North American T-28 Trojan
The T-28 Trojan is a produced by North American Aviation training aircraft.
History
The U.S. Air Force was looking for the end of the 1940s a new trainer aircraft to replace the North American AT -6 ( in service with the Royal Air Force as " Harvard " means ). North American presented after the award in 1948 his design NA -159, then two prototypes were ordered by the recordings and as XT -28 on 26 September 1949, the flight test.
1950 ordered the U.S. Air Force 266 series machines T -28A ( with the 588 -kW seven-cylinder radial engine Wright R -1300 -1A and two-blade propeller ), which should serve the basic training. A total of 1194 pieces were produced of this series, which were sold and used outside the United States.
As of 1954, the T- 28B was the U.S. Navy version that on April 6, 1953, produced its first flight. She got the stronger Wright R -1820 -26- engine with 1047 kW of power and a three -blade propeller. A total of 489 machines of this version were built.
Later there were several variants. For example, the T- 28C, which used the same engine as the T- 28B and thanks to reinforced rear fuselage, brakes and safety catch was also aircraft carrier capable. She had its first flight on September 19, 1955 and was built until 1957 in 299 copies. The T- 28D " Nomad" ( also AT -28) was a reworked A version with a Wright R -1820 - 56S - engine and six underwing pylons for up to 1814 kg weapons load, which should serve COIN missions. A total of 321 machines (mostly T -28A, but also T- 28B or C ) of North American and 72 of Fairchild were converted to this state. One in France modified version ( with R -1820 - 76A, three-blade propeller and reinforced wing ) was T- 28S " Fennec ", refers to a for reconnaissance upgraded version as RT - 28D, Drohnenleitflugzeuge as T- 28BD, civilian aircraft as a T- 28R Nomad. Taiwan built with the T- CH-1, a variant with turboprop engine, were produced by the fifty copies.
The U.S. Air Force studied the T- 28 made in 1956 in favor of the Beechcraft T- 34 Mentor, where the machines were sold to many air forces around the world. She remained in the U.S. Navy until 1984 in use.
Use
Several versions were ( eight T- 28B initially) in South Vietnam, France in Algeria and during the civil war in the Democratic Republic of Congo in 1964 successfully used in November 1961 as a ground attack aircraft.
Today, many machines that are often found on flying airshows.
Specifications
The T-28 is a low-wing monoplane with tandem cockpit ( flight instructor and student sit in a row). It has a three-part each simply frosted and retractable landing gear. For training purposes, external loads can be carried on two underwing pylons under the wings.