General Aviation PJ
The General Aviation PJ was a flying boat produced in the United States in the 1930s as a search-and-rescue aircraft for the Coast Guard. Five were built, with one converted to be a PJ-2 with engines in the other direction. The aircraft would land and take-off on water, but did have some wheels for when it was brought up on land from the water. They were in service until August 1941. Each of the five aircraft was named for stars. General Aviation was the then-new name for Fokker America, after it was purchased by General Motors; the other designation for this design was the AF-15. It was also called the FLB for Flying Life Boat.
Summary from Wikipedia, photo via Wikimedia Commons, licensed under CC BY-SA.
- Manufacturer
- Fokker
- Category
- Seaplanes & amphibians
- Country of origin
- United States
Specifications
- Max speed
- 110 kt
- Range
- 960 nm
- Service ceiling
- 9,000 ft
- Max takeoff weight
- 11,200 lb
- Empty weight
- 7,000 lb
- Powerplant
- 2 × Pratt & Whitney R-1340 Wasp
- Engines
- 2
- Seats
- 4
- Length
- 53.8 ft
- Wingspan
- 74.2 ft
- Height
- 15.5 ft
- Number built
- 5
Specifications are approximate and may vary by variant. Compiled from Wikipedia (CC BY-SA).
Reference and training only. Specifications vary by variant — consult the manufacturer and the official documents.