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| First flown in 1949, the Trojan was put into production as the T-28A two-seat basic trainer for the USAF. Power was provided by a 596kW Wright R-1300-1 radial engine. The T-28B was the initial US Navy version fitted with a 1,062kW Wright R-1820-86 engine and a two-piece sliding canopy (as fitted to late production T-28A). Two further T-28 versions were produced: the T-28G with deck-arrester gear; and the T-28D, a converted T-28A with a 1,062kW R-1820-56S engine and strengthened airframe for light-attack duties. An attack-trainer version was designated AT-28D. A licence-built version was also made in France as the Fennec.
| MODEL | T-28B "Trojan" |
| CREW | 2 |
| ENGINE | 1 x Wright Cyclone R-1820-86, 1063kW |
| WEIGHTS |
| Take-off weight | 3856 kg | 8501 lb |
| Empty weight | 2914 kg | 6424 lb |
| DIMENSIONS |
| Wingspan | 12.22 m | 40 ft 1 in |
| Length | 10.06 m | 33 ft 0 in |
| Height | 3.86 m | 13 ft 8 in |
| Wing area | 24.90 m2 | 268.02 sq ft |
| PERFORMANCE |
| Max. speed | 552 km/h | 343 mph |
| Ceiling | 10820 m | 35500 ft |
| Range | 1706 km | 1060 miles |
| Bill Lawton, e-mail, 24.02.2015 03:53 T-28B was the perfect transition aircraft from the SNJ in basic training to the F9F2 in advanced training in Kingsville, TX 1955. The only Navy plane which was more fun to fly was the FJ-3 Fury!! reply | | Dr Richard Dexter Olson, e-mail, 04.02.2015 22:49 I `54- flew this airplane for Instrument Flight Training at NAS Kingsville TX, from Aug`54 through Sept `54, GREAT AIRPLANE. Would love to hear from anyone who was there at the same time. reply | | Karl Polifka, e-mail, 24.01.2015 03:47 I got a 4 hour check-out in the T-28D at Udorn RTAFB in 1969 and then did 300 combat hours (plus O-1 time) as a Raven living in near the PDJ in Laos. A good stable airplane for ordnance delivery and the two .50 cal were great fun! reply | | Hal Cusick, e-mail, 23.01.2015 21:04 Enjoyed the T-28A, envied the Navy for their B models with bigger engine. Nice cross country, cavernous baggage comp. Only airplane I ever flew that was able to do a loop on top of an immelman. Flew same at Williams Field, AZ (aka Willy)as Ip, also T-6, P-80 a,B and Tbird. reply | |
| | Reed Carr, e-mail, 21.01.2015 03:59 my first flight in a T-28 was at Corry Field, 1956, in the "spare" seat of a fellow student's solo. I was really impressed, after coming from Whiting and flying the T-34. reply | | Paul (Muddy) Watters, e-mail, 13.01.2015 20:07 Whiting Field 1968 - flew T-28 for formation and instrument training. On a solo flight I decided to find put why we always had to recover from a spin after three turns - I found out quickly that after three turns the nose falls thru and spin rate increased rapidly - blacked myself out pulling 6 g's to recover but the wings didn't some off! VT-5 for carqual training. Lexington was in dry dock so our entire flight flew cross country to NAS Jax where we qual'ed on USS Wasp. Party time at the O'Club that night - early wake up the next day for return flight to Pensacola with big hangover. We were the last helicopter designated class to hit the boat before moving to Ellyson Field. reply | | Robert "Robin" Armour, e-mail, 19.12.2014 18:31 How cool is that-
having your trainer named after a condom. reply | | Chris, e-mail, 18.09.2014 22:15 Hello everyone. My father currently owns T-28B #138178. He has owned it since 1986. It was in VT-27 until 1984, one of the last released, and prior to that, Vt-6 and VT-3 I believe. If anyone has flown this aircraft or has any additional information on it, please contact me. I belive in VT-3, it's number was 217. In VT-27 it was 703, and at the very end, 744. Thank you. reply | | MadMaxNJ, e-mail, 21.07.2014 05:28 WoW all these pilots, I was just the guy that had to fix these oily, smelly, Props in 1969. Was given duty station at Keesler from the Air Force as a thank you for serving in Vietnam 67 /68 after I had spent all my previous 3 1 /2 yrs. working on RF-4C's, Army Helicopters, C-47, RF-101,RB-66B, C-130's and trained on the B-52 in Tech school. No wonder I did not re-enlist. reply | | Russ Dyer LtCol USMC (Ret), e-mail, 11.05.2014 00:59 I was introduced to the T-28 at NAAS Cabaniss Field in Corpus Christi in May 1954 where I spent more than 40 hours under the back seat hood learning radio instrument flying. I was a NAVCAD and my instructor was Lt Foucht, USN. (Are you still out there somewhere?) Two years later I found myself back at Cabaniss Field (then 1 /Lt USMC) where I spent the next two years and 1200 flight hours in the T-28 front seat teaching radio instrument flying to a couple dozen students. (Are any of you out there somewhere?) I also had the distinction of flying the last instructional hop out of Cabaniss before it was deactivated. reply | | Bill Frew, e-mail, 30.03.2014 18:08 Class 59-C at Spence. We were on the PT field close to the runway end and hadn't had our first T-34 flight yet. During a break we watched the T-28's pitch out and land. Suddenly one spun out of the pitch. As we held our breath it pulled out just above the treetops and went roaring off. Of course at supper a Cadet stood on his chair and told how the Mil. check pilot gave him a simulated engine failure in the pitch. He got a foot stuck in the pedals and cross control stalled. The check pilot recovered. When we first arrived at Spence we used to hear farm tractors Put, Putting in the distance. We soon found that it was the Wright engine with the split exhaust. We envied the Navy with the better engine but we loved the feeling of climbing up the flaps to enter then heard the sound of a powerful engine coming to life.One student had an engine failure after a touch and go at Tifton aux. field. Bellied in beside a road, couldn't open the canopy elect. or Air. A Georgia chain gang prisoner chopped him out with a pick. Those months were a very happy time to look back upon. reply | | ross diehl, e-mail, 13.01.2014 00:15 I was USAF class 56B,Graham AB, Marianna, Fla, followed by the T-28A at Bryan AFB. My first ride in the T-28A was on my 21st birthday with Lt.Bob Anctil.I bought T-28A #50(49-1540) 28 years ago so I can say I have been Flying T-28s for 58yrs.7mos. Great A /C when the 3 blade Ham Std. prop is installed. Its at Chino, Calif. available for rides or sale! reply |
| Larry, e-mail, 21.12.2013 19:31 First flew a T-28 as a student pilot at Marana AB in 1954 (1955-S). Later as a check pilot for a Foreign Military Traing attachment at Graham AB in 1958 and 1959 When Castro took over Cuba the Cuban students were there one day and gone the next.Flew many aircraft but this one was the most fun of all. reply | | Karl S. Zimmerman, e-mail, 02.11.2013 03:52 Worked as a flight Mech at NAS Whiting with VT-6; 76-80. After all this time I still smell the oil burn on first turn-up. Just like your first love, you always remember your first bird. reply | |
| | Carl Fick, e-mail, 29.10.2013 12:32 Was assigned to VT-2.power plant division. 68-71 Yes ADR-3. Became one of few that was CDinspector so I would have the opertunity to go on maintance hops alot. Always was a giggle on take offs when we do an unresticted climb then finish test flt. And then go put the ole' girl thru her paces. That was a Big giggle. Had a couple brown outs and gray outs. Hard to keep up with the pilot sometimes. The T-28B /C was my whole tour it was great. reply | | Dick Baese, e-mail, 22.08.2013 17:51 I enjoyed primary training in the T-28A. The engine had an unusual sound being a 7 cylinder. However the worst sound is when it blows the bottom jug and now you have the sound of silence. Cockpit full of smoke and the windshield obscured with oil. After about 5 minutes of flying blind and getting air with the canopy open, I decided to let the plane do the rest of the flight by itself. It wasn't all over yet because me and the airplane hit the ground about the same time and place. The mechanical failure was attributed to an over haul screw-up. This all happened August 13th 1958. I completed pilot training June 10,1959 reply | | Bob Martin, e-mail, 15.08.2013 02:42 After the T-34 at NAS Saufley I arrived at Whiring Field in Nov 1959. My instructor at North Whiting for T /P /A & Basic Instruments was Marine Capt. William Robert FAILS. He was one great guy, now deceased.
With 150 hrs. to my credit I felt the T-28 and I could do anything.
There are three T-28s, one A & two Bs, two flyable, at Dallas Bay Skypark near Chattanooga, TN. reply | | Phil Belisle, e-mail, 11.03.2013 04:32 Also a plowback circa 1957-59. My unit was the "Flying Eights", North Whiting.
Favorite was a half field abort with a rough running engine, and "instructing"
German Aviators. They had more time firing at B-17s that I had total time. Great plane and great times. Look up R-1820 in wikipedia and find out what
a grand engine history we flew. reply | | Tom Liston, e-mail, 27.02.2013 03:32 In my post below, I meant Whiting Field, not Milton Field. Ah, the ravages of age. reply | | Gary Dietz, e-mail, 26.02.2013 03:28 Flew the T-28 out of Whiting Field and Mainside Pensacola. First carrier qualifications were a memory never to be forgotten. Great, reliable and fun-to-fly bird. reply |
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