The Consolidated Model 2 was a biplane trainer manufactured by the Consolidated Aircraft Corporation and diverted to the United States Navy for a trainer competition in 1925. It beat out 14 other designs, and was ordered into production as the NY-1."The Complete Encyclopedia of World Aircraft" cover Editors: Paul Eden & Soph Moeng, (Amber Books Ltd. Bradley's Close, 74-77 White Lion Street, London, NI 9PF, 2002, ), 1152 pp.

Development The NY-1 was essentially a PT-1 with provisions for the wheeled landing gear to be replaced by a single large float under the fuselage and two stabilising floats under the tips of the lower wing. A larger vertical tail was added to counter the effect of the floats. The NY-2 had a longer span wing fitted to overcome the high wing-loading issue of the seaplane version. Tested with complete success during October 1926, the Navy ordered 181 with the uprated R-790-8 Wright Whirlwind J-5 engine of . The NY-3 aircraft were similar to the NY-2 but had Wright R-760-94 engines.

Operational history The NY-1's first flight was November 1925, with deliveries starting May 1926. The NY-2s first flight was October 1926. The Navy had 108 in active use in 1929, with 35 more assigned to reserve squadrons. The NY-3 was delivered in 1929. The NY series was being phased out in the mid-1930s, with 15 in service in 1937, and one in service in 1939.

Variants

NY-1 wingspan , Wright J-4 Whirlwind, 76 built. NY-1A a number of NY-1 aircraft modified for gunnery training with one trainable machine gun in the rear cockpit. NY-1B a number of retrofitted NY-1 aircraft with the long-span wings of the NY-2 and the Wright J-5 Whirlwind. NY-2 wingspan increased to , 220 hp J-5, 181 built. NY-2A NY-2 aircraft armed for gunnery training, 25 built. NY-3 similar to the NY-2 with a Wright R-760-94 Whirlwind, 20 built. XN3Y-1 a single NY-2 tested with a Wright R-790-A Whirlwind. D1C Brazilian Navy designation for the NY-2.

Operators

Brazilian Naval Aviation

United States Navy United States Marine Corps

Specifications (NY-2 floatplane)

See also

References

External links

Consolidated NY-1 (NASA) accessed July 16, 2007 Consolidated NY-2 (NASA) accessed July 16, 2007 Consolidated NY Trainer (US Centennial of Flight Commission) accessed July 16, 2007 Consolidated NY-1, -2, -3 (NAS GROSSE ILE) accessed July 16, 2007