piper PT-1 was a 1940s American two-seat primary training monoplane designed and built by Piper Aircraft at Lock Haven. A low-wing tandem two-seat monoplane, the PT-1 was the first Piper aircraft to have a low-wing. It had a fabric covering over an all-metal fuselage frame and wooden spar wings and tail unit. The PT-1 had a retractable tailwheel landing gear and was powered by a {{convert|130|hp|abbr=on}} Franklin 6AC-2980D engine. No further aircraft were built. A four-seat development was designed as the Piper PWA-6 which did not go into production either.
Specifications (PT-1)
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See also
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References
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Bibliography
- {{cite magazine|last=Auliard|first=Gilles|title="Unknown Piper": Reviving the PT-1 |magazine=Air Enthusiast|date=September–October 2001|issue=95|pages=12–13 |issn=0143-5450}}
- {{cite book|last1=Peperell |first1=Roger W.|last2=Smith|first2=Colin M.|title=Piper Aircraft and their forerunners|date=1987|publisher=Air-Britain (Historians)|location=London|isbn=0-85130-149-5|pages=47–50}}
- {{cite magazine |title=Piper PT Trainer |magazine=Flying |date=July 1943 |volume=33 |issue=1 |pages=110, 119 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=a73U-LVtMckC&pg=PA110 |accessdate=20 August 2021}}
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Category:1940s United States civil trainer aircraft
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