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North American NA-64 Yale

January 01, 1970

The North American NA-64 (NA-64 P-2 or NAA-64 P-2 in French service, Yale in Canadian service) is a low-wing single piston engine monoplane advanced trainer aircraft that was built for the French Air Force and French Navy, served with the Royal Canadian Air Force, and with the Luftwaffe as a captured aircraft during World War II.

NA-64/NA-64 P-2/Yale
Restored North American NA-64 Yale at the Canadian Warplane Heritage Museum in Hamilton, Ontario
Role Trainer
Manufacturer North American Aviation
First flight 12 February 1940[1]
Introduction 1940
Retired 1 October 1946 (RCAF)[1][2]
1949 (Armee de l'air)
Status Warbird
Primary users Royal Canadian Air Force
French Air Force
French Navy
Luftwaffe
Produced 1940
Number built 230
Developed from North American BT-14
Developed into North American Harvard

Design and development edit

Ordered as a follow-on to the NA-57 as a two-seat advanced trainer, the NA-64 P-2/NAA-64 P-2 represented a major structural improvement, with a longer all-metal fuselage replacing the fabric covered fuselage of the NA-57. As well as metal skin replacing the fabric on the fuselage, the fin was changed from having a corrugated skin to being a smooth stressed skin structure and was moved slightly aft, lengthening the rear fuselage while the engine was moved forward to maintain the center of gravity. The rudder was also changed from the rounded shape used previously to one with a roughly triangular shape with the broadest part being at the bottom to improve handling at high angles of attack. In one respect however, it was a step backwards from its immediate predecessor, the BT-14, with which it is often confused, in that the earlier straight wings were used with the result that in RCAF service, when compared to the later and more powerful Harvard II it was flown alongside, it had different handling characteristics and lower performance.[3]

Operational history edit

France edit

 
French Air Force NAA-64 in service after World War 2, in French controlled Morocco with a replacement rudder.

The NA-64 P-2 was built for the French Armée de l'Air and Aéronavale in 1939–1940, which ordered 200 and 30 respectively. Of these, 111 had been delivered before France surrendered to the Germans after the Battle of France.[2] In France, the NA-64, like the NA-57 before it, was known as the North,[4] and was designated as NAA-64 P-2 (abbreviated from North American Aviation modèle 64 perfectionnement, 2 places (North American Aviation model 64 advanced trainer, 2 seats)[4]) but were sometimes attached to reconnaissance units. A small number escaped the Germans to be used by the Vichy French Air Force. Two examples in North Africa survived into the postwar years, having been operated alongside NA-57s, the last only being retired in 1949.

Canada edit

 
RCAF Yale shortly after being taken on strength as an intermediate trainer, at Camp Borden.

The remaining 119 undelivered aircraft were bought up by the British Purchasing Commission and transferred to the Royal Canadian Air Force (RCAF) for the British Commonwealth Air Training Plan between August and September 1940,[2] and all were operational by November[5] The type was named the Yale Mk.I[note 1] following British naming practice of naming trainers after education institutions and US-supplied aircraft after American locations, in this case, Yale University, and were used initially as intermediate pilot trainers taking pilots from the de Havilland Tiger Moth and Fleet Finch to the much faster and more complex North American Harvard,[4] until this category was dispensed with as being unnecessary. They were then relegated for use as airborne wireless radio trainers, along with the contemporary Fleet Fort intermediate trainer in 1943.[6][7] Prior to service entry, the throttle and engine mixture controls were modified from the system used by the French whereby the throttle was pulled back to increase power, and the mixture control pulled back to lean out the mixture, to the system used on the Harvard.[5] The Yale appeared in the movie Captains of the Clouds. The RCAF sold all surviving examples off as scrap in 1946 but over 30 survive today as a result of a large number of them being bought surplus by a single farmer, with about 15 currently in airworthy condition.

Germany edit

The NAA-64s captured from the French were used by the German Luftwaffe for all types of flight training, from basic flying to advanced fighter tactics. Dive bomber schools and target tug units and even combat squadrons all used the NAA-64, as they were designated by the Luftwaffe, from the tail markings of the French examples. At least one was used by the Zirkus Rosarius to familiarize German aircrew with the handling of American aircraft before they evaluated captured aircraft.[5]

Operators edit

 
Yale 3416, which appeared in the movie, Captains of the Clouds
  Canada
 
The first North American NAA-64 P-2 NX13397 before delivery. Due to the fall of France, this aircraft was instead delivered to Canada as a Yale Mk.I, and still exists.
  France
 
North American NAA-64 in its shipping crate for delivery to France. Most of those that made it to France had not even been unpacked when the Germans overran northern France.
  Germany
  • Luftwaffe captured 93 aircraft and assigned 96 registrations,[14] and they published their own pilots manual for it
  United Kingdom

Surviving aircraft edit

 
Ex-RCAF North American NA-64 Yale painted to represent a USAAC BT-14, in a diorama at the USAF Museum in Dayton, Ohio

There are many surviving NA-64 Yales today because of Ernie Simmons, a farmer from near Tillsonburg, Ontario. Simmons bought 39 Yales in 1946,[25] along with seven Fairey Swordfish and a Westland Lysander[26] and kept them on his farm until he died in 1970.[27][28] Most were auctioned the same year, and many have been restored by museums and warbird enthusiasts. Most surviving Yales are from the Simmons collection, but there are at least six surviving Yales that came from Western Canada. Three Yales have been subsequently lost, a major hangar fire took the Musée de l'air et de l'espace's NA-64 3415/64-2224, and 3454/64-2165 & 3395/64-2159[29] were destroyed as the result of flying accidents. Several Yales have been painted or partially modified as BT-14s. Additionally, over a dozen are privately owned in Canada, the US, and Europe or are not accessible, and additional airframes may be held by some museums as a source of spares.[citation needed]

RCAF
Serial		 NAA
Serial		 Museum or organization Location Status Notes
3464 64-2033 Privately owned Ft Worth, TX airworthy [30]
3349 64-2171 Imperial War Museum Duxford Duxford, England airworthy [31]
3350 64-2206 Canadian Warplane Heritage Museum Hamilton, Ontario airworthy [32]
3361 64-2183 Milestones of Flight Museum Lancaster, California airworthy – R-985 fitted [33]
3367 64-2175 Privately owned Sherwood Park, Alberta airworthy [34]
3372 64-2186 Privately owned Tillsonburg, Ontario airworthy
3381 64-2194 Commemorative Air Force Midland, Texas stored
3383 64-3037 Far North Queensland Aviation Museum Newcastle, New South Wales stored
3390 64-3033 Privately Owned Woodstock, Ontario restoration [35]
3396 64-2161 Musée aéronautique de Presqu'île côte d'Amour La Baule-Escoublac, France restoration [36]
3397 64-2150 Pima Air & Space Museum Tucson, Arizona on display [37]
3399 64-2160 Canadian Harvard Aircraft Association Tillsonburg, Ontario airworthy [38]
3400 64-2149 Canadian Warplane Heritage Museum Hamilton, Ontario airworthy [39]
3404 64-2157 Bomber Command Museum of Canada Nanton, Alberta restoration [40]
3406 64-2144 Eric Downing Maryland Heights, Missouri airworthy
3409 64-2158 Canadian Aviation Museum Windsor, Ontario stored, unrestored
3411 64-2167 National Air Force Museum of Canada Trenton, Ontario on display
3416 64-2169 No. 6 RCAF Dunville Museum Dunnville, Ontario on display [41]
3417 64-2168 National Museum of the United States Air Force Dayton, Ohio on display as 'BT-14' [42]
3430 64-2223 Royal Aviation Museum of Western Canada Winnipeg, Manitoba on display [43]
3445 Unknown Privately owned Norwood, Ontario restored
3450 64-2214 Musée aéronautique de Presqu'île côte d'Amour La Baule-Escoublac, France restoration [36]
3456 64-2221 Legend Of Aces Aviation Brighton, Michigan restoration
3458 64-3024 Reynolds-Alberta Museum Wetaskiwin, Alberta stored [44][45]
3462 64-2190 Commonwealth Air Training Plan Museum Brandon, Manitoba stored, unrestored
3463 64-2207 Privately Owned Casa Grande, Arizona airworthy – R-985 fitted [46]

Specifications edit

 
3 view line drawing of North American NA-64 Yale trainer

Data from North American Aviation, Manuel de Pilotage de l'Avion NA-64 P-2 (Avion de Perfectionnement), 1940, pp.8–9

General characteristics

  • Crew: two (instructor and student)
  • Length: 28 ft 4 in (8.64 m) [47]
  • Wingspan: 40 ft 1.4 in (12.228 m)
  • Height: 8 ft 10.5 in (2.70 m) [47]
  • Wing area: 241.67 sq ft (22.42 m2)
  • Empty weight: 3,324 lb (1,057 kg) [47]
  • Gross weight: 4,500 lb (2,040 kg) [47]
  • Max takeoff weight: 4,291 lb (1,946 kg) normal weight per NAA
  • Fuel capacity: 104 gallons/394L including 16.5 US gallon/2.45L reserve tank
  • Oil capacity 9.5 US gallon/36L[48]
  • Powerplant: 1 × Wright R-975-E3 Whirlwind[47][49] radial engine, 420 hp (310 kW)
  • Propellers: 2-bladed Hamilton Standard 2D30 hub & 6101A-12 blades, 9 ft 0 in (2.74 m) diameter [50]

Performance

  • Maximum speed: 166 mph (267 km/h, 144 kn) sea level
  • Cruise speed: 146 mph (235 km/h, 127 kn) 64% power
  • Never exceed speed: 300 mph (483 km/h, 261 kn) [51]
  • Range: 730 mi (1,175 km, 630 nmi) cruising speed
  • Combat range: 475 mi (765 km, 413 nmi) maximum speed
  • Endurance: 5 hrs at cruising speed, 2 hours 48 minutes at maximum speed
  • Service ceiling: 17,500 ft (5,350 m) full load
  • Rate of climb: 1,120 ft/min (5.7 m/s)
  • Time to altitude: 11.36 min to 10,000 ft (3320 m)
  • Wing loading: 17.76 lb/sq ft (86.7 kg/m2)
  • Power/mass: 10.22lbs/hp

Armament

  • light bombs (French and German examples only)

See also edit

Related development

Aircraft of comparable role, configuration, and era

Related lists

References edit

Notes edit

  1. ^ As there was no Yale Mk.II, the Mk.I part of the designation was rarely used.
  1. ^ a b Smith, 2000, p.29
  2. ^ a b c Hagedorn, 1997, p.48
  3. ^ Fletcher, 1990, p.37
  4. ^ a b c Fletcher, 1990, p.36
  5. ^ a b c d e Fletcher, 1990, p.38
  6. ^ a b c Fletcher, 1990, p.42
  7. ^ a b c d e Fletcher, 1990, p.45
  8. ^ a b Fletcher, 1990, p.40
  9. ^ a b c Fletcher, 1990, p.172
  10. ^ Fletcher, 1990, p.170
  11. ^ a b Fletcher, 1990, p.171
  12. ^ Fletcher, 1990, p.43
  13. ^ "EOM 82 Niger", www.traditions-air.fr (in French), retrieved September 30, 2017
  14. ^ Peter D Evans, , The LEMB Stammkennzeichen Database Project, archived from the original on 5 August 2014, retrieved March 31, 2014
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  22. ^ "stamm Px+xx". luftwaffe-experten.org. Retrieved 5 March 2019.
  23. ^ Fletcher, 1990, p. 41
  24. ^ "Restoration of North American NA-64 Yale 3383". legendofaces.com. Retrieved 5 March 2019.
  25. ^ Fletcher, 1990, p.48
  26. ^ Fletcher, 1990, p.49
  27. ^ Fletcher, 1990, p.51
  28. ^ "The Ernie Simmons Story." Spitfire Emporium. Retrieved: 24 December 2011.
  29. ^ https://www.ntsb.gov/_layouts/ntsb.aviation/brief.aspx?ev_id=20020917X04036 [bare URL]
  30. ^ "N13397 (NORTH AMERICAN NA-64 owned by CYRIER MARK) Aircraft Registration ✈ FlightAware". FlightAware. Retrieved 5 March 2019.
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  32. ^ "Aircraft Details". Canadian Warplane Heritage Museum. Retrieved 5 March 2019.
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  34. ^ "Harold A. Skaarup, author of Shelldrake". silverhawkauthor.com. Retrieved 5 March 2019.
  35. ^ "Aerial Visuals - Airframe Dossier - North American T-6/AT-6/SNJ Texan / Harvard, s/n 3390 RCAF, c/n 64-3033". www.aerialvisuals.ca. Retrieved 5 March 2019.
  36. ^ a b "Musee Aeronautique Presqu'ile Cote d'Amour - la Baule-Escoublac - France". www.aviationmuseum.eu. Retrieved 24 March 2019.
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  39. ^ "Aircraft Details". Canadian Warplane Heritage Museum. Retrieved 24 March 2019. {{cite web}}: Check |url= value (help)
  40. ^ Bomber Command Museum of Canada – North American NA-64 Yale 2017-11-20 at the Wayback Machine Retrieved: 31 March 2014
  41. ^ Aircraft 3416 Photo access date: 2 April 2014
  42. ^ . 8 May 2014. Archived from the original on 2014-05-08. Retrieved 5 March 2019.
  43. ^ Marcel. "Western Canada Aviation Museum – Winnipeg - Reportage avionslegendaires.net". avionslegendaires.net. Retrieved 5 March 2019.
  44. ^ "Canada's Aviation Hall of Fame - Wetaskiwin, Alberta - Aviation Museums on Waymarking.com". www.waymarking.com. Retrieved 5 March 2019.
  45. ^ "Aviation". Reynolds Museum. Government of Alberta. Retrieved 1 December 2019.
  46. ^ "Aircraft Data N64FL, North American NA-64 C/N 64-2207". www.airport-data.com. Retrieved 5 March 2019.
  47. ^ a b c d e Canadian Wings.com accessdate: March 2014
  48. ^ North American Aviation, 1940, p.29
  49. ^ North American Aviation, 1940, p.22
  50. ^ North American Aviation, 1940, p.28
  51. ^ North American Aviation, 1940, pp.17

Bibliography edit

  • Fletcher, David C; MacPhail, Doug (1990). Harvard! the North American Trainers in Canada. San Josef BC/Dundee ON: DCF Flying Books. ISBN 0-9693825-0-2.
  • Fletcher, David (1995). "North American Yale". Random Thoughts. 17 (2). International Plastic Modellers Society of Canada: 31.
  • Griffin, John A. (1969). Canadian Military Aircraft Serials & Photographs 1920 – 1968. Publication No. 69-2. Ottawa: Queen's Printer.
  • Hagedorn, Dan (1997). North American NA-16/AT-6/SNJ (WarbirdTech Volume 11). North Branch, MN: Speciality Press. ISBN 0-933424-76-0.
  • Kostenuk, S.; Griffin, J. (1977). RCAF Squadron Histories and Aircraft: 1924–1968. Toronto, ON: Samuel Stevens, Hakkert & Co. ISBN 978-0888665775.
  • Milberry, Larry; Halliday, Hugh A. (1990). The Royal Canadian Air Force at War, 1939–1945. Toronto, ON: CANAV Books. ISBN 978-0921022046.
  • North American Aviation (1940). Manuel de Pilotage de l'Avion NA-64 P-2 (Avion de Perfectionnement). Rapport No 1552. Inglewood, CA: North American Aviation.
  • Skaarup, Harold A. (2000). Canadian Warbird and War Prize Survivors, Updated Edition. Lincoln, NE: Writers Club Press. ISBN 978-0595122165.
  • Smith, Peter Charles (2000). North American T-6: SNJ, Harvard and Wirraway. Wiltshire, UK: Crowood Press. ISBN 1-86126-382-1.

External links edit

 
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Warbird Primary users Royal Canadian Air ForceFrench Air Force French Navy Luftwaffe Produced 1940 Number built 230 Developed from North American BT 14 Developed into North American Harvard Contents 1 Design and development 2 Operational history 2 1 France 2 2 Canada 2 3 Germany 3 Operators 4 Surviving aircraft 5 Specifications 6 See also 7 References 7 1 Notes 7 2 Bibliography 8 External linksDesign and development editOrdered as a follow on to the NA 57 as a two seat advanced trainer the NA 64 P 2 NAA 64 P 2 represented a major structural improvement with a longer all metal fuselage replacing the fabric covered fuselage of the NA 57 As well as metal skin replacing the fabric on the fuselage the fin was changed from having a corrugated skin to being a smooth stressed skin structure and was moved slightly aft lengthening the rear fuselage while the engine was moved forward to maintain the center of gravity The rudder was also changed from the rounded shape used previously to one with a roughly triangular shape with the broadest part being at the bottom to improve handling at high angles of attack In one respect however it was a step backwards from its immediate predecessor the BT 14 with which it is often confused in that the earlier straight wings were used with the result that in RCAF service when compared to the later and more powerful Harvard II it was flown alongside it had different handling characteristics and lower performance 3 Operational history editFrance edit nbsp French Air Force NAA 64 in service after World War 2 in French controlled Morocco with a replacement rudder The NA 64 P 2 was built for the French Armee de l Air and Aeronavale in 1939 1940 which ordered 200 and 30 respectively Of these 111 had been delivered before France surrendered to the Germans after the Battle of France 2 In France the NA 64 like the NA 57 before it was known as the North 4 and was designated as NAA 64 P 2 abbreviated from North American Aviation modele 64 perfectionnement 2 places North American Aviation model 64 advanced trainer 2 seats 4 but were sometimes attached to reconnaissance units A small number escaped the Germans to be used by the Vichy French Air Force Two examples in North Africa survived into the postwar years having been operated alongside NA 57s the last only being retired in 1949 Canada edit nbsp RCAF Yale shortly after being taken on strength as an intermediate trainer at Camp Borden The remaining 119 undelivered aircraft were bought up by the British Purchasing Commission and transferred to the Royal Canadian Air Force RCAF for the British Commonwealth Air Training Plan between August and September 1940 2 and all were operational by November 5 The type was named the Yale Mk I note 1 following British naming practice of naming trainers after education institutions and US supplied aircraft after American locations in this case Yale University and were used initially as intermediate pilot trainers taking pilots from the de Havilland Tiger Moth and Fleet Finch to the much faster and more complex North American Harvard 4 until this category was dispensed with as being unnecessary They were then relegated for use as airborne wireless radio trainers along with the contemporary Fleet Fort intermediate trainer in 1943 6 7 Prior to service entry the throttle and engine mixture controls were modified from the system used by the French whereby the throttle was pulled back to increase power and the mixture control pulled back to lean out the mixture to the system used on the Harvard 5 The Yale appeared in the movie Captains of the Clouds The RCAF sold all surviving examples off as scrap in 1946 but over 30 survive today as a result of a large number of them being bought surplus by a single farmer with about 15 currently in airworthy condition Germany edit The NAA 64s captured from the French were used by the German Luftwaffe for all types of flight training from basic flying to advanced fighter tactics Dive bomber schools and target tug units and even combat squadrons all used the NAA 64 as they were designated by the Luftwaffe from the tail markings of the French examples At least one was used by the Zirkus Rosarius to familiarize German aircrew with the handling of American aircraft before they evaluated captured aircraft 5 Operators edit nbsp Yale 3416 which appeared in the movie Captains of the Clouds nbsp Canada Royal Canadian Air Force No 1 Service Flying Training School No 1 SFTS Borden 8 No 2 Service Flying Training School No 2 SFTS Uplands 8 No 6 Service Flying Training School No 6 SFTS Dunnville 6 No 14 Service Flying Training School No 14 SFTS Aylmer 9 No 1 Training Command 1TC Toronto ON 10 No 3 Training Command 3TC Montreal 11 No 4 Training Command 4TC Regina 9 No 1 Flying Instructor School 1FIS Trenton 9 No 1 Wireless School 1WS Winnipeg MB 7 No 2 Wireless School 2WS Calgary AB 7 No 3 Wireless School 3WS Montreal QC 7 12 No 4 Wireless School 4WS Guelph 7 No 12 Communications Squadron 6 No 118 Fighter Squadron 11 nbsp The first North American NAA 64 P 2 NX13397 before delivery Due to the fall of France this aircraft was instead delivered to Canada as a Yale Mk I and still exists nbsp France French Air Force Armee de l Air Escadrille d Outre Mer 82 Niger post WWII 13 French Navy Marine Nationale French Naval Aviation Aeronavale Section Liaison Port Lyautey 51 S squadron Khouribga Vichy French Air Force Armee de l Air de Vichy Groupe de Chasse II 9 fighter trainer Aulnat Free French Air Force Forces Aeriennes Francaises Libres s nbsp North American NAA 64 in its shipping crate for delivery to France Most of those that made it to France had not even been unpacked when the Germans overran northern France nbsp Germany Luftwaffe captured 93 aircraft and assigned 96 registrations 14 and they published their own pilots manual for it Fliegerzielgeschwader Fl Z G 2 target towing wing 15 16 Flugzeugfuhrerschule A B 9 pilot school 15 17 18 Flugzeugfuhrerschule A B 16 pilot school 18 Flugzeugfuhrerschule A B 42 pilot school 15 Flugzeugfuhrerschule A B 43 pilot school 15 18 Flugzeugfuhrerschule A B 71 pilot school 18 Flugzeugfuhrerschule A B 82 pilot school 15 Flugzeugfuhrerschule A B 110 pilot school 15 17 18 Flugzeugfuhrerschule A B 111 pilot school 15 Flugzeugfuhrerschule A B 116 Goppingen pilot school 5 15 17 19 20 Flugzeugfuhrerschule A B 117 pilot school 15 18 Jagdfliegerschule JFS 2 Neustadt Weinstrasse Speyerdorf advanced fighter pilot school 15 Jagdfliegerschule JFS 6 advanced fighter pilot training school 15 Jagdfliegervorschule JFVS 2 Lachen Speyerdorf preliminary fighter pilot school 15 19 Jagdgeschwader JG 103 fighter squadron 15 18 Jagdgeschwader JG 106 fighter squadron 15 Luftdienst Kommando 7 air service command 15 Luftkriegschule LKS 1 air war school 21 Luftkriegschule LKS 5 air war school 15 Nahaufklarungsgeschwader NAG 102 short range reconnaissance wing 15 Stukaschule StS 1 Wertheim dive bomber school 15 Sturzkampffliegervorschule StVS 1 Bad Aibling preliminary dive bomber school 15 16 17 18 19 20 22 Stukavorschule SVS 2 preliminary dive bomber school 15 Zerstorerschule ZS 1 Neubiberg heavy fighter school 18 Zieldarstellungsstaffel ZD Stf 102 target towing squadron 15 17 Zirkus Rosarius used to familiarize aircrew with U S aircraft 5 nbsp United Kingdom Royal Navy 31 SFTS Kingston ON Canada eight loaned from RCAF from March to April 1941 in exchange for eight Fairey Battle trainers 23 24 Surviving aircraft edit nbsp Ex RCAF North American NA 64 Yale painted to represent a USAAC BT 14 in a diorama at the USAF Museum in Dayton Ohio There are many surviving NA 64 Yales today because of Ernie Simmons a farmer from near Tillsonburg Ontario Simmons bought 39 Yales in 1946 25 along with seven Fairey Swordfish and a Westland Lysander 26 and kept them on his farm until he died in 1970 27 28 Most were auctioned the same year and many have been restored by museums and warbird enthusiasts Most surviving Yales are from the Simmons collection but there are at least six surviving Yales that came from Western Canada Three Yales have been subsequently lost a major hangar fire took the Musee de l air et de l espace s NA 64 3415 64 2224 and 3454 64 2165 amp 3395 64 2159 29 were destroyed as the result of flying accidents Several Yales have been painted or partially modified as BT 14s Additionally over a dozen are privately owned in Canada the US and Europe or are not accessible and additional airframes may be held by some museums as a source of spares citation needed RCAFSerial NAASerial Museum or organization Location Status Notes 3464 64 2033 Privately owned Ft Worth TX airworthy 30 3349 64 2171 Imperial War Museum Duxford Duxford England airworthy 31 3350 64 2206 Canadian Warplane Heritage Museum Hamilton Ontario airworthy 32 3361 64 2183 Milestones of Flight Museum Lancaster California airworthy R 985 fitted 33 3367 64 2175 Privately owned Sherwood Park Alberta airworthy 34 3372 64 2186 Privately owned Tillsonburg Ontario airworthy 3381 64 2194 Commemorative Air Force Midland Texas stored 3383 64 3037 Far North Queensland Aviation Museum Newcastle New South Wales stored 3390 64 3033 Privately Owned Woodstock Ontario restoration 35 3396 64 2161 Musee aeronautique de Presqu ile cote d Amour La Baule Escoublac France restoration 36 3397 64 2150 Pima Air amp Space Museum Tucson Arizona on display 37 3399 64 2160 Canadian Harvard Aircraft Association Tillsonburg Ontario airworthy 38 3400 64 2149 Canadian Warplane Heritage Museum Hamilton Ontario airworthy 39 3404 64 2157 Bomber Command Museum of Canada Nanton Alberta restoration 40 3406 64 2144 Eric Downing Maryland Heights Missouri airworthy 3409 64 2158 Canadian Aviation Museum Windsor Ontario stored unrestored 3411 64 2167 National Air Force Museum of Canada Trenton Ontario on display 3416 64 2169 No 6 RCAF Dunville Museum Dunnville Ontario on display 41 3417 64 2168 National Museum of the United States Air Force Dayton Ohio on display as BT 14 42 3430 64 2223 Royal Aviation Museum of Western Canada Winnipeg Manitoba on display 43 3445 Unknown Privately owned Norwood Ontario restored 3450 64 2214 Musee aeronautique de Presqu ile cote d Amour La Baule Escoublac France restoration 36 3456 64 2221 Legend Of Aces Aviation Brighton Michigan restoration 3458 64 3024 Reynolds Alberta Museum Wetaskiwin Alberta stored 44 45 3462 64 2190 Commonwealth Air Training Plan Museum Brandon Manitoba stored unrestored 3463 64 2207 Privately Owned Casa Grande Arizona airworthy R 985 fitted 46 Specifications edit nbsp 3 view line drawing of North American NA 64 Yale trainer Data from North American Aviation Manuel de Pilotage de l Avion NA 64 P 2 Avion de Perfectionnement 1940 pp 8 9General characteristicsCrew two instructor and student Length 28 ft 4 in 8 64 m 47 Wingspan 40 ft 1 4 in 12 228 m Height 8 ft 10 5 in 2 70 m 47 Wing area 241 67 sq ft 22 42 m2 Empty weight 3 324 lb 1 057 kg 47 Gross weight 4 500 lb 2 040 kg 47 Max takeoff weight 4 291 lb 1 946 kg normal weight per NAA Fuel capacity 104 gallons 394L including 16 5 US gallon 2 45L reserve tank Oil capacity 9 5 US gallon 36L 48 Powerplant 1 Wright R 975 E3 Whirlwind 47 49 radial engine 420 hp 310 kW Propellers 2 bladed Hamilton Standard 2D30 hub amp 6101A 12 blades 9 ft 0 in 2 74 m diameter 50 Performance Maximum speed 166 mph 267 km h 144 kn sea level Cruise speed 146 mph 235 km h 127 kn 64 power Never exceed speed 300 mph 483 km h 261 kn 51 Range 730 mi 1 175 km 630 nmi cruising speed Combat range 475 mi 765 km 413 nmi maximum speed Endurance 5 hrs at cruising speed 2 hours 48 minutes at maximum speed Service ceiling 17 500 ft 5 350 m full load Rate of climb 1 120 ft min 5 7 m s Time to altitude 11 36 min to 10 000 ft 3320 m Wing loading 17 76 lb sq ft 86 7 kg m2 Power mass 10 22lbs hp Armament light bombs French and German examples only See also edit1940 in aviation Related development North American NA 16 initial design with fabric covered fuselage North American BT 14 similar aside from outer wing panels and Pratt amp Whitney R 985 engine North American T 6 Texan ultimate development of design Aircraft of comparable role configuration and era Arado Ar 96 Curtiss Wright CW 19R Fleet Fort Kyushu K10W1 Vultee BT 13 Valiant Related lists North American T 6 Texan variants List of aircraft of Canada s air forces List of aircraft of the French Air Force during World War II List of military aircraft of the German Third ReichReferences editNotes edit As there was no Yale Mk II the Mk I part of the designation was rarely used a b Smith 2000 p 29 a b c Hagedorn 1997 p 48 Fletcher 1990 p 37 a b c Fletcher 1990 p 36 a b c d e Fletcher 1990 p 38 a b c Fletcher 1990 p 42 a b c d e Fletcher 1990 p 45 a b Fletcher 1990 p 40 a b c Fletcher 1990 p 172 Fletcher 1990 p 170 a b Fletcher 1990 p 171 Fletcher 1990 p 43 EOM 82 Niger www traditions air fr in French retrieved September 30 2017 Peter D Evans LEMB Stammkennzeichen Database The LEMB 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