{"id":1055,"date":"2018-01-01T13:43:18","date_gmt":"2018-01-01T13:43:18","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/brooksidepress.org\/cartmell\/?page_id=1055"},"modified":"2018-01-01T18:56:42","modified_gmt":"2018-01-01T18:56:42","slug":"vultee-bt-15-valiant","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/brooksidepress.org\/cartmell\/things\/vultee-bt-15-valiant\/","title":{"rendered":"Vultee BT 15 Valiant"},"content":{"rendered":"

While at Lemoore Army Air Field<\/a> receiving his Basic Flight Training<\/a>, Tom flew in the BT-15 aircraft.<\/p>\n

\"Vultee<\/a>
Vultee BT-15<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

From Wikipedia:<\/p>\n

The\u00a0Vultee BT-13 Valiant<\/b>\u00a0was an American\u00a0World War II<\/a>-era advanced (although called basic)\u00a0trainer aircraft<\/a>\u00a0built by\u00a0Vultee Aircraft<\/a>\u00a0for the\u00a0United States Army Air Corps<\/a>, and later\u00a0US Army Air Forces<\/a>. A subsequent variant of the BT-13 in USAAC\/USAAF service was known as the\u00a0BT-15 Valiant<\/b>, while an identical version for the\u00a0US Navy<\/a>was known as the\u00a0SNV<\/b>\u00a0and was used to train\u00a0naval aviators<\/a>\u00a0for the US Navy and its sister services, the\u00a0US Marine Corps<\/a>\u00a0and\u00a0US Coast Guard<\/a>.[1]<\/a><\/sup><\/em><\/p>\n

https:\/\/youtu.be\/GaL6J7KkYeg<\/p>\n

The Vultee\u00a0BT-13<\/b>\u00a0was the basic trainer flown by most American pilots during World War II. It was the second phase of the three phase training program for pilots. After primary training in\u00a0PT-13<\/a>,\u00a0PT-17<\/a>, or\u00a0PT-19<\/a>\u00a0trainers, the student pilot moved to the more complex Vultee for continued flight training. The BT-13 had a more powerful engine and was faster and heavier than the primary trainer. It required the student pilot to use two way radio communications with the ground and to operate\u00a0landing flaps\u00a0<\/a>and a two-position\u00a0Hamilton Standard<\/a>\u00a0controllable-pitch propeller<\/a>. It did not, however, have retractable landing gear nor a hydraulic system. The flaps were operated by a crank-and-cable system. Its pilots nicknamed it the “Vultee Vibrator.”<\/em><\/p>\n