A two place cabin, low wing monoplane, produced in 1939 the Thorp T-5 NX15542 was a prototype trainer for the Boeing School of Aeronautics, based on Paulic XT-3B design, which had been dismantled.
The Boeing T-5 or Thorp T-5 was a student-built aircraft that was an all-metal, side-by-side configuration, low-wing, conventional landing gear-equipped aircraft. It was test flown by Eddie Allen in 1939.
Officially neither a Boeing Co design nor product, this attractive tandem-seat trainer was built by students at Boeing School and thusly adopted the Boeing name for licensing convenience as NX15542.
Refitted with tricycle gear and a 215hp Lycoming as the T-6 in 1939 by Paulic.
It was flown for 15-20 hours, then dismantled.
War clouds and metal shortages brought an end to the project and the T-5 / T-6 was scrapped.
Engine: Wright R-760, 350hp
Wingspan: 34’1″
Length: 24’9″
Useful load: 885 lb
Max speed: 226 mph
Cruise speed: 200 mph
Stall: 65 mph
Seats: 2
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