The USA interwar planes (1 Viewer)

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Curtiss-Wright AT-9 advanced trainer.
Curtiss-Wright AT-9 twin-engine advance trainer..jpg
 
I love the looks of this plane. I understand it was difficult fly and wasn't to be sold on the civilian market. I don't know how true that was.
It was extremely squirrely.... Engine out on landing usually resulted in destruction. Only a couple survived the end of the war scrapping and tech school life. The one at Dayton is a composite of two airframes and a lot of reproduction work. Pima has part of one, but I don't know what it consists of. There is one cockpit section that might be the basis for a restoration, but I haven't heard anything on that project in years. I don't know if is this is what Pima has, or is privately held.
 
It was extremely squirrely.... Engine out on landing usually resulted in destruction. Only a couple survived the end of the war scrapping and tech school life. The one at Dayton is a composite of two airframes and a lot of reproduction work. Pima has part of one, but I don't know what it consists of. There is one cockpit section that might be the basis for a restoration, but I haven't heard anything on that project in years. I don't know if is this is what Pima has, or is privately held.
Was it specifically designed to be "challenging" to fly? It was supposed to be an advanced trainer, right?
 

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