The Northrop C-19 Alpha was a series of three aircraft purchased from Northrop by the US Army Air Corps in 1931. They were slightly modified versions of the civil Northrop Alpha Type 2.[1]
YC-19 Alpha | |
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Northrop Y1C-19 | |
Role | Transport |
Manufacturer | Northrop |
Designer | John K. Northrop |
First flight | 1930 (Northrop Alpha) |
Introduction | 1931 |
Primary user | US Army Air Corps |
Number built | 3[1] |
Developed from | Northrop Alpha |
The YC-19 aircraft were Northrop Alpha 4s supplied for evaluation to the USAAC. No production orders were given.[1] The major difference between the C-19s and the Alphas was that the civilian version carried a pilot and six passengers while the Army version carried a pilot and four passengers.
One aircraft, the last of the three purchased, crashed between Richmond and Petersburg, Virginia on Sunday, March 19, 1933, killing its pilot and two passengers.[citation needed] The other aircraft were used for several more years until being sent to training schools as subjects for maintenance and repair classes.
Data from Janes all the Worlds Aircraft 1931[4]
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