Loening PW-2
# Loening PW-2

The Loening PW-2 was a 1920s American single-seat monoplane fighter designed by Grover Loening and built by his Loening Aeronautical Engineering Company.

## Development

Based on the earlier two-seat braced-wing monoplane fighter, the M-8, the PW-2 was a single-seat variant for the United States Army Air Corps. It had a fixed tailskid landing gear and was powered by a nose-mounted Wright-Hispano H engine with a tractor propeller. The pilot had an open cockpit. The company built three prototypes designated the PW-2 and a production order for 10 aircraft designated the PW-2A followed. The PW-2As were similar to the PW-2 but had a revised tail unit. After four aircraft had been delivered, one aircraft crashed when the wings separated from the aircraft; the contract was canceled. One of the PW-2As was modified with shorter-span wings and a 350 hp (260 kW) Packard 1A-1237 engine as the PW-2B.

## Variants

### PW-2

    Prototype, three built one of which had twin rudders and was not flown and used for static testing.

### PW-2A

    Production variant with revised tail unit, four built and six cancelled.

### PW-2B

    PW-2A variant with shorter span wings and a 350hp (261kW) Packard 1A-1237

## Operators

### United States

    United States Army Air Corps

## Specifications (PW-2A)

Data from Fighters of the United States Air Force

General characteristics

* Crew: 1
* Length: 26 ft 1 in (7.95 m)
* Wingspan: 39 ft 9 in (12.12 m)
* Wing area: 299 sq ft (27.8 $m^2)$
* Gross weight: 2,799 lb (1,270 kg)
* Powerplant: 1 × Wright-Hispano H engine , 320 hp (239 kW)

Performance

* Maximum speed: 136 mph (219 km/h, 118 kn)

Armament

* 2 × .30 in (7.62 mm) Lewis machine guns
