Northrop A-17

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The Northrop A-17 was a two seat, single engine, monoplane, attack bomber built in 1935 by the Northrop Corporation for the US Army Air Corps. The A-17 was equipped with perforated flaps, had fixed landing gear with partial fairing. It was fitted with an internal fuselage bomb bay that carried fragmentation bombs and well as external bomb racks.

Specifications (A-17)

General characteristics

• Crew: two: pilot, gunner
• Length: 9.8 m (32 ft)
• Wingspan: 14.6 m (47 ft 9 in)
• Height: m (ft )
• Wing area: m² (ft²)
• Empty: kg (lb)
• Maximum takeoff: 1,100 kg (2,420 lb)
• Powerplant: one, Pratt and Whitney R-1535-11 Twin Wasp Jr. double row radial air-cooled engine, 560 kW (750 hp)

Performance

• Maximum speed: 332 km/h (206 mi/h)
• Cruise speed: 274 km/h (170 mi/h)
• Range: 1,127 km (700 miles)
• Service ceiling: 5,900 m (19,400 ft)
• Rate of climb: m/min (ft/min)
• Wing loading: kg/m² ( lb/ft²)
• Power/mass:

Armament

• internal bay for bombs
• external wing bomb racks

Operators

• Argentina, Canada, China, France, Iraq, Netherlands, Norway, Peru, South Africa, Sweden, United Kingdom, United States.

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