A neat type that is now sadly rare. 

I understand that back in the ’50s, (before my time!), they were very common in the U.S. and Canada as personal, charter and short haul schedule work but due to their mixed construction and the appearance of higher performance new light twins they became nearly extinct. 

Reading about them, since the ’80s the type has been on a “comeback” with more being restored.

I was recently going through my father’s flight records and he did get most of his multi-engined training in them enroute to his B-17 training.

The new book on the Curtiss AT-9 addresses at some length the USAAF multi-engined training scheme (a welcome addition on a neglected topic) and the Bobcat is great mentioned.

A somewhat sedate performer, (especially compared to the sleek all-metal Curtiss) it nonetheless did its job and certainly deserves to be remembered.