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NORTHROP BT-1
1937
 
SCOUT BOMBER/DIVE-BOMBER
  
 
 
  
 
DATA
  
 
NORTHROP BT-1
 
CLASSIFICATION
CLASS :
 SCOUT BOMBER/DIVE BOMBER
COUNTRY OF ORIGIN :
 UNITED STATES
MANUFACTURER :
 NORTHROP AIRCRAFT COMPANY, INC
FIRST FLIGHT :
 1937
SERVICE DELIVERY :
 1938
NUMBER BUILT :
 
   
SPECIFICATION
SPAN :
 41 ft 6 in
LENGTH :
 31 ft 8 in
HEIGHT :
 9 ft 11 in
WING AREA :
 319
WEIGHT EMPTY :
 4,606 lbs
WEIGHT LOADED :
 6,650 lbs
WEIGHT MAX :
 7,197
ARMAMENT :
 1 x .50 in Fixed Machine Guns in Nose
 
 1 x .30 in. Flexible Rear-Firing Machine Gun
BOMB LOAD :
 1,000 lbs
POWER PLANT :
 One Pratt & Whitney R-1535-94 Air-Cooled Radial
 
 Engine Rated @ 825 hp @ Takeoff, 750 hp @ 9,500 ft
CREW :
 2 - Pilot and Observer/Rear Gunner
   
PERFORMANCE
LANDING SPEED :
 66 mph
CRUISING SPEED :
 192 mph
MAXIMUM SPEED :
 222 mph @ 9,500 ft, 212 mph w/ 1000 lb Bomb
CLIMB RATE :
 1,270 ft/min
RANGE :
 550 miles w/ 1000 lb bomb, 1,150 miles Max
SERVICE CEILING :
 25,300 ft
 
 
 
 
REFERENCES
  
 

Gunston, Bill. The Illustrated Directory of Fighting Aircraft of World War II. New York: Prentice Hall Press. 1988. ISBN 0-13-450454-2.

Gunston, Bill. JANE'S Fighting Aircraft of World War II. New Jersey: Crescent Books, 1992. ISBN 0-517-67964-7.

Wagner, Raymond. American Combat Planes, Third Enlarged Edition New York: Doubleday & Company, Inc, 1982. ISBN 0-385-13120-8.

  
 
     
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