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Description
| Manufacturer: | Vultee | |
| Base model: | BT-13 | |
| Designation: | BT-13 | |
| Version: | B | |
| Nickname: | Valiant | |
| Designation System: | U.S. Air Force | |
| Designation Period: | 1930-1947 | |
| Basic role: | Basic Trainer | |
Specifications
| Length: | 28' 8" | 8.7 m | |
| Height: | 12' 4" | 3.7 m | |
| Wingspan: | 42' 2" | 12.8 m | |
| Gross Weight: | 4,226 lb | 1,916 kg | |
Propulsion
| No. of Engines: | 1 | ||
| Powerplant: | Pratt & Whitney R-985-AN-1 | ||
| Horsepower (each): | 450 | ||
Performance
| Range: | 880 miles | 1,417 km | |
| Cruise Speed: | 130 mph | 209 km/h | 112 kt |
| Max Speed: | 155 mph | 249 km/h | 134 kt |
| Ceiling: | 19,400 ft | 5,912 m | |
Known serial numbers
Examples of this type may be found at
| Museum | City | State |
| Air Mobility Command Museum | Dover AFB | Delaware |
| Museum of Aviation | Warner Robins AFB | Georgia |
| United States Air Force Museum | Wright-Patterson | Ohio |
BT-13B on display
Air Mobility Command Museum | Museum of Aviation | United States Air Force Museum |
Recent comments by our visitors
| Jeff Glasser Glastonbury, England, SC | I have some old photos' given to me by an ex R.A.F. pilot who learnt to fly in the states during W.W.II. They feature Stearmans and I believe BT 13B's. There are a couple of the Instructor with a Stearman. There is also a photo' of a Harvard (Texan?)I have managed through GoogleEarth to work out that the air to air shots are over Macon, Georgia.
Does anyone know of an address that I can e-mail these historic photos' to? Someone might recognise the young instuctor. (I have put my State as South Carolina just to get this to submit Jeff Glasser 04/20/2011 @ 11:45 [ref: 37536] |
| Frank McDonald , TX | The initial aircraft maintenance training provided me was at Love Field in Dallas. We had seven A models. At the completion of the 36 weeks of training, we flew (several of our instructors were ex USAAF pilots) five. The one my class was responsible for came back from its FCF with one writeup: "Tail wheel will not unlock".
Mr. Mac 06/02/2008 @ 14:22 [ref: 21083] |
| Frank McDonald , TX | The initial aircraft maintenance training provided me was at Love Field in Dallas. We had seven A models. At the completion of the 36 weeks of training, we flew (several of our instructors were ex USAAF pilots) five. The one my class was responsible for came back from its FCF with one writeup: "Tail wheel will not unlock".
Mr. Mac 06/02/2008 @ 14:22 [ref: 21082] |
| Dan Hart Warner Robins, GA | Does anyone know if there was ever an airplane at Cochren Field or around Wellston Depot south of Macon that was a three seater? One of my Volunteers says that as a boy he remembers watching the planes land and there would be three people climb out of the cockpit. He says the plane resembles the BT-13 or T-6 as best he remembers. I have tried to help him but have been unable to locate such a plane in this area during the 40's. I know the Navy had a plane with a three man crew because of a rear facing gun, but can not find any evidence of it being in this area with the army. My email is dan.hart@museumofaviation.org. Any help will be appreciated. 04/10/2008 @ 06:41 [ref: 20413] |
| Ivan E. Hutchins Bloomsdale, MO | As a young line boy working at Lakeside Airport from 1947-50, I acquired a private pilots license at age 17. The FBO at the airport, Jessey Omar Midyett, sold me and another lineboy, james T. Malter, a BT-13 for $250. He sold it to us for a $50.00 down payment and a $50 a month payment, that equaled $25 out of each of our salaries each month to ward the monthly payment. I had a second night job working on a Union construction job that Summer (1948) and we had the airplane paid off within three months. Needless to say, i spent all my money flying the BT with it burning about 20 gal an hour. But hell, gas was only about 22 cents a gallon, so between my friend and I we kept the tanks full and ready for flying. The BT was not a complicated aircraft as I soloed it with about 5 hours instruction by a CFI. I'd also flown most of the surplus PT type aircraft on the airfield also!
it was a grand old time following WWII with the GI Bill going and flight schools having many surplus aircraft for sale for pennies on the dollar.I have been an active pilot for 60 odd years now---thanks to an old test pilot and FBO named Omar Midyett. Lakeside Airport was in Madison County, Illinois, on the east shore of Horseshoe Lake---it was closed as an airfield in 2001---today it is only a corn field with ghost hanging out there. Ivan Hutchins (Ret.) 06/18/2007 @ 18:38 [ref: 16877] |
| Ed Wolak Moreland,, GA | I was stationed at Cochran Field, Macon, Ga 1941-1945. I started out as a crew chief with BT-13As became a WOJG and ended up as OIC of PLM responsible for 50-100 hr inspections, and anything else that was necessary. The dfference between a BT-13A and BT-13B was that the outer wing panels were made of wood, as was the entire fuselage aft of the rear cockpit, including the tail surfaces and the fuselage side panels. Don't know about the 2" difference in lenght, never had occasion to measure it.wolake 03/03/2007 @ 11:17 [ref: 15734] |
| Ed Wolak Moreland,, GA | I was stationed at Cochran Field, Macon, Ga 1941-1945. I started out as a crew chief with BT-13As became a WOJG and ended up as OIC of PLM responsible for 50-100 hr inspections, and anything else that was necessary. The dfference between a BT-13A and BT-13B was that the outer wing panels were made of wood, as was the entire fuselage aft of the rear cockpit, including the tail surfaces and the fuselage side panels. Don't know about the 2" difference in lenght, never had occasion to measure it.wolake 03/03/2007 @ 11:16 [ref: 15733] |
| Ralph Mains La Porte, TX | The book "US Army Aircraft 1908-1946" , by James C. Fahey,
says there were 6,407 BT-13A's and 1,125 BT-13B's procured. The BT-13A model was procured in 1941. The BT-13B's were procured in 1942. The BT-13B was 2" shorter OA and had a 24 volt system. The gross increased by 134lbs more than the A model. I too was a A/E in the 1st USAAF(Brown Shoe)and worked as a line mechanic at Bolling Field DC. 10/18/2006 @ 16:10 [ref: 14502] |
| Ralph Mains La Porte, TX | The book "US Army Aircraft 1908-1946" , by James C. Fahey,
says there were 6,407 BT-13A's and 1,125 BT-13B's procured. The BT-13A model was procured in 1941. The BT-13B's were procured in 1942. The BT-13B was 2" shorter OA and had a 24 volt system. The gross increased by 134lbs more than the A model. I too was a A/E in the 1st USAAF(Brown Shoe)and worked as a line mechanic at Bolling Field DC. 10/18/2006 @ 16:10 [ref: 14501] |
| Ralph Mains La Porte, TX | The book "US Army Aircraft 1908-1946" , by James C. Fahey,
says there were 6,407 BT-13A's and 1,125 BT-13B's procured. The BT-13A model was procured in 1941. The BT-13B's were procured in 1942. The BT-13B was 2" shorter OA and had a 24 volt system. The gross increased by 134lbs more than the A model. I too was a A/E in the 1st USAAF(Brown Shoe)and worked as a line mechanic at Bolling Field DC. 10/18/2006 @ 16:10 [ref: 14500] |
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