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North American T-28 “Trojan” The North American T-28 Trojan was a piston-engined military trainer aircraft used by the United States armed forces in the 1950s and into the early 1980s. The largest single concentration of this aircraft was employed by the U.S. Navy at NAS Whiting Field in Milton, Florida in the training of student naval aviators. The last U.S. Navy training squadron to fly the T-28 was VT-27, based at NAS Corpus Cristi, Texas, flying the last T-28 training flight in early 1984. Many T-28s were subsequently sold to private civil operators, and due to their reasonable operating costs are often found flying as warbirds today. On 24 September 1949 the XT-28 (company designation NA-159) was flown for the first time, designed to replace the T-6 Texan. Found satisfactory, a contract was issued and between 1950 and 1957 a total of 1,948 were built. The T-28's service career ended by the introduction of the T-34 turboprop trainer. 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 (3,856 kg) Powerplant: 1× Wright R-1820-86 Cyclone radial engine, 1,425 hp (1,063 kW) Maximum speed: 343 mph (552 km/h) Service ceiling 35,500 ft (10,820 m) USN 89 René Hieronymus Scale 1:72 Building time: 26 hrs. |