|Role||Advanced twin-engined trainer| |Primary users||United
States Army Air Forces United States Air Force |Number
built||792 (including prototype and AT-9A variant)| The Curtiss-
Wright AT-9 Jeep was a twin-engined advanced trainer aircraft
used by the United States during World War II to bridge the gap
between single-engine trainers and twin-engine combat aircraft.
The AT-9 was of a low-wing cantilever monoplane configuration,
had retractable landing gear and was powered by two Lycoming
R-680-9 radial engines. Curtiss-Wright anticipated the
requirement for this type of "high-performance" aircraft and
designed the Curtiss-Wright CW-25, a twin-engine trainer, which
possessed the takeoff and landing characteristics of a light
bomber aircraft. Using the same basic design as the larger
Cessna AT-17, the new CW-25 was designed to be simulate the
demands of multi-engine operations. The design featured a small
layout, grouping two Lycoming R-680-9 radial engines forward and
using a retractable tail-wheel landing ge