Cable Airshow 2010
Vultee BT-13 Valiant

The first US Army orders for the BT-13 were in September of 1939. They were inexpensive and relatively easy to build. Vultee actually ran out of the Pratt and Whitney Wasp Junior engines they were using to produce them. Using a Wright Whirlwind in the BT-13 airframe produced the BT-15. When production ended in 1944, Vultee had built over 11,500 Valiants in only 2 variants. About 100 are around today with roughly half of them in flyable condition. This one is privately owned. It carries the markings of the Tuskegee training squadron.