Three versions produced and this was the latest. The cost and simplicity of the various PTs made them popular on the surplus market after the war and many are still used by private owners. This model is available in bright yellow as the Canadian 'Cornell'.
Although Army policy tended eventually to favour the biplane for primary pilot training programmes in World War 11, the Fairchild low-wing trainers were built in almost as large a number as the Boeing-Stearman biplanes, and were widely used in U.S. training schools. Having been developed by Fairchild as the M-62, this design was first purchased by the Army in 1940 as the rapid expansion of the Air Corps got under way, and was designated PT-19. Powered by the 175 h.p. Ranger L-440-1 engine, the PT-19 had tandem seating in open cockpits and a gross weight of 2,550 lb. Production totalled 270...

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