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: ''This refers to the aircraft. For other uses see T-28 (disambiguation) .''

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 1970s. The largest single concentration of this aircraft was employed by the US Navy at NAS Whiting Field in Milton, Florida in the training of student naval aviators. Many were subsequently sold to private civil operators and are often found flying as Warbird s today.


DEVELOPMENT

On September 24 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.


SERVICE HISTORY

In the COIN role, T-28s saw extensive service during the Vietnam War in VNAF hands. They were also supplied to Congo by the CIA to support Moise Tshombe 's regime. France used locally remanufactured T-28s in close-support and patrol roles in Algeria . In the Philippines, T-28s, known locally as "Tora-toras", figured prominently in a series of coup de etats in the 1980s and were employed as dive bombers by rebel military forces.


VARIANTS

  • XT-28 - Prototype, two built.

  • T-28A - US Air Force version with an 800 hp (597 kW) engine. (1,194 built)

  • T-28B - US Navy version with 1,425 hp (1,063 kW) engine (489 built)

  • T-28C - US Navy version, a T-28B with Tailhook for deck landing training (266 built)

  • T-28D - T-28As converted for the Counter-Insurgency (COIN) role. Re-engined as per the T-28B and C, and fitted with six underwing hardpoints. (321 converted by NAA, plus 72 by Fairchild-Hiller )

  • --- AT-28D - T-28Ds used for attack training by the USAF.

  • --- Fennec - ex-USAF T-28Ds refurbished and modified by Sud-Aviation in France



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SPECIFICATIONS (T-28D)

  plane Or Copter plane
  jet Or Prop prop
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  crew Two
  length Main 33 ft 0 in
  length Alt 1006 m
  span Main 40 ft 1 in
  span Alt 1222 m
  height Main 12 ft 8 in
  height Alt 386 m
  area Main 268 ft&2
  area Alt 249 m&2
  empty Weight Main 6,424 lb
  empty Weight Alt 2,914 kg
  max Takeoff Weight Main 8,500 lb
  max Takeoff Weight Alt 3,856 kg
  engine (prop) Wright R-1820 -86 Cyclone
  type Of Prop Radial Engine
  number Of Props 1
  power Main 1,425 hp
  power Alt 1,063 kW
  max Speed Main 343 mph
  max Speed Alt 552 km/h
  ceiling Main 35,500 ft
  ceiling Alt 10,820 m




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