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  2. Beechcraft T-6 Texan II - Wikipedia

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    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.

  3. North American T-6 Texan - Wikipedia

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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.

  4. North American T-6 Texan variants - Wikipedia

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    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. AT-6A Same as AT-6 but with 600hp R-1340-49 and removable wing centre section fuel tanks, 1847 built with 298 transferred to the United States Navy as the SNJ ...

  5. Pilatus PC-9 - Wikipedia

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    T-6 Texan II The Pilatus PC-9 is a single-engine, low-wing tandem-seat turboprop training aircraft designed and manufactured by Pilatus Aircraft of Switzerland . Developed as a more powerful evolution of the preceding Pilatus PC-7 , the PC-9 features an enlarged cockpit and a ventral airbrake while possessing only a low level of structural ...

  6. I flew in a Cold War-era jet that trained US fighter pilots ...

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    A US Navy Texan T-6 and US Air Force Lockheed T-33 fly near each other. Aviation Photo Crew We were accompanied by a former North American Aviation T-6 Texan during the flight demonstration.

  7. Cessna T-37 Tweet - Wikipedia

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    The T-37 was ultimately phased out in favor of the Beechcraft T-6 Texan II between 2001 and 2009. The T-6 is a turboprop aircraft that possesses more power, better fuel efficiency, and more modern avionics than the T-37. The final USAF student training sortie by a T-37B in the Air Education and Training Command took place on 17 June 2009.

  8. North American NA-16 - Wikipedia

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    North American T-6 Texan North American P-64 The North American Aviation NA-16 is the first trainer aircraft built by North American Aviation , and was the beginning of a line of closely related North American trainer aircraft that would eventually number more than 17,000 examples, notably the T-6 Texan family.

  9. Air Force instructor pilot killed when ejection seat ... - AOL

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    The T-6A Texan II is a single-engine two-seater aircraft that serves as a primary trainer for Air Force, Navy and Marine Corps pilots. In a training flight an instructor can sit in the front or ...