By 1924 the US Army Air Service needed a new primary training aircraft, and they chose the PT-1 designed by the Consolidated Aircraft Corp of Buffalo, NY. Deliveries began in 1925 and the type became the first trainer purchased by the Army Air Service in substantial quantity following WWI, with some 221 of them built. This example was obtained from Ohio State University in 1957

PT-1 Trusty delivered to the USAAC in late 1926. At an unknown date it became civil as N1926M. Its last register entry was sale reported 17-May-1994. It was cancelled from the register as expired on 30-Jul-2013, probably in a register clean-up.

This old trainer was the first aircraft purchased by the Army Air Service in large quantities. This example was obtained from Ohio State University in 1957 and is now on display at the National Museum of the USAF.