Vultee T-13(BT) "Valiant"
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brwhiz
N 41° 09.761 W 112° 01.145
12T E 414504 N 4557317
This Static Aircraft Display of a Vultee T-13(BT) "Valiant" is inside the Hill Aerospace Museum located on the northwest corner of Hill Air Force Base at 7961 Wardleigh Road in Riverdale, Utah.
Waymark Code: WMGZXM
Location: Utah, United States
Date Posted: 04/29/2013
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Vultee T-13(BT)
"Valiant"
S/N 42-90406 Span: 42'2" Length: 28'9"
Height: 12'5" Weight: 4.360 lbs Max Speed: 155 mph
Engine: Pratt & Whitney R-985 of 450 hp
Crew: Two (One Instructor & One Student)
The "Valiant" was the basic trainer most widely used by the USAAF during World War II. It represented the second of the three stages of pilot training - primary, basic, and advanced. Compared with the primary trainers in use at the time, it was considerably more complex. The "Valiant" not only had a more powerful engine, it was also faster and heavier. In addition, it required the student pilot to use two-way radio communications with the ground, operate landing flaps and two-position variable pitch propeller. Nicknamed the "Vibrator" by the pilots who flew it, 11,537 "Valiants" were built between Sept. 1939 and the summer of 1944.