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History:
35 years ago, a disassembled but complete Fairchild PT-19 (M62A) was trucked to Flabob and stored in a small hangar. Over the years, the owners paid rent faithfully; but lost interest and abandoned the aircraft. Eventually, the hangar doors jammed with dirt, and inches of dust hid the sleeping warbird. In 2007, the remaining living owner donated the aircraft to Flabob, the doors were pried open, and the hidden treasure was revealed.
The abandoned PT-19 was a natural for Don Newman, it would be his second, and a chance for him to regain a Fairchild. When he submitted his request to Homestead the project, the Wathen Foundation Trustees approved unanimously. Don set to work with gusto, first rebuilding the dusty old hangar that held the aircraft, then on to the tedious work of rebuilding a 70 year- old wooden airplane. Pops does everything with craftsman- like precision; soon the beautiful Fairchild emerged, restored exactly as it served at Garner Field, Uvalde, Texas in WWII. Pops says “I kinda got it down on the second airplane, took me a year less; I remembered valuable lessons from the first project.”
The first flight was on October 26th, all of Flabob was elated, but the biggest grin of all was on the face of Pops who took his beautiful one dollar “airplane in a barn” out of the shadows and into the sky.

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Specifications

Registration Number	Date of Manufacture
N-48671	1941
Aircraft Role	Nickname
Primary Trainer	Cradle of Heroes
Aircraft Type:	Wingspan:
Fairchild PT-19/PT-23/PT-26	36 feet
Overall length:	Empty weight:
27 feet 8.5 inches	2022 pounds
Gross weight:	Fuel capacity:
2736 pounds	400 miles
Oil capacity	Engine type:
4 Gal.	Single 200 hp Ranger L440 inverted inline piston engine, or 220 hp Continental W670 radial piston en
Propeller type:	Max Speed
	122 mph
Rate of Climb	Cruise Speed
	95 mph
Service Ceiling	Number of Crew
13,200 feet	Two Tandem
Armament	Bomb Load
None	None
Number Built	Number Surviving
7742 all variants	100+ all variants