T-9 Stalker | |
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Role | Turboprop military training aircraft |
National origin | United States |
Manufacturer | Stoddard-Hamilton Aircraft |
First flight | 24 July 1988 |
Number built | 1 |
Developed from | Stoddard-Hamilton Glasair III |
The Stoddard-Hamilton T-9 Stalker, also known as the Arocet AT-9 or Arocet AT-T Tactical Trainer, was an American military training monoplane designed and built by Stoddard-Hamilton Aircraft of Arlington, Washington and based on the Stoddard-Hamilton Glasair III.
First flown on 24 July 1988 the Stalker is a military training version of the Glasair III, an all-composite, cantilever, low-wing monoplane. The Stalker is powered by a 420 hp (313 kW) Allison 250-B17D turboprop driving a three-bladed metal tractor propeller. It has a retractable tricycle landing gear and the enclosed cockpit has two seats side-by-side with dual controls and a zero/zero pilot extraction system. The Stalker has two underwing hardpoints outboard of the landing gear for military ordnance. The prototype was destroyed in a fatal accident on 29 May 1989.
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