The Verville Sport Trainer AT was a two-seat tandem biplane designed by Alfred V. Verville as a civilian version of the YPT-10 primary trainer, intended to appeal to the wealthy private owner.[1]
Advertisement for the Verville Sport Trainer ATAdvertisement of the White-Verville Advanced Trainer (WVAT-1) from 1939, just after White purchased the rights to the design.
The Sportsman, as it was also known,[4][5] offered excellent flight characteristics and good stability, due in part to the design of the lower wing. With leather trim, battery with starter, and navigation lights, the Sport Trainer sold for $5,250. There were 10 manufactured. The owner of serial number one was Eugene Francis May.[6]
One AT was built for NACA testing in 1930, and was designated the AT-4. It had modified wide landing gear with added fittings for pontoons, which may or may not have been used. The colors were a blue fuselage, silver wings, yellow stripe. Special equipment included: EDO pontoon fittings with structural bearing, steel interplane struts.[7] On 31 January 1931, test pilot Lou Meister bailed out of this plane after entering an unrecoverable spin. He died when his parachute did not fully deploy after bailing out.[8]
The USAAC purchased 4 YPT-10's and tested with 5 different engine versions resulting in YPT-10 thru YPT-10D designations. It had a 165 hp engine and could produce top speed of 120 mph, which was not faster than other aircraft of that era, but was more than adequate for the flight training purposes of the Army.
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verville, sport, trainer, seat, tandem, biplane, designed, alfred, verville, civilian, version, primary, trainer, intended, appeal, wealthy, private, owner, role, military, trainer, civilian, luxury, planemanufacturer, verville, aircraft, companydesigner, alfr. The Verville Sport Trainer AT was a two seat tandem biplane designed by Alfred V Verville as a civilian version of the YPT 10 primary trainer intended to appeal to the wealthy private owner 1 Verville Sport Trainer ATRole military trainer amp civilian luxury planeManufacturer Verville Aircraft CompanyDesigner Alfred V VervilleFirst flight 1930Primary user private amp USAACNumber built 11 sportsman 4 YPT military The White Aircraft Company bought the rights to the AT in 1939 2 3 Contents 1 Civilian version 2 Military version trainer 3 Specifications 4 See also 5 References 6 External linksCivilian version edit nbsp Advertisement for the Verville Sport Trainer AT nbsp Advertisement of the White Verville Advanced Trainer WVAT 1 from 1939 just after White purchased the rights to the design The Sportsman as it was also known 4 5 offered excellent flight characteristics and good stability due in part to the design of the lower wing With leather trim battery with starter and navigation lights the Sport Trainer sold for 5 250 There were 10 manufactured The owner of serial number one was Eugene Francis May 6 One AT was built for NACA testing in 1930 and was designated the AT 4 It had modified wide landing gear with added fittings for pontoons which may or may not have been used The colors were a blue fuselage silver wings yellow stripe Special equipment included EDO pontoon fittings with structural bearing steel interplane struts 7 On 31 January 1931 test pilot Lou Meister bailed out of this plane after entering an unrecoverable spin He died when his parachute did not fully deploy after bailing out 8 One AT was modified in 1931 for Lycoming Manufacturing Company of Williamsport Pennsylvania It was designated the LT Sportsman It was fitted with a 210 hp Lycoming R 680 Kenneth Parker the son of George Safford Parker founder of Parker Pen Company owned an AT Military version trainer editThe USAAC purchased 4 YPT 10 s and tested with 5 different engine versions resulting in YPT 10 thru YPT 10D designations It had a 165 hp engine and could produce top speed of 120 mph which was not faster than other aircraft of that era but was more than adequate for the flight training purposes of the Army Specifications editGeneral characteristics Capacity 2 Length 24 ft 3 in 7 39 m Wingspan 31 ft 9 4 m Height 8 ft 9 in 2 67 m Empty weight 1 562 lb 709 kg Gross weight 2 243 lb 1 017 kg Powerplant 1 Continental A70 7 cyl air cooled radial piston engine 165 hp 123 kW Performance Maximum speed 115 mph 185 km h 100 kn Endurance 3 hours 30 minutesOther specsHeywood air starter dual A P C brakes 9 See also edit nbsp Aviation portalAlfred V VervilleReferences edit Willey Scott Verville Sport Trainer AT Garber Facility Virtual Tour Aviation History Online Museum Abandoned amp Little Known Airfields New York State Rochester area Airfields freeman com Archived from the original on 2014 05 17 Retrieved 2014 05 16 American airplanes Wh Wy Aerofiles com Retrieved 2014 05 16 Joseph P Juptner s US Civil Aircraft Volume 3 Page 193 195 ISBN 978 0830643684 Joseph P Juptner s US Civil Aircraft Volume 4 Pages 83 86 ISBN 978 0830643691 The Early Years Archived 2016 03 03 at the Wayback Machine Gene May Test Pilot Extraordinaire 2009 Carroll s Creations Verville Verville Packard Verville Sperry Aerofiles 4 17 09 Skyways Skyways 60 30 October 2001 1930 1014 Flight Archive Flightglobal com 1930 08 29 Retrieved 2014 05 16 External links edit nbsp Wikimedia Commons has media related to Verville Sport Trainer AT Aviation Enthusiast Corner Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title Verville Sport Trainer AT amp oldid 1125123068, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
