• View of the landing gear of a plane. U.S. army is painted on the wings of the plane.
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    Improved from the earlier PT-16, the PT-22 was a military trainer aircraft used by the United States Army Air Corps and it successor, the United States Army Air Forces. It was the first low wing monoplane used for primary pilot training and made for a smoother transition to more demanding low wing fighters during World War II. The Army Air Forces accepted 1,023 PT-22s. Highlighted in this image is the landing gear of the Ryan PT-22A Recruit.
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Eric Long
Date Created
12/19/2019
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Smithsonian National Air and Space Museum
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Aircraft; Aviation; Military; World War II
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