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| Role | Monoplane fighter
Type of aircraft
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| National origin | United States |
| Manufacturer | Loening Aeronautical Engineering |
| Designer | Grover Loening |
| First flight | 1920 |
| Primary user | United States Army Air Corps |
| Number built | 7 |
| Developed from | Loening M-8 |
The Loening PW-2 was a 1920s American single-seat monoplane fighter designed by Grover Loening and built by his Loening Aeronautical Engineering Company.
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.
United StatesData from Fighters of the United States Air Force [1]
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| Air Ambulance |
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| Observation |
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| Racer |
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| Army Seaplane |
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USAAS fighter (pursuit) designations 1919-1924
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| Pursuit, Air-cooled |
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| Pursuit, Ground-attack |
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| Pursuit, Night |
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| Pursuit, Special |
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| Two-seat Pursuit |
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| Pursuit, Water-cooled |
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