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Description
| Manufacturer: | Timm |
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| Base model: | N2T | ||
| Designation: | N2T | ||
| Version: | -1 | ||
| Nickname: | Tutor | ||
| Designation System: | U.S. Navy / Marines | ||
| Designation Period: | 1922-1926 | ||
| Basic role: | Trainer | ||
Specifications
| Length: | 24' 10" | 7.5 m | |
| Wingspan: | 36' | 10.9 m | |
| Gross Weight: | 2,725 lb | 1,235 kg | |
Propulsion
| No. of Engines: | 1 | ||
| Powerplant: | Continental R-670-4 | ||
| Horsepower (each): | 220 | ||
Performance
| Max Speed: | 89 mph | 144 km/h | 77 kt |
Known serial numbers
Examples of this type may be found at
| Museum | City | State |
| Kalamazoo Aviation History Museum | Kalamazoo | Michigan |
| National Museum of Naval Aviation | NAS Pensacola | Florida |
N2T-1 on display
National Museum of Naval Aviation |
Recent comments by our visitors
| Ray McCoy , CA | We flew the Timm N2T-1 in D stage of Primary Flight Training at NAS Memphis in early '44. It was a great plane and a a joy to fly. but had a tendancy to nose over if the brakes were misshandled on landing. One of my friends had a prop come off in formation flying. He landed, side swiped a tree that removed the engine and everthing from the instrument pannel forward. He walked out of the cockpit uninjured. 06/14/2008 @ 12:50 [ref: 21425] |
| Paul Stakun Zephyrhills, FL | Back in the 1950s, I remember a Timm N2T that was flown as a private aircraft at my hometown airport in Leicester, Massachusetts. It was a smooth flier and looked rather sleek. Unfortunately, the airport and the Timm are probably long gone. 03/29/2008 @ 05:45 [ref: 20279] |
| Charles Temple , OR | I flew the N2T at Livermore in May of 1943. I have not seen one since. 02/04/2008 @ 20:06 [ref: 19554] |
| Richard Stefanick Morgantown, WV | I have my Father's log books and in them he has recorded flights in the Timm, Model 604. His name was Gus Stefanick. I can remember the aircraft when I was young, the large radial engine with the two open cockpits. I remember there was also a photo taken of him and a Mr. Cutlip who flew here many years ago. My father passed away in 1984 and his log indicates that he flew the Timm in 1952 when he owned it.
I have taken up the legacy of my Dear Father and I also have a pilots license. I was stationed in Pensacola in 1976 and was in the Navy. I wish that the Timm was there then... it would have been great for him to have seen it. 01/23/2008 @ 13:33 [ref: 19409] |
| Nikki , AL | I feel tht this model is great with me flying it! 01/16/2008 @ 16:13 [ref: 19325] |
| Keith R. Wagner Reseda, CA | mom is 94 years old and worked at the Timm plant at Van Nuys airport when i was about 2 or 3 yrs old. she remembers talking to one of the pilots and him telling her that he was getting ready to take off in the plane that she had just worked on. she didnt realize that she may have been the last person to work on the plane before it was flown and that made her a little nervous. she said that she strung the wire loom and worked on the pitot tube. i dont know if her memory is correct on the matter but it is interesting to hear her tell the story. 12/23/2007 @ 17:42 [ref: 19025] |
| john drews lakemills, WI | i am flying a timm n2t-1 that i recently restored, i believe there is only one other flying as of now.most of the airplane is of conventional aircraft construction.
the fuselage is another story.it is built by laminating thin strips of spruce veneer to form a plywood shell that is glued to formers &longerons to form the fuselage.repairing this type of construction is quite difficult. the timm fly's nicely and is normal in all flight parameters. i might add that it is for sale john drews 12/06/2007 @ 07:04 [ref: 18813] |
| Michael Goldschmidt Swanzey, NH | I, too, would be interested in getting technical information on how the wooden fuselage panels were manufactured. Does anyone reading this have this information?
Please e-mail me! 05/23/2007 @ 03:58 [ref: 16569] |
| John Underwood Glendale, CA | Very interesting what you wrote about the Timm N2T-1. I was acquainted with both Timm brothers, Otto and Wally, and have quite a few pictures of the N2T-1 and XN2T-2, as well as the factory interior showing production line. 262 N2Ts were delivered to the Navy and I have all the serial numbers, plus a list of surviving N2Ts. None, so far as I know, are currently airworthy.
A good friend and mentor, Hal Sanders instructed in N2Ts at various stations. Hal told me that one of the problems, especially in the South, was termite infestation. He told me that this was the reason for the aerobatics prohibition. Did you by any chance see the Timm item by Wm. Miller in the current "Pacific Flyer"? Incidentally, Hal Sanders ferried some N2Ts to and from Livermore. He was based near here (Alamitos NAS?) for a while. In the late '40s and early '50s I used to fly out of Compton, which was kind of a hotbed of N2T activity. However, I never did fly one. A friend owned the #1 Timm Collegiate, built here in Glendale in 1928, and I flew that for half an hour. I have some tech reports on the manufacturing of N2Ts. This was probably pretty much the same method as the Fairchild Duramold process and I think the Timms were licensed by Duramold. 02/22/2007 @ 19:28 [ref: 15628] |
| Marcel Stratton Rollag,, MN |
My uncle, Marcel Pavard, an old-world-skilled cabinet maker was employed by Timm Aircraft in the early 40's as his crew built the Tutor (Trainer) using the mateial of ply-wood. He lived in Van Nuys, CA then. Whenever a very noisy aircraft happened to fly over head, without looking up, he would note, "there goes the Timm Trainer." He said that it was nicknamed "the flying brickbat" because of its weight-to-power ratio. The engine was revved in order to keep it aloft. 02/21/2007 @ 04:33 [ref: 15605] |
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