{"id":11,"date":"2011-12-27T16:21:33","date_gmt":"2011-12-27T16:21:33","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/52.15.223.162\/?page_id=11"},"modified":"2016-04-15T10:04:37","modified_gmt":"2016-04-15T15:04:37","slug":"north-american-t28","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/666903.nextdoorhk.tech\/?page_id=11","title":{"rendered":"North American T28 Trojan"},"content":{"rendered":"

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The North American T-28 Trojan<\/strong> began life in 1949 as the NA-159\/XT-28. \u00a0There are nine variants that have been used by twenty-eight different countries. \u00a0It is a single engine trainer that was designed to replace the venerable T-6 Texan. \u00a0It was used by the USAF until the early 1960’s, and by the Navy (Marine Corps\/Coast Guard) into the early 1980’s. \u00a0A T-28 was the first fixed wing attack aircraft lost in South Vietnam (a total of 23 were lost).<\/h3>\n

\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0While it is common knowledge that T-28’s were used in combat in Vietnam, it is not generally known that the T-28 was the first fighter aircraft employed by the North Vietnamese Air Force. \u00a0This happened after a Laotian T-28 pilot defected to North Vietnam in 1963. \u00a0The North Vietnamese refurbished the airplane and put it into service as a fighter.<\/h3>\n

The T-28A was equipped with an 800 hp engine, but the later versions were upgraded to the 1,425 hp engine. \u00a0One other unique conversion deserves attention: \u00a0a civilian conversion, the T-28R-2 transformed the two-seater into a five seat cabin for general aviation use.<\/h3>\n

The last T-28 training flight took place at NAS Corpus Christi, Texas in early 1984. \u00a0The T-28 was replaced by the T-34C turboprop.<\/h3>\n

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