North American NA-16 - Variants

Variants

Listing includes aircraft built specifically under NA-16 designation for export, and similar aircraft built for use by the United States armed forces.

NA-16

1 for United States Army Air Corps (USAAC) (trials) developed into NA-18 and BT-9 series.

powered by Wright R-975 Whirlwind

BT-9 (NA-19)

42 built for USAAC - Minor changes from NA-18, new canopy

powered by Wright R-975 Whirlwind

BT-9A (NA-19A)

40 built for USAAC - Armed BT-9 with one cowl gun, one rear flexible gun and modified canopy.

powered by Wright R-975 Whirlwind

NA-16-2H (NA-20)

1 built for trials, sold to Honduras (FAH)

powered by Wright R-975 Whirlwind

NA-22

1 built for USAAC trials but rejected as severely underpowered. Open cockpits as per early NA-16 and Townend ring on engine.

powered by Wright R-760 Whirlwind

BT-9B (NA-23)

117 built for USAAC - Unarmed with fixed rear on canopy.

powered by Wright R-975 Whirlwind

BT-9D (NA-23)

1 modified BT-9B for USAAC - BT-14 prototype with new outer wings, Harvard type canopy, lengthened fabric covered fuselage, triangular rudder and detail alterations.

powered by Pratt & Whitney R-985 Wasp Junior

NA-16-3 Basic Combat demonstrator (NA-26)

1 armed demonstrator and the first variant with retractable undercarriage, eventually sold to RCAF who modified it with Yale and Harvard parts.

powered by Pratt & Whitney R-1340 Wasp

NA-16-2H (NA-27)

1 armed demonstrator sold to Royal Netherlands Air Force - not the same as the previous NA-16-2H.

powered by Pratt & Whitney R-1340 Wasp

NJ-1 (NA-28)

40 built to US Navy specifications, up engined BT-9B as advanced trainer with fixed undercarriage.

powered by Pratt & Whitney R-1340 Wasp

BT-9C (NA-29)

66 built for USAAC - BT-9A with minor changes.

powered by Wright R-975 Whirlwind

Y1BT-10 (NA-29)

1 built for USAAC - BT-9 with larger engine, similar to USN NJ-1 but armed and detail differences in engine installation.

powered by Pratt & Whitney R-1340 Wasp

BT-10 (NA-30)

Cancelled production version of Y1BT-10 for USAAC

powered by Pratt & Whitney R-1340 Wasp

NA-16-4M (NA-31)

138 built for Sweden's Flygvapnet as Sk-14/Sk-14A. Sk-14N trialled nosewheel for SAAB 21.

powered by Wright R-975 Whirlwind (Sk-14) or Piaggio P VIIc (Sk-14A)

NA-16-1A (NA-32)

1 built for Royal Australian Air Force but rejected in favour of NA-16-2K, fixed landing gear, similar to Y1BT-10.

powered by Pratt & Whitney R-1340 Wasp

NA-16-2K (NA-33)

756 for Royal Australian Air Force in Australia with local improvements as CAC Wirraway

powered by Pratt & Whitney R-1340 Wasp

NA-16-4P (NA-34)

29 built for Argentina (FAA) - 1st major export order (previous orders involved licence production).

powered by Wright R-975 Whirlwind

NA-16-4R (NA-37)

1 built for Imperial Japanese Navy as a technology demonstrator KXA-1 with fixed u/c and 3 blade prop.

powered by Pratt & Whitney R-985 Wasp Junior

NA-16-4 (NA-41)

35 built for China (RoCAF) - Fixed gear, fabric covered fuselage

powered by Wright R-975 Whirlwind

NA-16-2A (NA-42)

2 built for Honduras (FAH)

powered by Pratt & Whitney R-1340 Wasp

NA-16-1G (NA-43)

intended for Brazil (Army) but order cancelled. Was to have been similar to BT-9C

powered by Wright R-975 Whirlwind

NA-16-1GV (NA-45)

3 built for Venezuela (FAV) similar to USAAC NA-36 BC-1 but with round rudder and bomb racks under wing center section.

powered by Pratt & Whitney R-1340 Wasp

NA-16-4 (NA-46)

12 built for Brazilian Navy

powered by Wright R-975 Whirlwind

NA-16-4RW (NA-47)

1 built for Imperial Japanese Navy as a technology demonstrator KXA-2 similar to NA-16-4R but smaller engine.

powered by Wright R-975 Whirlwind

NA-16-3C (NA-48)

15 built for China (RoCAF) - Retractable undercarriage, fabric covered fuselage

powered by Pratt & Whitney R-1340 Wasp

NA-16-1E (NA-49/NA-61)

430 for Royal Air Force and Royal Canadian Air Force as the Harvard I with new canopy and square rudder. Also used by South Africa and Southern Rhodesia.

powered by Pratt & Whitney R-1340 Wasp

NA-16-4 (NA-56)

50 built for China (RoCAF) - Entirely new design with longer metal fuselage, triangular rudder and later T-6 style wing. Basically a BT-14 with the AT-6s R-1340 engine and canopy.

powered by Pratt & Whitney R-1340 Wasp

NA-57

230 improved NA-23s for France as NAA 57-P-2, most captured and used by Germany, some retained by Vichy France.

powered by Wright R-975 Whirlwind

NA-16-3 (NA-71)

3 built for Venezuela (FAV)

powered by Pratt & Whitney R-1340 Wasp