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Aviation History
1944
1944 - 0969.PDF
MAY IITH, 1944 ing Attitudes ^OWDfr Cessna AT-17 Bobcat advanced trainer. MILITARY version of the Cessna T-50 five-seater light com mercial type, the Bobcat is powered by either 225 h.p, Lycoming or Jacobs radial engines. In the former case it is the AT-8, and in the latter the AT-17; apart from engines, the two versions are identical, but the AT-17 is the Cessna Crane of the R.C.A.F. When used as a personnel transport by the U.S.A.A.F. it is the C-78. Eesides providing advanced training, the Crane can also be equipped as an ambulance or photographic aircraft. A four-seater version for instructing wireless operators is also produced. Top speed is about 195 m.p.h., but it lands at only 55 m.p.h. Recognition points include low wings with dihedral from the roots and tapering almost entirely on the trailing edge; rounded tips; the tailplane tapers on leading edge only and has semi circular tips; large single fin and rudder. Dimensions: Span, 42ft.; length, 33ft.; height, gft. 5m.; wing area, 295 sq. ft. STANDARD advanced trainer of the R.A.F., the Airspeed Oxford is also in service in Canada, Rhodesia, Australia and New Zealand, and is used on ambulance duties in the Middle East. The Oxford V is powered by two 450 h.p. Pratt and Whitney Wasp Junior air-cooled radial engines and has a top speed of about 200 m.p.h. Earlier versions bad Cheetah engines and were somewhat slower. The Mark I had a dorsal gun turret, but this was omitted from the Mark II onwards, its duties at A.F.U. being conversion to twins and night flying training. ^omewhat resembling the Anson it replaced, the Oxford has higher aspect-ratio wings which taper to small semi-circular tips, a tapered tailplane with a "bite" in the trailing edge and round tips, and an almost pointed apex to its single fin and rudder. Dimensions: Span, 53ft. 4m.; length, 34ft. 6in.; height, 11ft. iin.; wing area, 348 sq. ft. Airspeed Oxford advanced trainer
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