Fleetwings PQ-12

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! Role | Manned aerial-target |- ! National origin | United States |- ! Manufacturer | Fleetwings |-

! Primary user | United States Army Air Corps |-

! Number built | 9 |- |} The Fleetwings PQ-12 was a 1940s American manned aerial-target designed and built by Fleetwings for the United States Army Air Corps.

The PQ-12 was a single-engined monoplane with a 225 hp (168 kW) Lycoming O-435 piston engine. It had a fixed nose-wheel landing gear, twin vertical tails and an open-cockpit was provided for manned flight. Instead of the optional pilot a 500 lb (225 kg) bomb could be carried in the cockpit. The original prototype was cancelled but a modified variant was built followed by eight test aircraft, although an order for 40 production aircraft was placed it was subsequently cancelled.

Variants

XPQ-12

Prototype, not built.

XPQ-12A

Modified prototype, one-built.

YPQ-12A

Test and evaluation aircraft, eight-built.

PQ-12A

Production variant, 40 ordered but none were built.

References

Notes

Bibliography

• Andrade, John (1979). U.S.Military Aircraft Designations and Serials since 1909. Midland Counties Publications. ISBN 0 904597 22 9.