Development
The Cloudboy was designed as a commercial or military trainer. It was a two-seat biplane with tandem open-cockpits and powered by nose-mounted 165 hp (123 kW) Wright J-6 Whirlwind 5 engine. It had a fixed tailwheel landing gear. The aircraft was only built in small numbers due to the American economic climate in the early 1930s. Three civil aircraft were built followed by four similar aircraft for evaluation by the United States Army Air Corps. Designated the YPT-9 by the Army it failed to gain any orders. With only a few aircraft built they all went through a number of engine changes resulting in new designations for both the military and civil aircraft.
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