The Curtiss-Wright AT-9 was an all metal stessed skin low-wing cantilever monoplane trainer called the "Fledgling" by Curtiss-Wright and the "Jeep" by the USAAF and USAF pilots flew it. The AT-9 was used to convert pilots with only single engined aircraft experience to twin engined aircraft. A total of 1,092 aircraft were produced between 1941 and 1943, it was not an easy plane to fly and many pilots have commented that it would have been better to train directly on the service aircraft they were to fly operationally, due to it's poor flying tendencies when they were taken out of service they were purposely not sold onto the commercial and private markets and in consequence only two Curtiss-Wright AT-9 Jeeps survive today. Curtiss-Wright AT-9 Jeep Specifications: - Crew: student and instructor
- Length: 31 ft 8 in (9.65 m)
- Wingspan: 40 ft 4 in (12.29 m)
- Height: 9 ft 10 in (2.99 m)
- Wing area: 233 ft² (21.7 m²)
- Empty: 4,600 lb (2,087 kg)
- Loaded: 6,000 lb (2,722 kg)
- Maximum takeoff: 6,062 lb (2,755 kg)
- Engines: Twin 295 hp (220 kW) Lycoming R-680-9
- Maximum speed: 197 mph (317 km/h)
- Cruise speed: 175 mph (282 km/h)
- Range: 750 miles (1207 km)
- Service ceiling: 19,000 ft (5,793 m)
- Rate of climb: ft/min ( m/min)
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