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Description
| Manufacturer: | Fairchild |
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| Base model: | PT-26 | ||
| Designation: | PT-26 | ||
| Designation System: | U.S. Air Force | ||
| Designation Period: | 1925-1947 | ||
| Basic role: | Primary Trainer | ||
Specifications
| Not Yet Available |
Known serial numbers
Examples of this type may be found at
| Museum | City | State |
| Canadian Warplane Heritage Museum | Mount Hope | Ontario |
| Historic Aircraft Restoration Projects | Brooklyn | New York |
| McClellan Aviation Museum | McClellan AFB | California |
| Pima Air & Space Museum | Tucson | Arizona |
| United States Air Force Museum | Wright-Patterson | Ohio |
PT-26 on display
Canadian Warplane Heritage Museum | Historic Aircraft Restoration Projects | McClellan Aviation Museum | United States Air Force Museum |
Recent comments by our visitors
| John J. Seaton Las Vegas, NM | That PT-26 in Malone was once owned my my brother and me in Marcy, NY. When the airport was shut down in 1954 we sold it to the flight school in Watertown, NY. After a hard landing (left gear went throught the wing it was sold to a farmer in Malone, NY. 09/27/2008 @ 11:40 [ref: 22754] |
| Ron Thompson , VA | The PT-26 was my dads first plane,I was only eight years old at that time(1952). We had a great time with her. It was yellow,but that didn`t last to long. My dad joined the C.A.P. in Torrance Ca.and painted her in Air Force colors.He did fly on a lot of missions with c.a.p. His plane was used for a camera plane for science fiction theater in the 50`s. We had many good flying hours in her. Dad said it was getting too expensive he only paid $750.00 for it and did sell it for 1250.00. Little did we know thirty one years later I bought a new Cessna 172 skyhawk, boy he didn`t know what expensive meant back then!!!! My wife and I both learned how to fly, had many great flying hours of fun in the 172. Dad passed on two years ago. Have many great memories of our flying days!!!!!!!!!!!!! 07/20/2008 @ 11:47 [ref: 22185] |
| phil beaulieu south hero (p.o. box 129), VT | Back in the mid 80's I was looking for a project. Heard about a PT-26 in a barn in Malone N.Y. Flew there and found a disassembled pt-26 with two spare Rangers, spare props and everything else. The tail surfaces were delaminating and I thought that the project was more than I wanted to tackle and anyway they probably wanted too much for it, I DIDNT ASK!!!!, got in the 182 and flew home. Four years ago I was ferrying YAK-52's and mentioned the 26 in the barn. The next day a guy drove there with a trailer and was told that 3 months before the airplane was taken to the local dumpand burned with engines etc. When asked about the guy that looked at it in the 80's the farmer said that he would have given it away free but the guy just left!!!Damn....nice opened PT-26 in hanger 3 at the Pima Air Museum in Tucaon, Az 02/07/2008 @ 16:04 [ref: 19600] |
| phil beaulieu south hero (p.o. box 129), VT | Back in the mid 80's I was looking for a project. Heard about a PT-26 in a barn in Malone N.Y. Flew there and found a disassembled pt-26 with two spare Rangers, spare props and everything else. The tail surfaces were delaminating and I thought that the project was more than I wanted to tackle and anyway they probably wanted too much for it, I DIDNT ASK!!!!, got in the 182 and flew home. Four years ago I was ferrying YAK-52's and mentioned the 26 in the barn. The next day a guy drove there with a trailer and was told that 3 months before the airplane was taken to the local dumpand burned with engines etc. When asked about the guy that looked at it in the 80's the farmer said that he would have given it away free but the guy just left!!!Damn....nice opened PT-26 in hanger 3 at the Pima Air Museum in Tucaon, Az 02/07/2008 @ 16:04 [ref: 19599] |
| phil beaulieu south hero (p.o. box 129), VT | Back in the mid 80's I was looking for a project. Heard about a PT-26 in a barn in Malone N.Y. Flew there and found a disassembled pt-26 with two spare Rangers, spare props and everything else. The tail surfaces were delaminating and I thought that the project was more than I wanted to tackle and anyway they probably wanted too much for it, I DIDNT ASK!!!!, got in the 182 and flew home. Four years ago I was ferrying YAK-52's and mentioned the 26 in the barn. The next day a guy drove there with a trailer and was told that 3 months before the airplane was taken to the local dumpand burned with engines etc. When asked about the guy that looked at it in the 80's the farmer said that he would have given it away free but the guy just left!!!Damn....nice opened PT-26 in hanger 3 at the Pima Air Museum in Tucaon, Az 02/07/2008 @ 16:04 [ref: 19598] |
| sandy sanders , QC | I also bought a Cornell from the Windsor Mills airport.This was in 1949 and I paid $350.00 for CF-FGJ.It had 951 hours total time. A case of beer to (Shorty Lavois )the caretaker and we switched engines from another aircraft that had only 51 hours on the engine. Flew it to Cartier Ville. Had to recover the tailfeathers and change the prop as it was starting to delaminate. Found a perfect one on a restaurant wall with clock in St Jerome. Traded my old one after total refinish with laquer. One year later on sunday afternoon while coming in for landing on runway 9 I received red flare as an F-86 was coming in dead stick. Power on and 150 ft altitude a flock of starlings decide to fill air intake.Engine stopped . side slipped in for a landing on the grass. Too hard and tore the main gear off. End of CF-FGJ.
Sandy 09/23/2007 @ 14:09 [ref: 17993] |
| paul currie chelmsford, MA | with great respect thanks to all who served.i would like if possible to see a photograph or aquire information on a pt26 that my uncle donated around 1992 09/12/2007 @ 19:01 [ref: 17912] |
| Walt Lasher Everett, WA | I had a PT-26 back in 1962 (Is that when JFK died?) anyway it was hangered at Willards Flying Service (PAE) Paine Field, Wa. The Reg # was N1175N, it was built by Fleets of Canada. Had a 190 hp inverted Ranger.
One of the things I remember about it was the Mixture control was reversed from the American model. All the way forward was Idle cut off. Nice flying A/C, had the original rag on the body (found that out when painting it) When I had it it was international Orange and Silver. 06/28/2007 @ 15:58 [ref: 16966] |
| aaaron a schlimmer las vegas, NV | new web address i had a apost above with detail but this is a new address if you have any info thanks ...aaron 02/06/2007 @ 19:56 [ref: 15438] |
| Ronald G McGill South Windsor Ct., CT | Back in May of 1956 we purchased a PT-26 in Canada for the sum of $385 dollars. At this time there was 105 of these planes stored at a airport near Windsor Mills Quebec Canada.My brother and I purchased one,and two of our buddies each got one.About a year or so later they had a auction and it was told thay went as cheap as $100 dollars.Most all of these were in fly away condition.The three that the group of us got were.I was still in the Air Force at this time so was not there when they flew them home.All of these planes were in the Canadian markings.The N number of our's was N1321v,and the last time I checked the number it was still registered to a person named Smith in Long Island N.Y. We sold this plane in 1958 for the sum of $1000.00 which was about $300.00 more than what it cost for buying it and having it liscened.I sure would like to know if the "OL-BIRD" is still airworthy.It's sad the way general avation has gone,but I can say one thing,I was there for the good days and this younger generation hasn't the faintest idea of what it was like. 09/19/2006 @ 14:30 [ref: 14221] |
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