Ryan PT-22 Propeller - Palm Springs Air Museum
N 33° 49.950 W 116° 30.290
11S E 545817 N 3743694
This propeller lies within the Palm Springs Air Museum.
Waymark Code: WMGTWK
Location: California, United States
Date Posted: 04/09/2013
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Visitors to the
Palm Springs Air Museum might see this aircraft propeller hanging on a wall inside one of two hangers, the WWII European Theater Aircraft Hanger. Underneath this propeller is a picture frame with historical text that reads:
Ryan PT-22 Propeller
7' - 6" Diameter -- 1,850 RPM
HISTORYThe Ryan Recruit (PT-20, 21 & 22) was the U.S. Army Air Corps' first monoplane primary fighter. A Kinner 5 cylinder, 160 HP radial engine turned this propeller. The U.S. Navy also used this Ryan Trainer, designated NR-1. 1,273 PT-22/NR-1 were built with approximately 85 still airworthy after their military retirement in 1944.
Circa 1940 |
This propeller is just one of many aircraft pieces that exist in this museum and highly worth the time to spend here and appreciate many of these historical treasures.