Written by Charles S. Pipes.
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As World War II approached, the US Army Air Corps (USAAC) believed that a low-wing, higher-performance basic trainer was needed. The government was looking for a more demanding basic trainer that would better prepare the fledgling aviators for the high-performance nature of the combat aircraft being developed. This led to the USAAC purchasing the Fairchild PT-19 two-seat monoplane in 1939, and to quote the movie Forrest Gump, “That…