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CURTISS-WRIGHT AT-9 JEEP
Design & Development

Anticipating the military's need for a high performance, multi-engined trainer, Curtiss-Wright designed the CW-25. This twin-engined trainer, used the same basic design as the larger Cessna AT-17 Bobcat but showed takeoff and landing characteristics similar to that of a light bomber. Using the same basic design as the larger Cessna AT-17 Bobcat, the new CW-25 was designed to be simulate the demands of multi-engined operations.
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  The design featured a small layout with a fuselage of welded tube-steel construction with the lift and control surfaces being covered in fabric. Power was provided by two Lycoming R-680-9 radial engines mounted on the wings and the main gear retracting into the engine nacelles.

Variants:

CW-25
Prototype with fabric covered fuselage and tail surfaces

AT-9
Production aircraft with stressed-skin covering and two Lycoming R-680-9 radial engines, 491 built.

AT-9A
AT-9 with Lycoming R-680-11 radial engines and revised hydraulic system, 300 built before production ended in February 1943.

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