Northrop C-19 Alpha
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The Northrop C-19 Alpha was a series of three aircraft purchased from Northrop by the US Army Air Corps in 1931. They were slightly modified versions of the civil Northrop Alpha Type 2.[1] The major difference between the C-19s and the Alphas was that the civilian version carried a pilot and six passengers while the Army version carried a pilot and four passengers. One aircraft, the last of the three purchased, crashed between Richmond and Petersburg, Virginia on Sunday, March 19, 1933, killing its pilot and two passengers.[citation needed] The other aircraft were used for several more years until being sent to training schools as subjects for maintenance and repair classes.
[edit] Design and development
The YC-19 aircraft were Northrop Alpha 4s supplied for evaluation to the USAAC. No production oders was given.[1]
[edit] Variants
- YC-19
- one aircraft, previously an Alpha 4, serial numbers 31-516[2]
- Y1C-19
- two aircraft, serial numbers 31-517 to 31-518,[2] Pratt & Whitney R-1340-11 engine[3]
[edit] Operators
[edit] Specifications (YC-19)
Data from "Janes all the Worlds Aircraft" - 1931, page 303c
General characteristics
Performance
[edit] See also
- Related development
- Related lists
[edit] References
- ^ a b c "The Complete Encyclopedia of World Aircraft" Editors: Paul Eden & Soph Moeng, (Amber Books Ltd. Bradley's Close, 74-77 White Lion Street, London, NI 9PF, 2002, ISBN 0-7607-3432-1), 1152 pp.
- ^ a b "United States Military Aircraft Since 1909" by F. G. Swanborough & Peter M. Bowers (Putnam New York, ISBN 085177816X) 1964, 596 pp.
- ^ "U.S. Army Aircraft 1908-1946" by James C. Fahey, 1946, 64pp.
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