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Northrop C 19 Alpha

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Top speed
  
274 km/h

Length
  
8.66 m

Wingspan
  
13 m

Designer
  
Jack Northrop

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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.

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Design and development

The YC-19 aircraft were Northrop Alpha 4s supplied for evaluation to the USAAC. No production orders were given. 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.

Operational history

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. The other aircraft were used for several more years until being sent to training schools as subjects for maintenance and repair classes.

Variants

YC-19
one aircraft, previously an Alpha 4, serial number 31-516
Y1C-19
two aircraft, serial numbers 31-517 to 31-518, Pratt & Whitney R-1340-11 engine

Operators

  •  United States: US Army Air Corps

    • Specifications (YC-19)

    Data from "Janes all the Worlds Aircraft" - 1931, page 303c

    General characteristics

  • Crew: one pilot
  • Capacity: four passengers
  • Length: 28 ft 5 in (8.66 m)
  • Wingspan: 41 ft 10 in (12.75 m)
  • Height: 9 ft 0 in (2.74 m)
  • Max. takeoff weight: 4,700 lb (2,136 kg)
  • Powerplant: 1 × Pratt & Whitney R-1340-7 Wasp radial, 450 hp (336 kW)

    • Performance

  • Maximum speed: 170 mph (272 km/h)
  • Range: 650 miles (1,040 km)
  • Service ceiling: 19,000 ft (5,792 m)

    • References

    Northrop C-19 Alpha Wikipedia
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