page_title: Fleet Model 1
section_title: Variants
hierarchical_section_title: Fleet Model 1 / Variants
caption_attribution_description: English: The Fleet Model 21K biplane. The only one ever made, Canadian registration CF-DLC. This aircraft is seen at the Canadian Warplane Heritage Museum in Hamilton, Ontario, Canada. CF-DLC was flown by Fleet Aircraft's chief test pilot Tommy Williams until he retired from flying at age 82.
context_page_description: The Fleet Model 1 and its derivatives were a family of two-seat trainer and sports biplanes produced in the United States and Canada in the 1920s and 1930s. They all shared the same basic design and varied mainly in their powerplants.
context_section_description: Consolidated Model 14 Husky Junior - prototypes (ca. five built)
  Fleet Model 1 - initial production version with 110 hp (82 kW) Warner Scarab engine. Approximately 90 built, including one for US Navy for evaluation as XN2Y-1.
  Fleet 1 Special - One aircraft modified as testbed for 95 hp (71 kW) Menasco Pirate B-4.
  Fleet Model 2 - initial production version with Kinner K-5 engine. 203 built in US for civil market, with 13 built in US for Argentina and limited production in Canada.
  PT-6 - USAAC designation for Model 2 (16 built)
  N2Y-1 - USN version with trapeze hook for airship docking training (six built). One converted to floatplane as XN2Y-2 and then converted to autogyro as XXOZ-1.
  Fleet Model 3 - based on Fleet 1 with 150 hp (110 kW) Wright J-6 engine. Two built.
  Fleet Model 4 - version with 170 hp (130 kW) Curtiss Challenger engine. One built.
  Fleet Model 5 - version with 90 hp (67 kW) Brownback C-400 engine. One built.
  Fleet Model 5 - Designation reused for Kinner K-5 powered version of Fleet 10. Six built in US for China. Built in Canada as Fleet 10A.
  Fleet Model 6 - Testbed for 165 hp (123 kW) Continental A-7 radial engine.
  Fleet Model 7 - version with Kinner B-5 engine (48 built, plus several converted from Model 2 by Fleet in Canada)
  Fleet Model 7A
  Fleet Model 7B - Canadian production version
  Fleet Model 7C - Canadian production version with Armstrong Siddeley Civet engine
  Fleet Model 7G - Canadian production version with de Havilland Gipsy III engine
  XPT-6 - One Model 7 acquired by the US Army Air Corps for service tests. Version with 100-hp Kinner R-370-1 (Kinner K5) engine
  YPT-6 - ten aircraft similar to the XPT-6, used by the US Army Air Corps for service tests and evaluation
  YPT-6A - modified version of the Model 7 fitted with an enlarged cockpit. Used by the US Army Air Corps for service tests and evaluation
  Fleet Model 8 - three-seat version similar to Model 7 (seven built)
  Fleet Model 9 - refined version of Model 8 (12 built)
  Fleet Model 10 - refined version of Model 7 for export to Europe, replaced the 1928-origin "looped" portside main landing gear radius rod of the Models 2 & 7; with a center-hinged design for both mainwheels, using a V-form transverse cabane strut to provide the hinge-point.
  Fleet Model 10A - version with 100 hp Kinner engine
  Fleet Model 10B - version with 125 hp Kinner engine
  Fleet Model 10D - version with 160 hp Kinner engine
  Fleet Model 10-32D - generally similar to the Model 10D, but with an increased 4-ft 0-in (1.22-m) wingspan
  Fleet Model 10E - version with 125 hp Warner engine
  Fleet Model 10F - version with 145 hp Warner engine
  Fleet Model 10G - version with de Havilland Gypsy Major engine for governments of Portugal and Romania; ca. 70 built in Romania by ICAR
  Fleet Model 10H - version with Menasco C-4S engine
  Fleet Model 11 - version with Kinner R-5 engine; some exported to Argentina, China and Mexico
  Fleet Model 14 - Model 2 modified for participation in Guggenheim Safe Aircraft Competition but disqualified; ca. 300 licence-built in Romania by IAR.
  Fleet Model 16 - Fleet Finch - strengthened Canadian production version with sliding canopy, powered by a 130 hp de Havilland Gipsy Major engine (ca. 600 built)
  Fleet Model 16B - Fleet Finch Mk II - Strengthened Canadian production version, powered by a Kinner B5 engine 
  Fleet Model 16D - similar to the Model 16B, but fitted with a Kinner B5 engine
  Fleet Model 16F - prototype for Brewster B-1
  Fleet Model 16R - Fleet Finch Mk I - designation of the Fleet 16D built in Canada for the RCAF
  Fleet Model 21 - armed version built in Canada for Mexican Air Force (11 built)
  Fleet Model 21M - designation for a one-off demonstration aircraft
  Fleet Model 21K - redesignation of the Model 21M, after it was subsequently sold to a private buyer
caption: Fleet Model 21K, circa 1937
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