I have a good pic of the plane sitting in the river, not sure who took it.
but from it and what they showed on the local TV news the plane really did
not look to damaged at all,....however it is just a "wee" bit WET! It is
a nice looking plane and sure hope they can get her fixed up soon.

Patrick
student SPL
aircraft structural mech

"Montblack" wrote in message
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("W P Dixon" wrote)
[snip]
About The Plane

The PT-26 is a "canopied version" of the open-cockpit PT-19 Cornell
developed by Fairchild in 1938, according to the Web site of the U.S. Air
Force Museum.

"Designed as a rugged monoplane primary trainer, the PT-19 went into
quantity production for the Army Air Corps in 1940," the Web site stated.

"In 1942, the Army Air Forces (AAF) ordered the PT-26 into production for
the Royal Canadian Air Force under the Lend-Lease Program. A total of
more than 1,700 PT-26s were produced in the U.S. by Fairchild and in
Canada by Fleet Aircraft, Ltd." The airplane has seats for two occupants
located one behind the other.


(Photos and history)
http://www.goldenwingsmuseum.com/Aircraft.html
Center box:
Fairchild PT-19 - 1943
Fairchild PT-23A - 1943 (Radial engine)
Fairchild PT-26 - 1942 (Yes, found in a barn!!)
Fairchild PT-26 - 1944

All are basically the same plane. The museum's PT-26 (like the one that
crashed) was 'found' in a barn. I'd driven past that barn many times over
the years. Hmm!! Who knew?


Montblack