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Bill Larkins
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King City Contract Flying School

It is my understanding that King City (California) only used Ryan PT-22's for its Primary training.
A question has come up as to them using Stearmans. Comments anyone?
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    Tom22
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    Hi Bill,
    In the 13 pages(!) of accident entries at aviationarchaeology.com for King City had both.
    It looks like Palo Alto Airport, Inc., the contractor, was first given PT-17s and PT-21s which were replace by PT-22, then PT-13s.
    I have also seen this pattern with other PT-21/PT-22 equipped CTSs even the Ryan run schools at Tucson, AZ and Hemet CA.
    I know that the Army and the Navy made an agreement to standardize training types in late 1942 on Stearmans, Vultees and AT-6s/SNJs which fits the accident records for these CTSs that I have check.
    All the best to you,
    Tom Michel
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    When my father went through primary at Mesa Del Rey in King City in the summer of 1942, he flew PT-22's.  His primary training graduation book shows photos of both Pt-22's and Vultee PT-13's, but he did not fly the latter until he went to Basic at Lemoore in the Fall of 1942.

    Warren B. Carah
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