This Day in Aviation History
September 24th, 1949
First flight of the North American T-28 Trojan.
 
The North American Aviation T-28 Trojan is a piston-engined military trainer aircraft used by the United States Air Force and United States Navy beginning in the 1950s. Besides its use as a trainer, the T-28 was successfully employed as a Counter-insurgency (COIN) aircraft, primarily during the Vietnam War….
 
Source:
Wikipedia, North American T-28 Trojan: http://gstv.us/1LxGGTL
 
YouTube, North American T-28: http://gstv.us/1LxGMe7
By Wings
 
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