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The North American Aviation T-6 Texan is an American single-engined advanced trainer aircraft used to train pilots of the United States Army Air Forces (USAAF), United States Air Force (USAF), United States Navy, Royal Air Force, Royal Canadian Air Force and other air forces of the British Commonwealth during World War II and into the 1970s.
The Model 3000/T-6 is a low-wing cantilever monoplane with enclosed tandem seating for two. It is powered by a single Pratt & Whitney Canada PT6A-68 turboprop engine in tractor configuration with an aluminum, 97-inch (8.1 ft; 2.5 m), four-blade, constant-speed, variable pitch, non-reversing, feathering propeller assembly and has retractable tricycle landing gear.
North American AT-6A (Charge Number NA-78) in flight AT-6 Texan Advanced Trainer - same as BC-1A with minor changes, powered by a 600hp R-1340-47 and armed with forward-firing 0.3in machine gun, nine original started as BC-1As and 85 built.
Below are the designations that were assigned before the introduction of the Tri-Service system. For the designations in the same sequence that were assigned after 1962, see List of United States Tri-Service aircraft designations § Continued original sequence (1962–present). T-6 Texan – North American (redesignated from AT-6)
Navy T-6B Texan IIs belonging to Training Air Wing 5 out of NAS Whiting Field. In 1988, the United States Navy (USN) and the United States Air Force (USAF) were at a unique moment in history; they reached a point where they could work together, and provide a cost-effective solution to pilot production, specifically primary training.
The SNJ Texan, the Navy's designation of the aircraft, transitioned pilots from biplanes to monoplanes, and several military aviators made their first carrier landings in the Texan. T-33 touchdown
**: The T-4 and T-5 designations were skipped in favor of T-6 by Raytheon to honor the WW2-era North American T-6 Texan. [34] The designations are considered skipped as the sequence continued with the T-7 rather than continuing from the last otherwise sequential designation.
T-6 Texan II: Beechcraft USA Propeller Trainer aircraft: Manned 2001 [citation needed] 294 [25] 29 on order. [25] T-44C Pegasus: Beechcraft USA Propeller Trainer aircraft: Manned 1964 [citation needed] 57 [citation needed] T-44s are being replaced by the T-54A. The Navy plans to divest 10 T-44s in FY2025. [101] T-45C Goshawk: McDonnell Douglas ...