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Ryan PT-22 'Recruit' Trainer-
Primary trainers represented the first of three stages of military flight training--primary, basic, and advanced. Prior to 1939, the Air Corps relied entirely on biplanes as primary trainers, but in 1940 it ordered a small number of Ryan low-wing civilian trainers and designated them as PT-16s.They were so successful that the Air Corps then ordered large numbers of improved versions, among them the PT-22. By the time production was completed in 1942, 1,023 PT-22s had been delivered.
(Smaller Size Shown)
Chauncy Green designed this model along with the P-16 ST-A version
with the enclosed engine..His attention to even the smallest detail
sure makes for a neat little model..I think it's his best yet... John
Hey there ol' buddy--I just finished the PT-22, using the Red River silver paper for the fuselage. Thanks to you and Chauncy for a fine little model! I am attaching some low res pics for your amusement. Her cousin the PT-16 is printed and ready to go. I don't know if anybody bothers to write to you and sing praises a bit.If not, they should. You and your recently recruited help have been doing a heckuva job--and I don't mean that in the same sense as " you're doing a heckuva job, Brownie." This one's for real. The quality of your work has escalated at a furious pace--not that we can't still appreciate the artistic merits of the "old stuff." John Freeman (see below) As the Ryan PT (primary trainer) 22 is quite a well known aircraft I will not impose a lengthy history of it on you this time. No promises for the future, however. The Ryan Aircraft company was already well known because of designing and building the ship that Charles Lindberg used for his famous crossing of the Atlantic. Even though it was well known, old man Ryan decided to not concentrate on building planes, but instead to grow his line of flying schools and related services. However, he just couldn't stay away from the design business, and designed the Ryan ST (sport trainer) which the government eyed as a trainer as WWII approached. It evolved through the PT-16 to the PT-22. The 22 was powered by the powerful Kinner engine, whose five cylinders protruded through the otherwise sleek cowling. Anyone who has ever heard a plane with a Kinner engine will never forget, or ever mistake the sound. Sounds like a kid dragging a stick along a picket fence--sort of a pucketa-pucketa-pucketa noise. I got my nerve up on this one and tried the Red River Metallic Silver paper for the fuselage. I found it tough to work with for two reasons--it is much more difficult to form than our regular stuff, and it doesn't take as kindly to glue. With card stock I can fudge a bit of a compound curve here and there when necessary--not so with this stuff. I did scrape the silver off the glue tabs, but I believe the backing is not ordinary paper--it still didn't glue readily. That said, it is beautiful stuff, and the flaws that I was so concerned about sort of faded as the detail was added. I will use it again, and no doubt get better at it with practise. The model, of course, came from Fiddlers Green.. Thanks Chip and company for a nice job! John Freeman
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