{"id":1061,"date":"2018-01-01T19:17:55","date_gmt":"2018-01-01T19:17:55","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/brooksidepress.org\/cartmell\/?page_id=1061"},"modified":"2023-11-25T19:17:37","modified_gmt":"2023-11-26T01:17:37","slug":"at-17-bobcat","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/brooksidepress.org\/cartmell\/things\/at-17-bobcat\/","title":{"rendered":"AT-17 Bobcat"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>This was one of the aircraft available for Tom&#8217;s Basic Flight Training at Lemoore Army Air Field.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_1062\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-1062\" style=\"width: 550px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"http:\/\/brooksidepress.org\/cartmell\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/01\/Cessna_AT-17.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-1062\" src=\"http:\/\/brooksidepress.org\/cartmell\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/01\/Cessna_AT-17.jpg\" alt=\"Cessna AT-17 Bobcat\" width=\"550\" height=\"438\" title=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/brooksidepress.org\/cartmell\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/01\/Cessna_AT-17.jpg 550w, https:\/\/brooksidepress.org\/cartmell\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/01\/Cessna_AT-17-300x239.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 550px) 100vw, 550px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-1062\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Cessna AT-17 Bobcat<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>From Wikipedia:<\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px;\"><em>The\u00a0<b>Cessna AT-17 Bobcat<\/b>\u00a0was a twin-engined advanced\u00a0<a title=\"Trainer (aircraft)\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Trainer_(aircraft)\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">trainer aircraft<\/a>\u00a0designed and made in the\u00a0<a title=\"United States\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/United_States\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">United States<\/a>, and used during\u00a0<a title=\"World War II\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/World_War_II\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">World War II<\/a>\u00a0to bridge the gap between single-engined trainers and twin-engined combat aircraft. The AT-17 was powered by two\u00a0<a title=\"Jacobs R-755\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Jacobs_R-755\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Jacobs R-755<\/a>-9\u00a0<a title=\"Radial engine\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Radial_engine\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">radial<\/a>\u00a0<a title=\"Reciprocating engine\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Reciprocating_engine\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">reciprocating engines<\/a>. The commercial version was the\u00a0<b>Model T-50<\/b>, from which the AT-17 was developed.<\/em><\/p>\n<p><iframe width=\"560\" height=\"315\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/X6Wlci9W9JA?si=vttDxrf2Ytfz4ryK\" title=\"YouTube video player\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px;\"><em>The\u00a0<b>AT-17<\/b>\u00a0was a military version of the commercial\u00a0<b>Cessna T-50<\/b>\u00a0light transport. The\u00a0<a title=\"Cessna\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Cessna\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Cessna<\/a>\u00a0Airplane Company first produced the wood and tubular steel, fabric-covered T-50 in 1939 for the civilian market, as a lightweight and low-cost twin for personal use where larger aircraft such as the\u00a0<a title=\"Beechcraft Model 18\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Beechcraft_Model_18\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Beech 18<\/a>\u00a0would be too expensive. A low-wing\u00a0<a title=\"Cantilever\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Cantilever\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">cantilever<\/a>\u00a0<a title=\"Monoplane\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Monoplane\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">monoplane<\/a>, it featured\u00a0<a title=\"Landing gear\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Landing_gear\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">retractable main landing gear<\/a>\u00a0and wing trailing edge\u00a0<a title=\"Flap (aeronautics)\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Flap_(aeronautics)\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">flaps<\/a>, both electrically actuated. The wing structure was built up of laminated spruce spar beams with spruce and plywood ribs. The fixed\u00a0<a title=\"Conventional landing gear\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Conventional_landing_gear\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">tailwheel<\/a>\u00a0is non-steerable and\u00a0<a title=\"Caster\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Caster\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">full-swivelling<\/a>. The prototype T-50 made its maiden flight on 26 March 1939.<sup id=\"cite_ref-Wixley_p13_1-0\" class=\"reference\"><a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Cessna_AT-17_Bobcat#cite_note-Wixley_p13-1\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">[1]<\/a><\/sup><\/em><\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px;\"><em>In 1940, the United States Army Air Corps ordered them under the designation\u00a0<b>AT-8<\/b>\u00a0as multi-engine advanced trainers.<\/em><\/p>\n<p><iframe title=\"Fiddling Around America, Part 4 \u2014 Bamboo Bomber Tour\" width=\"474\" height=\"267\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/njJTmm7tDJI?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px;\"><em>Dubbed the &#8220;Bamboo Bomber&#8221; by the pilots who flew them, it was one of the aircraft featured in the popular\u00a0<a title=\"Television\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Television\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">television<\/a>\u00a0series &#8220;<a title=\"Sky King\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Sky_King\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Sky King<\/a>&#8221; of the early-to-mid 1950s. The aircraft was replaced in later episodes by the T-50&#8217;s successor, the all-metal\u00a0<a title=\"Cessna 310\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Cessna_310\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Cessna 310<\/a>.<\/em><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n ","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>This was one of the aircraft available for Tom&#8217;s Basic Flight Training at Lemoore Army Air Field. From Wikipedia: The\u00a0Cessna AT-17 Bobcat\u00a0was a twin-engined advanced\u00a0trainer aircraft\u00a0designed and made in the\u00a0United States, and used during\u00a0World War II\u00a0to bridge the gap between single-engined trainers and twin-engined combat aircraft. The AT-17 was powered by two\u00a0Jacobs R-755-9\u00a0radial\u00a0reciprocating engines. 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