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Description
| Manufacturer: | North American | |
| Base model: | T-28 | |
| Designation: | T-28 | |
| Version: | D | |
| Nickname: | Trojan | |
| Designation System: | U.S. Air Force | |
| Designation Period: | 1948-Present | |
| Basic role: | Trainer | |
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Specifications
| Length: | 32' | 9.7 m | |
| Height: | 12' 8" | 3.8 m | |
| Wingspan: | 40' 1" | 12.2 m | |
| Wingarea: | 268.0 sq ft | 24.9 sq m | |
| Empty Weight: | 6,521 lb | 2,957 kg | |
| Gross Weight: | 8,500 lb | 3,854 kg | |
Propulsion
| No. of Engines: | 1 | ||
| Powerplant: | Wright R-1300-1 | ||
| Horsepower (each): | 800 | ||
Performance
| Range: | 1,060 miles | 1,706 km | |
| Max Speed: | 380 mph | 611 km/h | 330 kt |
Examples of this type may be found at
| Museum | City | State |
| Museum of Flying | Santa Monica | California |
| Valiant Air Command Museum | Titusville | Florida |
T-28D on display
Museum of Flying | Valiant Air Command Museum |
Recent comments by our visitors
| Liem Nguyen MARIETTA, GA |
Forgot to include email: liem919@yahoo.com. Thanks, 06/22/2008 @ 03:18 [ref: 21572] |
| Liem Nguyen MARIETTA, GA |
Hello Tim McKeown and All, If you know any IP in this picture, please send me an email. I was a student pilot @Keesler AFB during 70-71. My IP was Capt. Girard (third from right). Major Lee was Flight Commander (he's 6th from left). See class picture below. Thank you, 06/22/2008 @ 03:09 [ref: 21571] |
| Ron Lam , CA | Hi,
Any one have pictures of cambodian pilots and Cambodian T28 that I can have? My uncle flew t28 for khmer Air Force during the war in cambodia. I am helping him put togther a scrap book. Thanks you in advance. 05/01/2008 @ 13:12 [ref: 20771] |
| Lou Tortorello , PA | Served in Det 1, 56 SOW At Udorn RTAFB and NKP from 1966 thru 1971. Interested in hearing from others that were there 04/22/2008 @ 06:01 [ref: 20651] |
| Daron (Norad) Sachs San Antonio, TX | Always my favorite, Daddy (Robert L. Sachs) flew and instructed in this. He brought many of his students home for dinners. I know that by some of the postings here some may have flown with him, since dates match up. 03/31/2008 @ 18:03 [ref: 20306] |
| Dexter Smith , NJ | I worked flt. line from 1/20/69-1/20/70 at Udorn RTAB. Aircraft tail# 571 09/07/2007 @ 08:28 [ref: 17861] |
| Tim McKeown Lawrenceville, GA | I just posted a couple of pictures. One is of myself with my best Hmoung pilot, Lee Ya (Ya Lee who now lives in Clinton, MS). He was "top gun" in his class and my wife and I were able to sponsor he and 17 family members to the US after they escaped from Laos. The other photo is one that I stole from another web site that I believe belongs to Brian Shul (author of Sled Driver and T-28 IP buddy from both the 3389th at Keesler and Det. 1 56 SOW Udorn). The photo is taken from the #2 position in a flight of 4. I posted it because it is the ONLY photo I have seen that shows a converted C model (#4 position, the farthest away from the camera). You can tell it is a "C" by comparing the shape of the belly of the tail section to the "D" in the center of the photo. It is shaped to accommodate a tail hook! I hated that old C model. For some reason it still had a shortened propeller (again for carrier landings), and with the extra weight of the ex-Navy birds, it was a real "dog" to fly and try and keep up with the other birds in the formation and have enough gas to get back home! According to the original web site from which I borrowed the picture, the D model in the middle of the picture in the #3 position killed two men shortly after this picture was taken. The 28 was never designed for the mission it flew in SE Asia, and after years of 45 degree bomb runs and high G pull ups, the wings starting developing cracks and folding up over the cockpits. Ejection and bailout were impossible because the wings would cover the cockpits. One of my best friends was killed this way in May 1973 out of Det. 1. In that situation the front seater (a Hmoung student) did get out, but Capt. Galbreth was found still strapped in -- he never pulled his ejection handle since he would have been plastered against the wing over his head. I loved flying the T-28 and would do it all over again, but I used to say that while flying combat I always had three enemies: the guys on the ground trying to kill me before I killed them; an antique airplane that was never designed to fly the mission we were using it for; and a student! 07/19/2007 @ 22:03 [ref: 17187] |
| Tim McKeown Lawrenceville, GA | Heh, Soper, good to finally find you as I read your write up here on this web site. If you read this, give me a shout. There was a big T-28 reunion in San Antonio last year and we will probably have another one in 2008 -- date and site are still to be determined. Last I saw you I was shipping out of Det. 1 56 SOW after my tour and you were just arriving! My email is tamck@bellsouth.net. 07/19/2007 @ 21:13 [ref: 17185] |
| Ed Solter , CA | Why is a T-28 called a Trojan. Who nicknamed it? 06/19/2007 @ 12:10 [ref: 16883] |
| Larry Lovett Louisville, KY | I was one of seven new 2nd Lt that arrived at Keesler AFB in March 1969 and spent the next four years there in the 3389 PTS. I clearly remember the AF T-28A, Navy "B" and the AF "D". We never had any airplanes with a tailhook installed that I recall. I am curious how others recall those days.
Larry Lovett 01/26/2007 @ 06:39 [ref: 15300] |
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