The Wittemann-Lewis Training Tractor (sometimes referred to as the T-T) is an American two-seat military
training biplane
A biplane is a fixed-wing aircraft with two main wings stacked one above the other. The first powered, controlled aeroplane to fly, the Wright Flyer, used a biplane wing arrangement, as did many aircraft in the early years of aviation. While ...
designed and built by the
Wittemann-Lewis Aircraft Company.
Design
The Training Tractor was designed as a military training biplane, a conventional tractor biplane with two-open cockpits in tandem.
It had a square section
fuselage
The fuselage (; from the French ''fuselé'' "spindle-shaped") is an aircraft's main body section. It holds crew, passengers, or cargo. In single-engine aircraft, it will usually contain an engine as well, although in some amphibious aircraft t ...
and a
conventional landing gear
Conventional landing gear, or tailwheel-type landing gear, is an aircraft undercarriage consisting of two main wheels forward of the center of gravity and a small wheel or skid to support the tail.Crane, Dale: ''Dictionary of Aeronautical Term ...
with a tailskid.
The Training Tractor was powered by a
Hall-Scott A-7 engine mounted in the nose.
It was not ordered into production.
Specifications
References
Notes
1910s United States military trainer aircraft
Training Tractor
Single-engined tractor aircraft
Biplanes
Aircraft first flown in 1918
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