What is a T-28 Trojan?

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This plane is a BNF Basic version and does NOT include a transmitter, flight battery, and charger. Introduced as a ParkZone ® model more than a decade ago, the T-28 Trojan 1.1m quickly became a favorite of low-time to experienced pilots alike!

Can I fly the Parkzone T-28 Trojan in my backyard?

The Parkzone T-28 Trojan is available as an Ultra Micro version, that is possible to fly in your own backyard! This is the exciting Ultra Micro version of Parkzone’s very popular T-28 Trojan park flyer. If the wind is zero then you can fly this scale RC plane in your own back yard!

What is the difference between the T-28 and BNF® basic?

The T-28 is inherently stable like the full-scale trainer platform, but the BNF ® Basic version, featuring a Spektrum ™ AR631 receiver, gives low-time and intermediate pilots the added benefits of exclusive AS3X ® and optional-use SAFE ® Select stabilization technologies.

What’s new on the T-28?

Now the T-28 has been updated and upgraded to be more powerful, more capable, and more fun to fly than ever before!

The North American Aviation T-28 Trojan is a piston engine military trainer aircraft. The NAA T-28 Trojan was used by both the United States Air Force (USAF) and also the United States Navy beginning in the 1950s. The T-28 Trojan was used as a Primary Trainer by the USAF, US Navy, and US Marine Corps through the 1950’s and 1960’s.

What is the ISBN number for the North American T 28 Trojan?

What was the T-28 used for in Vietnam?

Besides its use as a trainer, the T-28 was successfully employed as a counter-insurgency aircraft, primarily during the Vietnam War. It has continued in civilian use as an aerobatics and Warbird performer. On September 24, 1949, the XT-28 (company designation NA-159) was flown for the first time, designed to replace the T-6 Texan.

What happened to the T-28?

The T-28’s service career in the U.S. military ended with the completion of the phase-in of the T-34C turboprop trainer. The last U.S. Navy training squadron to fly the T-28 was VT-27 “Boomers”, based at Naval Air Station Corpus Christi, Texas, flying the last T-28 training flight in early 1984.

What kind of engine does a Trojan jet have?

Jet-powered aircraft were in service and the T-28 was the first trainer designed to train pilots to fly those early jets. The initial version of the Trojan, the T-28A, was powered by an air-cooled 900 horsepower Wright R-1300-1 Cyclone radial seven piston engine turning an Aeroproducts two bladed propeller.

What is the best book to learn about the T-28?

ISBN 1-874023-95-6. Fitzsimons, Bernie. The Defenders: A Comprehensive Guide to Warplanes of the USA. London: Aerospace Publishing, 1988. ISBN 0-8317-2181-2. Ginter, Steve (1981). North American T-28 Trojan. Naval Fighters. 5 (First ed.). California, United States: Ginter Books. ISBN 0-942612-05-1. Green, William. Observers Aircraft, 1956.