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For all:
Up-ended North American NA-64, BT-14 shows what trouble an aviation cadet could get into if he applied the brakes too hard while taxiing with the wind coming from behind (tailwind). On average 40% of cadet pilots did not graduate from flying school. Their reward for failure was a quick transfer to the Infantry. Oh, no! :-)
This exhibit is in the "Interwar Years" area in the first huge hangar at the USAF Museum in Dayton, Ohio.
ZOOM for best viewing...left it fairly big.
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For Aviation Enthusiasts:
The North American (NA-58), Army Air Corps designation BT-14, was a basic trainer developed by North American from its earlier BT-9. Except for the fabric-covered moveable surfaces on the tail and wings, the BT-14 was an all metal aircraft. The Army Air Corps purchased 251 BT-14s.
Very similar to the BT-14, this North American NA-64 is one of a group of aircraft originally built for the French. When Germany defeated France in 1940, undelivered NA-64s were diverted to the Royal Canadian Air Force where they served as Yale I flight and radio operator trainers.
TECHICAL NOTES (BT-14)
Armament: None
Engine: Wright R-985-25 of 450 hp
Crew: Two (instructor pilot and student pilot)
Maximum speed: 177 mph
Range: 765 miles
Service ceiling: 21,650 feet
Bill:)
Comments (31)
drace68
Hunorous, sort of. A 40% washout rate? Wow. Great panel, Bill. Thanks for posting it.
cfulton
Must have been quite a time. Great story and capture, Clive
lyron
Great shots and information!!
KarmaSong
Excellent diptych and interesting narrative about those who go to the front-line to defend their country.
kenmo
Fantastic...love your style of photo journalism....!!! 5++
jendellas
Really enjoying your trip, thanks for taking us with you. Great pic.
durleybeachbum
fascinating info!
orig_buggy
It's creepy how real they make the "humans" look
skipper62
Wonderful shot. I believe the % of grads remains about the same. A few more washouts in the Navy when the Carrier Training Starts... At least they don't get sent to the Infantry... ;-)
GBCalls
Great set of photos and interesting information about them.
Buffalo1
Great display and two photos to see that we didn't miss anything. I've seen a photo of one the captured French planes in Luftwaffe markings.
sandra46
superfunny scene!!!!!and a great capture!
busi2ness
Very well portrayed and presented Bill. Each photo carries a story of its own.
goodoleboy
Get off my airstrip!!! The Dayton museum looks like a fun place. Superlative display of the cracked up BT-14 in this fine collage, along with the student pilot receiving what for from the instuctor due to his indiscretion in applying the brakes. The aircraft fuselage resembles that of a Douglas SBD Dauntless, at least from this angle. 765 miles is a pretty good range for that plane.
danob
Wonderful Bill in these places we would be like kids in a Candy store!
elfin14doaks
It looks like you had a blast! cool photo and information, and ouch???
Richardphotos
excellent museum Bill and captures
auntietk
Gosh - I'm surprised the service ceiling is that high! With so many people tipping the danged thing over, clearly the service ceiling isn't calculated as a weighted average. (Okay, okay, I'm paying attention, but it isn't helping!) LOL! Cool exhibit! I would have loved to have been in the meeting when the creative department came up with this one. Bet it was fun!
npauling
Love the humour in these great images. The creative guys have done well.
gypsyflame
Wonderfully done!
Osper
A great majority flunked for (of all things) the inability to master Morse code!! Nice shots.
anahata.c
a terrific example of fine curatorship: This is what exhibit people are for. (Don't know if they call them curators in museums like this, but whatever they are, this is fine exhibition-sense.) They capture a real situation, one in which someone could be hurt or killed; they show it in a dramatic angle with real life-size models—and of course a massive plane, whose placement had to take some real engineering—and they tell you (I assume someplace) what this was about, what situation it came from. Great that you caught this for us, so we could see how inventive these places are—ie, they're not all just planes seated on the ground. Art curators will plan for months for shows this inventive, and when they 'get' it, it's the best. Educational and a lot of fun too (even though it probably isn't fun for the flier who makes this mistake...)
PD154
Very nice twin set of captures Bill, you presented them rather nicely too, well done Sir.
neiwil
Oh what a joy!. Brilliant.The look on the cadets face is priceless.I'm with anahata.c 100%.
flavia49
superlative captures!!! The "cadet" face is priceless!!!!
dbrv6
Wonderful capture and what a great stage too!
bimm3d
great photo!!
MagikUnicorn
Excellent
Autumn_Rains
both a humourous display, and great capture!!!!
junge1
Beautiful Bill. I like your explanation of tailwind for those that are not familiar with the lingo.