military-aircraft-t-28

Immediately after the end of the Second World War, the US Army Air Force started the quest for a new trainer to replaced the AT-6 Texan. It is hardly surpassing, however, that the contract for the Texan's replacement went to the same company, North American. The first XT-28 prototype flew in September 1949, and though superficially similar to the At-6 in configuration, was a modern stressed skin plane with considerably more power. By the time the USAAF had became the US Air Force, and this order the new trainer into production as the T-28 Trojan, of which 1,194 were built with the 800-hp Wright R-1300 radial engine. In 1952 it was decided to standardize basic trainer within the US Forces, and he US Navy adopted a version of the Trojan as the T-28B with considerably more power for much improved performance. These 489 aircraft were followed by 299 examples of the T-28 with an arrester hook to provide deck landing capability. In 1962 North American produced a weapon training and light attack model with six under wing hard points, and this T-28D model was produced to the extent of 399 conversion, of which many were used by France with the name Fennec; the AT-28D was an attack trainer equivalent.

Description	Specifications
Manufacturer: North American	Length: 33 ft. 0 in.
First Flight: September 1949	Height: 12 ft. 8 in.
Model: B	Wing Span: 40 ft. 1 in.
Crew: Two.	Wing Area: 268.0 sq. in.
Nickname: Trojan	Empty Weight: 6,424 lb.
Basic Role: Basic trainer.	Max. Weight: 8,500 lb.
Other Versions: T-28A air force trainer. T-28B updated naval trainer T-28C naval trainer with arrester hook. T-28D conversion for weapon training and light attack/counter insurgency.	Armament: None
Principal User: Argentina, Bolivia, France, Kampuchea, Laos, Thailand, USA, and Zair.	Propulsion
Performance	Power Plant: Wright R-1820-86 Cyclone radial piston engine.
Range: 1,060 miles.	Horsepower: 1,425-hp.
Max. Speed: 343 mph. at optimum altitude.	No. Of Engines: One
Ceiling: 35,500 ft.
Climb Rate: 3,540 ft. per minute.