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• The North American Aviation T-28 Trojan was a piston-engined military trainer aircraft used by the United States Air Force and United States Navy beginning in the 1950s. Although phased out in the early 1960s by the Air Force, it continued to be used as a primary trainer by the Navy as well as the Marine Corps and Coast Guard well into the early 1980s.

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• T-28 Trojan Specifications

• General characteristics

  • Crew: Two
  • Length: 33 ft
  • Wingspan: 40 ft 1 in
  • Height: 12 ft 8 in
  • Wing area: 268 ft²
  • Empty weight: 6,424 lb
  • Max takeoff weight: 8,500 lb (10,500 with combat stores)
  • Powerplant: 1 × Wright R-1820-86 Cyclone radial engine, 1,425 hp

• Performance

  • Maximum speed: 343 kn
  • Service ceiling: 39,000 ft
  • Rate of climb: 4,000 fpm

   

• Armament
  2 or 6 × wing-mounted pylons capable of carrying bombs, napalm, rockets. machine gun pods containing .30 in (7.62 mm) (training), .50 in (D-model) or twin pods with .50 in (12.7 mm) and 20 mm (.79 in) cannon

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