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The Curtiss AT-9 was designed to transition new pilots from single engine trainers to twin engine combat aircraft such as the B-26 and P-38. A relatively difficult plane to fly and especially to land the Fledgling served well in the early years of World War II. Nearly eight hundred AT-9s were built for the Army Air Force between 1941 and 1943. After 1943, there were enough B-25 and B-26 bombers available for some of them to be used as trainers and the AT-9 was phased out of service. Very few AT-9s entered the civil market after the war and none were used for long. Only one complete AT-9 exists, located at the National Museum of the U.S. Air Force.
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| Wingspan |
40 ft 4 in |
| Length |
31 ft 8 in |
| Height |
9 ft 10 in |
| Weight |
6,060 lbs (loaded) |
| Maximum Speed |
197 mph |
| Service Ceiling |
19,000 ft |
| Range |
750 miles |
| Engines |
2 Lycoming R-680-13 radial engines with 280 horsepower |
| Crew |
2 |
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