The Consolidated Model 21 was an American two-seat training aircraft built by the Consolidated Aircraft Company. It was used by the United States Army Air Corps with the designation PT-11 and the United States Coast Guard under the designation N4Y.
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Consolidated Y1PT-11 | |
Role | Primary trainer Type of aircraft |
Manufacturer | Consolidated Aircraft Company, Fleet Aircraft |
Introduction | 1931 |
Primary users | United States Army Air Corps United States Coast Guard |
Number built | 41[1][2] |
The Model 21 was an aerodynamic cleaned up version of the Model 12/PT-3, one of the distinguishing features being curved instead of angular tail surfaces. The aircraft was a single-engined biplane with fixed tailwheel landing gear and accommodation for two in open cockpits.
Designated the PT-11 by the United States Army Air Corps it progressed through a number of trial variants but was not built in large numbers. 11 Examples of the model 21-C were built in Canada as the 21-M for Mexico but none were built for local use.
Data from "The Illustrated Encyclopedia of Aircraft (Part Work 1982-1985)" Orbis Publishing
General characteristics
Performance
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