Fairchild PT-19 World War II Trainer

Michael Kuhnert of Bay Aviation gives us a walk around his beautiful Fairchild PT-19.


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[jraybye]

My dad trained in a PT 19 on his way to fly C47s in WWII. I remember him saying that they were under-powered but if you got everything just right, you could do a loop. Hard to believe!

[renb]

Flies out of recently renovated and beautiful Hummel International (W75). I took a ride with him and it was really a lot of fun buzzing over the Rhappahannock River and the coastline of the Northern Neck, Virginia. You don't get to ride in an open cockpit much.

[markmondello]

Great video about a wonderful old airplane

[Allan_aka_RocKITEman]

I also had a Cox PT-19 control-line model airplane...👍

[badskpr]

I wonder if the Pipistrel Alfa Electric could be the new Civil Air Patrol Trainer at $5 a flight hour.

[DH-cjnm]

I had a model one it flew in circles on a string

[johnmarkey]

The music is nice to open and close, but it is annoying when played over his talk.