Curtiss Wright B-14-R Restoration
Restoring the “Speedwing”
The aircraft came to be in its current form in September of 1946 when The Martins School of Aviation removed the Wright R975-E3 engine from a BT-15 and replaced it with a Pratt and Whitney R-985-E2 engine while adding a two-position propeller, changing the fuel system to gravity feed and increasing fuel tank capacity to 30 gallons. Later Floyd M. Wardlow replaced the Pratt E2 with a Pratt AN1 engine.
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