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CAC WIRRAWAY
Specifications

Type: Trainer/general purpose
Crew: 2
Manufacturer:
  Commonwealth Aircraft Corporation
First flight: 1937
Introduction: 1939
Retired: 1959
   Primary users:
- Royal Australian Air Force
- Royal Australian Navy
Produced: 1939–1946
Number built: 755
Powerplant:
Model: Pratt & Whitney R-1340
Type: 9 Cylinder Radial engine
Horsepower: 600 hp
Number: One
Dimensions:
Length: 27 ft 10 in (8.48 m)
Wingspan: 43 ft 0 in (13.11 m)
Height: 8 ft 8¾ in (2.66 m)
Wing area: 255.75 ft² (23.76 m²)

Weights:
Empty weight: 3,992 lb (1,810 kg)
Max. takeoff weight: 6,595 lb (2,991 kg)

Performance:
Maximum speed: 220 mph (354 kph)
Cruise speed: 155 mph (250 kph)
Range: 720 miles (630 nm, 1,158 km)
Service ceiling: 23,000 ft (7,010 m)
Rate of climb: 1,950 ft/min (9.9 m/s)

   Armament:
Guns:
Early Versions:
2 × 0.303 in (7.62 mm) Vickers Mk V machine guns synchronised to fire through the propellor arc.
1 × 0.303 in (7.62 mm) Vickers GO machine gun on a flexible mount in the rear cockpit.

Later versions:
2 × 0.303 (7.62 mm) Browning AN-M2 machine guns mounted under the outer wing panels.

Payload:
If no observer is carried.
2× 500 lb (227 kg) bombs
2× 250 lb (113 kg) bombs
Sources:
Wikipedia
Smith, Peter C. North American T-6 SNJ, Harvard and Wirraway.
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