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North American T-28 Trojan
Role: Trainer aircraft, light attack
National Origin: United States
Manufacturer: North American Aviation
First Flight: 1949
Primary User: US Army Air Forces, US Navy, Republic of Vietnam Air Force, French Air Force
Number Built: 15,495
The North American Aviation T-28 Trojan is a piston-engined military trainer aircraft used by the United States Air Force and United States Navy beginning in the 1950s. Besides its use as a trainer, the T-28 was successfully employed as a counter-insurgency aircraft, primarily during the Vietnam War. It has continued in civilian use as an aerobatics and Warbird performer.On September 24, 1949, the XT-28 (company designation NA-159) was flown for the first time, designed to replace the T-6 Texan. The T-28A arrived at the Air Proving Ground, Eglin Air Force Base, Florida, in mid-June 1950, for suitability tests as an advanced trainer by the 3200th Fighter Test Squadron, with consideration given to its transition, instrument, and gunnery capabilities. Found satisfactory, a contract was issued and between 1950 and 1957, a total of 1,948 were built.
Following the T-28’s withdrawal from U.S. military service, a number were remanufactured by Hamilton Aircraft into two versions called the Nomair. The first refurbished machines, designated T-28R-1 were similar to the standard T-28s they were adapted from, and were supplied to the Brazilian Navy. Later, a more ambitious conversion was undertaken as the T-28R-2, which transformed the two-seat tandem aircraft into a five-seat cabin monoplane for general aviation use. Other civil conversions of ex-military T-28As were undertaken by PacAero as the Nomad Mark I and Nomad Mark II.
General characteristics
- Crew: Two
- Length: 33 ft 0 in (10.06 m)
- Wingspan: 40 ft 1 in (12.22 m)
- Height: 12 ft 8 in (3.86 m)
- Wing area: 268 ft² (24.9 m²)
- Empty weight: 6,424 lb (2,914 kg)
- Max. takeoff weight: 8,500 lb (10,500 lb with combat stores) (3,856 kg)
- Powerplant: 1 × Wright R-1820-86 Cyclone radial engine, 1,425 hp (1,063 kW)
Performance
- Maximum speed: 343 mph (552 km/h)
- Range: 1705 km (1060 mi)
- Service ceiling: 39,000 ft (10,820 m)
- Rate of climb: 4,000 fpm (20.3 m/s)