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Description
| Manufacturer: | Vultee | |
| Base model: | BT-13 | |
| Designation: | BT-13 | |
| Version: | B | |
| Nickname: | Valiant | |
| Designation System: | U.S. Air Force | |
| Designation Period: | 1930-1947 | |
| Basic role: | Basic Trainer | |
Specifications
| Length: | 28' 8" | 8.7 m | |
| Height: | 12' 4" | 3.7 m | |
| Wingspan: | 42' 2" | 12.8 m | |
| Gross Weight: | 4,226 lb | 1,916 kg | |
Propulsion
| No. of Engines: | 1 | ||
| Powerplant: | Pratt & Whitney R-985-AN-1 | ||
| Horsepower (each): | 450 | ||
Performance
| Range: | 880 miles | 1,417 km | |
| Cruise Speed: | 130 mph | 209 km/h | 112 kt |
| Max Speed: | 155 mph | 249 km/h | 134 kt |
| Ceiling: | 19,400 ft | 5,912 m | |
Known serial numbers
Examples of this type may be found at
| Museum | City | State |
| Air Mobility Command Museum | Dover AFB | Delaware |
| Museum of Aviation | Warner Robins AFB | Georgia |
| United States Air Force Museum | Wright-Patterson | Ohio |
BT-13B on display
Air Mobility Command Museum | Museum of Aviation | United States Air Force Museum |
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| Dan Hart Warner Robins, GA | Does anyone know if there was ever an airplane at Cochren Field or around Wellston Depot south of Macon that was a three seater? One of my Volunteers says that as a boy he remembers watching the planes land and there would be three people climb out of the cockpit. He says the plane resembles the BT-13 or T-6 as best he remembers. I have tried to help him but have been unable to locate such a plane in this area during the 40's. I know the Navy had a plane with a three man crew because of a rear facing gun, but can not find any evidence of it being in this area with the army. My email is dan.hart@museumofaviation.org. Any help will be appreciated. 04/10/2008 @ 06:41 [ref: 20413] |
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| Ivan E. Hutchins Bloomsdale, MO | As a young line boy working at Lakeside Airport from 1947-50, I acquired a private pilots license at age 17. The FBO at the airport, Jessey Omar Midyett, sold me and another lineboy, james T. Malter, a BT-13 for $250. He sold it to us for a $50.00 down payment and a $50 a month payment, that equaled $25 out of each of our salaries each month to ward the monthly payment. I had a second night job working on a Union construction job that Summer (1948) and we had the airplane paid off within three months. Needless to say, i spent all my money flying the BT with it burning about 20 gal an hour. But hell, gas was only about 22 cents a gallon, so between my friend and I we kept the tanks full and ready for flying. The BT was not a complicated aircraft as I soloed it with about 5 hours instruction by a CFI. I'd also flown most of the surplus PT type aircraft on the airfield also!
it was a grand old time following WWII with the GI Bill going and flight schools having many surplus aircraft for sale for pennies on the dollar.I have been an active pilot for 60 odd years now---thanks to an old test pilot and FBO named Omar Midyett. Lakeside Airport was in Madison County, Illinois, on the east shore of Horseshoe Lake---it was closed as an airfield in 2001---today it is only a corn field with ghost hanging out there. Ivan Hutchins (Ret.) 06/18/2007 @ 18:38 [ref: 16877] |
| Ed Wolak Moreland,, GA | I was stationed at Cochran Field, Macon, Ga 1941-1945. I started out as a crew chief with BT-13As became a WOJG and ended up as OIC of PLM responsible for 50-100 hr inspections, and anything else that was necessary. The dfference between a BT-13A and BT-13B was that the outer wing panels were made of wood, as was the entire fuselage aft of the rear cockpit, including the tail surfaces and the fuselage side panels. Don't know about the 2" difference in lenght, never had occasion to measure it.wolake 03/03/2007 @ 11:17 [ref: 15734] |
| Ed Wolak Moreland,, GA | I was stationed at Cochran Field, Macon, Ga 1941-1945. I started out as a crew chief with BT-13As became a WOJG and ended up as OIC of PLM responsible for 50-100 hr inspections, and anything else that was necessary. The dfference between a BT-13A and BT-13B was that the outer wing panels were made of wood, as was the entire fuselage aft of the rear cockpit, including the tail surfaces and the fuselage side panels. Don't know about the 2" difference in lenght, never had occasion to measure it.wolake 03/03/2007 @ 11:16 [ref: 15733] |
| Ralph Mains La Porte, TX | The book "US Army Aircraft 1908-1946" , by James C. Fahey,
says there were 6,407 BT-13A's and 1,125 BT-13B's procured. The BT-13A model was procured in 1941. The BT-13B's were procured in 1942. The BT-13B was 2" shorter OA and had a 24 volt system. The gross increased by 134lbs more than the A model. I too was a A/E in the 1st USAAF(Brown Shoe)and worked as a line mechanic at Bolling Field DC. 10/18/2006 @ 16:10 [ref: 14502] |
| Ralph Mains La Porte, TX | The book "US Army Aircraft 1908-1946" , by James C. Fahey,
says there were 6,407 BT-13A's and 1,125 BT-13B's procured. The BT-13A model was procured in 1941. The BT-13B's were procured in 1942. The BT-13B was 2" shorter OA and had a 24 volt system. The gross increased by 134lbs more than the A model. I too was a A/E in the 1st USAAF(Brown Shoe)and worked as a line mechanic at Bolling Field DC. 10/18/2006 @ 16:10 [ref: 14501] |
| Ralph Mains La Porte, TX | The book "US Army Aircraft 1908-1946" , by James C. Fahey,
says there were 6,407 BT-13A's and 1,125 BT-13B's procured. The BT-13A model was procured in 1941. The BT-13B's were procured in 1942. The BT-13B was 2" shorter OA and had a 24 volt system. The gross increased by 134lbs more than the A model. I too was a A/E in the 1st USAAF(Brown Shoe)and worked as a line mechanic at Bolling Field DC. 10/18/2006 @ 16:10 [ref: 14500] |
| Nicholas \" big Nick\" Pyshos , GA | john dinou was my uncle and i loved him he recently died a couple months ago and as you may know he wrote the book Fading Wings/Fading Glory although i am only 13 i saw him last at his wedding and i was great see him at his happiest even though it was with a heavy heart i had to say goob bye sadly i could attend his funeral i wish i could have been there to see him for the last time in my life. most of you may not care about this but those of you who have flown with him know wt a fantasic man he was. 5/4/06 05/04/2006 @ 18:32 [ref: 13207] |
| John Dinou Arlington, TX, TX |
Hi I took basic training in the "Vultee Vibrator" in July 1943, in Waco, TX. The first time I ever saw one, It thought it was one of the biggest brutes I'd ever seen. I wondered how the Air Corps expected me to fly one of those things. Yet, it turned out to be the last pure pleasure airpane I was to fly. Upon completion of the basic pprogram, I was assigned to twin-engine school. Please link up with my website at www.b-26pilot.com. Thanks, John Dinou 11/01/2004 @ 16:58 [ref: 8535] |
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