The Ryan’s ASI would be in MPH, not knots, as with anything U.S. built in its era. The PT22 has a reputation as a plane that will snap out of an accelerated stall, so not one in which you’d want to do violent maneuvers near the ground. My initial instructor has substantial time in one and also in the Menasco powered predecessor. The Kinner is actually a pretty reliable engine so it’d be interesting to know what happened. Surely good that the pilot isn’t too badly hurt.
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Took me a while to fathom that one out
I have a vague memory shipping used them even earlier
Not sure when Knots came into existence. Probably after WWII.
If I had to guess MPH. Back then things were listed in MPH. Just did a google search of the Ryan and Stearman and they are listed in MPH. Not sure when Knots came into existence. Probably after WWII.
On another forum, someone (who is apparently the owner/pilot of a very similar type) reports
a relatively high stall and approach speeds of 65/ 85
unfortunately not making clear whether those speeds are in mph or knots.
What would be the stall speed of this aircraft?
That was great flying. Sorry about the aircraft though.
As somebody who grew up with Indiana Jones, I had to immediately think of that:
Great pilot! Many don’t even manage to survive their first crash. He survived three so far if I’m not mistaken.