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Description
| Manufacturer: | Stearman |
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| Base model: | PT-13 | ||
| Designation: | PT-13 | ||
| Nickname: | Kaydet | ||
| Designation System: | U.S. Air Force | ||
| Designation Period: | 1925-1947 | ||
| Basic role: | Primary Trainer | ||
| Crew: | Instructor & Student | ||
Specifications
| Length: | 24' 10" | 7.5 m | |
| Height: | 9' 2' | 2.7 m | |
| Wingspan: | 32' 2" | 9.8 m | |
| Wingarea: | 297.4 sq ft | 27.6 sq m | |
| Empty Weight: | 1,936 lb | 878 kg | |
| Gross Weight: | 2,717 lb | 1,232 kg | |
Propulsion
| No. of Engines: | 1 | ||
| Powerplant: | Lycoming R-680-5 | ||
| Horsepower (each): | 215 | ||
Performance
| Range: | 505 miles | 813 km | |
| Cruise Speed: | 106 mph | 170 km/h | 91 kt |
| Max Speed: | 125 mph | 201 km/h | 108 kt |
| Climb: | 840 ft/min | 256 m/min | |
| Ceiling: | 11,200 ft | 3,413 m | |
Known serial numbers
Examples of this type may be found at
| Museum | City | State |
| Western Aerospace Museum | Oakland | California |
Recent comments by our visitors
| glenn dunham Redlands, CA | My wife and I restored a PT with a Lycoming at the Redlands airport. We had a bunch of great people help us like John Kreuger, Jack Groves and so many others my old mind has let slip away. N1391V unfortunately never lived up to the 505 mile range attributed to it in this site---boy the money we could have saved.
We were asked by the Palm Springs Air Museum manager to display our a/c because he thought it was a great restoration---I think his last name was Richardson but I'm not sure of that. The plane was there for about a year or so and we got rave reviews about the restoration work. One day I got a letter from the museum board of directors giving me 3 choices'---move out, give them the plane FREE, or pay rent.None of those choices' were given me when I was asked to display our plane so I said I'd move. I wonder until this day if at the time I got my letter if the board had given Bob Pond the same choices' for the planes he had on display? I rather doubt it. 10/14/2006 @ 16:07 [ref: 14456] |
| glenn dunham Redlands, CA | My wife and I restored a PT with a Lycoming at the Redlands airport. We had a bunch of great people help us like John Kreuger, Jack Groves and so many others my old mind has let slip away. N1391V unfortunately never lived up to the 505 mile range attributed to it in this site---boy the money we could have saved.
We were asked by the Palm Springs Air Museum manager to display our a/c because he thought it was a great restoration---I think his last name was Richardson but I'm not sure of that. The plane was there for about a year or so and we got rave reviews about the restoration work. One day I got a letter from the museum board of directors giving me 3 choices'---move out, give them the plane FREE, or pay rent.None of those choices' were given me when I was asked to display our plane so I said I'd move. I wonder until this day if at the time I got my letter if the board had given Bob Pond the same choices' for the planes he had on display? I rather doubt it. 10/14/2006 @ 16:07 [ref: 14455] |
| Jeff Arnett pasadena, CA | Soloed in"44 in a 13D and owned one the last fourteen years.
Now I am 80 plus and the insurance co is getting nasty so the bird is up for sale. The plane has been fun and just as demanding as ever-all pilots should have a go at it- but it scares a lot of guys. My late partner with fifteen hundred hours couldn't bring himself to solo this plane. And then stuck his twin Bonanza into the mountains near the Lolo Pass. The late Tony Farhat of Stearman Restorers took care of this plane for some years. It is not a show piece because I wanted it to look very cadet "stock" (even has an instrument light). Pete Jones of Air Repair remembers this as a "very original aircraft". 09/12/2005 @ 15:12 [ref: 11212] |
| Pete Chestnut Eaton Rapids, MI | We own a civilian A75-L3 which would have been an Army PT-13A had the Army picked up the option on these airplanes in 1941 11/02/2004 @ 10:20 [ref: 8539] |
| clyde mckinley pearsall, TX | i flew stearmans in okla class 45-c chicsha as a extra 5 weeks add on after flying pt19 for 10 weeks.so did all my budys in class. took 18months to complete training that was supposed to take 30 weeks.we finally got our wings but it took a long time as cadets. 07/10/2004 @ 09:19 [ref: 7791] |
| Al Miner Naples, FL | Soon I'll be 80 but I still Fly.I've Flown 147 different aircraft types and of them all the stearman and the Falcon 10 are the magic carpets. Now take the Stearman [I should't have sold mine. Gone in 1950 for $750]Getting Married, bad excuse.If I'm not mistaken, Stearmans are stressed for 9 g's positive and 7g's negative,and there is very little you can do to tear them up short of rubbing parts of their anatomy other than the wheels on the ground while underweigh.Did you know that all controls are ball bearing. Rap the stick to a far corner and let it go and its back int middle and your still going straight. Todays Stearmans sort of lumber through airobatics though. You know why?The Guru's have in their wisdom removed the very significant little wooden triangles from the upper and lower wing leading edges.On ground loops Off lousy snaprolls al miner 11/23/2002 @ 23:35 [ref: 6137] |
| Al Miner Naples, FL | Soon I'll be 80 but I still Fly.I've Flown 147 different aircraft types and of them all the stearman and the Falcon 10 are the magic carpets. Now take the Stearman [I should't have sold mine. Gone in 1950 for $750]Getting Married, bad excuse.If I'm not mistaken, Stearmans are stressed for 9 g's positive and 7g's negative,and there is very little you can do to tear them up short of rubbing parts of their anatomy other than the wheels on the ground while underweigh.Did you know that all controls are ball bearing. Rap the stick to a far corner and let it go and its back int middle and your still going straight. Todays Stearmans sort of lumber through airobatics though. You know why?The Guru's have in their wisdom removed the very significant little wooden triangles from the upper and lower wing leading edges.On ground loops Off lousey snaprolls al miner 11/23/2002 @ 23:33 [ref: 6136] |
| Pooters Pooters, NY, CT | Pooters is the greatest cat in the world. 03/24/2001 @ 02:35 [ref: 1892] |
| strand Pooters, AL | The message below referencing Brian. Brian has a little drinking problem. 03/21/2001 @ 00:22 [ref: 1864] |
| Strand Pooters, CA | That's not a damn bit funny. Stearmans are a very serious airplane. Go to hell Pooters. 03/21/2001 @ 00:16 [ref: 1863] |
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