{{Infobox aircraft | name = T-3 | logo = | logo_size = | image = | alt = | caption = | long_caption = | other_names = | aircraft_type = Liaison biplane | aim = | outcome = | related = | national_origin = United States | manufacturer = [[L-W-F Engineering Company Inc.]] | design_group = | designer = | builder = | issuer = | status = | owners = | primary_user = United States Army Air Service | more_users = | service = | major_applications = | proposals = | prototypes = | number_built = 1 | construction_number = | civil_registration = | military_serial = | radio_code = | requirement = | aircraft_carried = | flights = | total_hours = | total_distance = | construction_date = | introduction = | retired = | first_flight = 1923 | initiated = | in_service = | last_flight = | expected = | developed_from = | variants = | developed_into = | preservation = | fate = | predecessors = | successors = | concluded = }} The '''L-W-F T-3''' was an American eight-passenger transport biplane built for the [[United States Army Air Service]] (USAAS) by the [[L-W-F Engineering Company Inc.]]<ref name="aerofile" /> Designated T-3 by the Army it was a conventional biplane powered by a {{convert|400|hp|kW|0|abbr=on}} [[Liberty L-12A]] engine.<ref name="Andrade" /> It had an open cockpit for the pilot and an enclosed cabin for eight passengers.<ref name="aerofile" /> The sole T-3 was delivered to the USAAS in 1923, re-designated ''XT-3'' and used as an engine test bed.<ref name="aerofile" /> A further nine T-3s on order were cancelled and not built.<ref name="aerofile" />
==Specifications==
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==References== <references>
<ref name="Andrade">{{cite book |last= Andrade |first= John |title= U.S.Military Aircraft Designations and Serials since 1909|year=1979 |publisher=Midland Counties Publications|isbn= 0-904597-22-9 |page=163}}</ref>
<ref name="aerofile">{{cite web | title=American airplanes - Lo - Lu| url=http://aerofiles.com/_lo.html| publisher=www.aerofiles.com |date=12 February 2009| accessdate=19 April 2013}}</ref>
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==Further reading== * {{cite book |title=Jane's All the World's Aircraft 1924 |editor1-last=Grey |editor1-first=C.G. |year=1924 |publisher=Sampson Low, Marston & company, ltd |location=London |page=237b}} <!-- ==External links== --> {{LWF aircraft}} {{USAAS transport aircraft}}
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