Finding visuals...
  • The Locator
  • Airframes Database

    Social media...
    Follow AV on facebook
    Follow AV on Twitter @aerial_visuals
    Follow the AV YouTube Channel

    Site navigation...
  • Home
  • Desktop Calendar
  • The Racers
  • FAQs
  • About Aerial Visuals
  • Comment on this Dossier
    • Search For Airframes Now
    Search - Index - Gallery - Reports - Lists - AV Needs You!

    This page documents a history of a specific aircraft. The details provided vary from aircraft to aircraft and are dependent on the research and amount of data uploaded to the Aerial Visuals database.

    Airframe Family: Vultee BT-13/BT-15/SNV Valiant
    Latest Model:BT-13 Valiant
    Last Military Serial:42-88708 USAAF
    Construction Number:10547
    Last Civil Registration:N40018
    Compressed ID:Vultee BT-13 sn 42-88708 USAAF cn 1...
    Latest Owner or Location:Naval Air Station Wildwood Aviation Museum, Cape May County Airport, Rio Grande, New Jersey

    EDIT THE HISTORY HERE    		 If you can add to the history or would like to submit a correction please use the editor to do so.

    UPLOAD A PHOTO    		 If you have a photo of this airframe to share then use the photo upload tool.
    The Airframes Database depends on user contributions to stay current.
    If you have any news about this airframe or photos which you would like to share please do so
    by using the links above.
    The more you and others share the better the database becomes!

    Dates

    Event

    1943

    Constructed as a BT-13.
    Convair BT-13 10547

    Circa 1943

    Taken on Strength/Charge with the United States Army Air Force with s/n 42-88708.

    1947

    To A. E. Harry Barr of Ironton, OH with new c/r NC40018.

    From 1947 to After 1971

    Remained at Abken Airrort, Worthington,KY.

    To Dan Boster and Ernie Clay.

    14 September 1983

    To Claire Aviation Inc, Philadelphia, PA with new c/r N40018.

    1984

    To David Harwell and Gary Brown of Griffin, GA.
    Made airworthy and flown out of Worthington.

    Based at Tom Duffy Collection, Millville Municipal Airport, New Jersey, NJ.
    View the Location Dossier

    To Naval Air Station Wildwood Aviation Museum, Cape May County Airport, Rio Grande, NJ.
    View the Location Dossier

    8 November 2008


    Photographer: Daniel L. Berek
    Notes: Consolidated Vultee PT-13A Valiant (N40018) - This early trainer, with its powerful engine, gained the nickname vibrator. Though it was a fine aircraft, it was soon replaced by the classic North American AT-6 Texan. She is part of the collection of the Naval Air Station Wildwood Museum, near Cape May, NJ. This aircraft lay derelict at Abken Airport in Worthington, KY, for many years, having survived damage when its hangar collapsed

    5 May 2015

    Civil registration, N40018, cancelled.
    This dossier is waiting for review by an editor.This airframe dossier is based on
    unreviewed imported data.
    If you can verify the documented history or add to it with additional text and/or photos please feel free to do so by using the upload tool and the history editor.
    Credits
     Data for airframe dossiers come from various sources. The following were used to compile this dossier...
    Internet Sources
     Aerial Visuals - The Locator by Mike Henniger, Senior Editor
    AMCAR
    Federal Aviation Administration in the United States of America
    United States Military Services Serial Number Lists by Joe Baugher
    Individual Contributors
     Terry Fletcher
    Tell Others About this Airframe Dossier
    Forum Link: [URL=https://www.aerialvisuals.ca/AirframeDossier.php?Serial=73135][IMG]/home/users/web/b1393/nf.aerialvisuals/public_html/AV/Support/Logo_20x20.jpg[/IMG]Aerial Visuals - Airframe Dossier - Vultee BT-13 Valiant, s/n 42-88708 USAAF, c/n 10547, c/r N40018[/URL]
    Direct Link: https://www.aerialvisuals.ca/AirframeDossier.php?Serial=73135
    Copyright 1993-2025 AerialVisuals.ca
    The Aerial Visuals pages are best viewed with a screen at least 800 pixels wide.
    In case you are wondering Aerial Visuals is a huge fan Google Chrome. If you do not have Chrome installed why not?
    Aerial Visuals requires cookies and Javascript to function correctly. Please ensure these features are enabled in your browser.
    Aerial Visuals is powered by Netfirms.