Aeroplane Monthly 1993-12 / H.Levy - Seversky (1)

Регистрационный номерRegistry number: X2106

De Seversky extended the nose of the prototype and enlarged the canopy, making it the demonstration prototype for a basic trainer competition which it won, being produced as the BT-8.

Air International 1992-10 / Fighter A to Z

Регистрационный номерRegistry number: X18Y   [3]

The two-seat SEV-2XP was the first of the Seversky fighters, derived by Alexander Kartveli from the commercial SEV-3.

Мировая Авиация 232

Регистрационный номерRegistry number: X18Y   [3]

Чрезвычайно компактный SEV-2XP с максимальной взлетной массой в 1837 кг послужил отправной точкой при инициативном проектировании прототипа истребителя P-35 и учебного BT-8.

Aeroplane Monthly 1993-12 / H.Levy - Seversky (1)

Регистрационный номерRegistry number: X18Y   [3]

The 2XP, apparently another development of the prototype 3XAR, appeared about 1935 for a USAAC pursuit/observation aircraft competition. It had a 1,000 h.p. Wright Cyclone and carried two in tandem.

Мировая Авиация 232

Все BT-8 построили и сдали заказчику в 1938 году. Для мотора воздушного охлаждения Pratt & Whitney R-985-11 Wasp Junior мощностью 450 л. с. самолет BT-8 был тяжеловат.

Aeroplane Monthly 1993-12 / H.Levy - Seversky (1)

During 1936 and 1937 the USAAC took delivery of 30 BT-8s, plus five as spares. The engine was the 350 h.p. Wright R-975-E.

Flight 1936-06 / Flight

One of the new 176 m.p.h. Whirlwind-engined Seversky "basic trainer" monoplanes for the U.S. Army Air Corps. We should know it as an advanced trainer.

Jane's All the World Aircraft 1938 / 03 - All the world's aeroplanes

The Seversky BT-8 Two-seat Basic Trainer Monoplane (350 h.p. Wright R-975E engine).

Flight 1936-08 / Flight

Four Seversky models gathered together at Farmingdale, Long Island, U.S.A., illustrate the persistence of the family likeness. From left to right are the new amphibian two-seater fighter (three of these have already been delivered to the Colombian Government); a landplane version of the machine on which Major de Seversky, its designer, established the world's amphibian speed record with 230.03 m.p.h.; the 1,000 h.p. Twin-Wasp-powered fighter ordered in quantity by the U.S. Army Air Corps; and the basic trainer for the same service.

Другие самолёты на фотографии: Another planes on the photo: Seversky P-35 - СШАUSA - 1936Seversky SEV-3 - СШАUSA - 1933

Aeroplane Monthly 1993-12 / H.Levy - Seversky (1)

The BT-8 Special was a one-off modified BT-8 with a P-35 empennage and increased-span wings with dihedral. It lost to the North American BT-9 in the basic trainer competition.

Aeroplane Monthly 1993-12 / H.Levy - Seversky (1)

The X-BT was proposed as a basic trainer but could also be configured for advanced training or combat. As a basic trainer it had long-span (41ft) wings and fixed undercarriage; 36ft-span wings and retractable undercarriage were fitted for the advanced trainer/fighter role. The engine was a 550 h.p. Pratt & Whitney Wasp.