__NOTOC__ The Stoddard-Hamilton T-9 Stalker, Tactical Trainer, was an American military training

monoplane A monoplane is a fixed-wing aircraft configuration with a single mainplane, in contrast to a biplane or other types of multiplanes, which have multiple wings. A monoplane has inherently the highest efficiency and lowest drag of any wing con ...

designed and built by

Stoddard-Hamilton Aircraft Stoddard-Hamilton Aircraft, based in Arlington, Washington, was a designer and supplier of high-performance homebuilt aircraft kits, offering parts and plans to homebuilders. The company's popular ''Glasair'' aircraft series are low wing, two- ...

of Arlington, Washington and based on the Stoddard-Hamilton Glasair III.

Design and development

First flown on 24 July 1988 the Stalker is a military training version of the Glasair III, an all-composite, cantilever, low-wing monoplane. The Stalker is powered by a Allison 250-B17D turboprop driving a three-bladed metal tractor propeller. It has a retractable

tricycle landing gear Tricycle gear is a type of aircraft undercarriage, or ''landing gear'', that is arranged in a tricycle fashion. The tricycle arrangement has one or more nose wheels in a single front undercarriage and two or more main wheels slightly aft of th ...

and the enclosed cockpit has two seats side-by-side with dual controls and a zero/zero pilot extraction system. The Stalker has two underwing hardpoints outboard of the landing gear for military ordnance. The prototype was destroyed in a fatal accident on 29 May 1989.

Specifications

References

;Notes ;Bibliography * {{Glasair aircraft 1980s United States military trainer aircraft Low-wing aircraft Single-engined tractor aircraft T-9 Stalker Single-engined turboprop aircraft Aircraft first flown in 1988 Aircraft with retractable tricycle landing gear