Training aircraft used by Tuskegee Institute
- On View
- Segregation Gallery
- Museum Maps
- Objects in this Location
- Subject of
- Boeing Corporation, American, founded 1916
- Used by
- Tuskegee Institute, American, founded 1881
- Subject of
- Tuskegee Airmen, 1941 - 1946
- Herrington, Maycie, American, 1918 - 2016
- Adams, Paul, American, 1920 - 2013
- McGee, Charles E., American, 1919 - 2022
- Leftenant-Colon, Nancy, American, born 1920
- Mason, Wilbur, American, 1924 - 2016
- Henderson, Samuel Wesley, American, 1921 - 2016
- Bryon, Cyril O., American, 1920 - 2015
- Boyd, George M., American, 1926 - 2018
- Childs, William J., American, 1923 - 2013
- Jefferson, Alexander, American, 1921 - 2022
- Eley, LeRoy, American, 1927 - 2012
- Goodall, O. Oliver, American, 1922 - 2010
- Lane, Charles A., American, 1925 - 2013
- Gaines, Thurston L. Jr., American, 1922 - 2016
- Archer, Lee A. Jr., American, 1919 - 2010
- Martin, Earl, American, 1924 - 2019
- Macon, Franklin J., American, 1923 - 2020
- Burns, Rusty, American, 1925 - 2022
- Herring, Asa D. Jr., American, 1926 - 2022
- Randall, James E., American, 1926 - 2019
- Holloman, William H. III, American, 1924 - 2010
- Holts, Robert, American, 1924 - 2021
- Dunjill, Bev, American, 1927 - 2013
- Hall, Leonard, American, 1926 - 2013
- Newsum, Fitzroy, American, 1918 - 2013
- Harvey, James, American, born 1923
- Dr. Brown, Roscoe C., American, 1922 - 2016
- Hunter, Samuel C. Jr., American, 1919 - 2013
- Gray, Leo R., American, 1924 - 2016
- Smith, Quentin, American, 1918 - 2013
- Gadson, Oscar C. Jr., American, 1919 - 2021
- Warren, James C., American, 1923 - 2014
- Ashby, Robert, American, 1926 - 2021
- Platte, Claude R. Jr., American, 1921 - 2013
- Williams, Milton Jr., American, 1922 - 2017
- Date
- ca. 1944
- Medium
- steel, aluminum, copper alloy, wood, polyester, rubber, plastic
- Dimensions
- H x W x D (2011.82.1): 114 × 386 × 300 in. (289.6 × 980.4 × 762 cm)
- H x W x D (2011.82.2 baggage claim door): 21 1/2 × 30 3/4 × 2 3/4 in. (54.6 × 78.1 × 7 cm)
- Caption
- A vintage, open-cockpit biplane—one used at Alabama’s renowned Tuskegee Institute to train African American pilots for Army Air Corps service during World War II.
- Description
- The body of the PT-13D Stearman Kaydet aircraft is painted blue and the wings are painted yellow. The tail is yellow with red and white stripes. The numbers "18303" are white and located on the left and right sides of fuselage. "Spirit of Tuskegee" is printed in red and located on the left and right sides of engine cowl. There are two stars located on either side of the top wing. The stars are white within a black circle. Within the white stars are red circles. On the cargo cover are the signatures of 36 former Tuskegee Airmen.
- Classification
- Vehicles
- Type
- training aircraft
- Topic
- Aeronautics
- HBCUs (Historically Black Colleges and Universities)
- Military
- Tuskegee Airmen
- World War II
- Credit Line
- Collection of the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture
- Object number
- 2011.82.1-.2
- Restrictions & Rights
- No Known Copyright Restrictions
- Proper usage is the responsibility of the user.