MIflyer
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Video from Fairchild on the design and construction of the AT-21 trainer.
AT-21 Design and Construction
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fubar57
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Video keeps disappearing when I hit the refresh button. Must be a video of aircraft I am trying to build
Crimea_River
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A colour video then?
fubar57
General
OK...video is now there. What the heck happened to the guy at the 30 second mark? Looks like Scotty beamed him up
Yeah! One second he's there, the next....
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MIflyer
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Looks like he walked into the prop and as a result departed the scene faster than the camera could record it.
Not many airplanes used that V-770 engine and none were very successful. The XP-77, Edo scout floatplane, Curtiis Seamew, and the AT-21. A guy I know has installed a V-770 in his BF-108 and I was looking for info on it when I stumbled across that video.
By the time the AT-21 got into production its day already was over. I read not long ago that in 1943 they decided to standardize on the B-25 as the twin engined trainer and phased out the AT-9, Twin Beech, and similar trainers. They kept the B-25 as a trainer until the late 1950's.
Not many airplanes used that V-770 engine and none were very successful. The XP-77, Edo scout floatplane, Curtiis Seamew, and the AT-21. A guy I know has installed a V-770 in his BF-108 and I was looking for info on it when I stumbled across that video.
By the time the AT-21 got into production its day already was over. I read not long ago that in 1943 they decided to standardize on the B-25 as the twin engined trainer and phased out the AT-9, Twin Beech, and similar trainers. They kept the B-25 as a trainer until the late 1950's.
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Mark Evan Salutin
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- Jul 15, 2007
Been watching this video from Archive.org. Very nice description of the Duramold process...interesting composite structure that is
