T-28 Trojan. All stock for the shippment in June were sold out. Get your pre orders in now for next shippment in Sept. Pre order discount available  before 15 AUG. 2010.

Specifications:

Wingspan: 2057mm (81 inch)

Length: 1613mm (64 inch)

Wingarea: 70.12 sq.dm

Radio: 6 CH/8 servos

Engine: 26-50cc (recommended new MLD-35cc or 43cc engine)

Flying weight: 8.2kg

Air Retracts RRP $366 AUD. Contact us (Special price for pre order customers).

Key Features:

• Detailed moulded fuselage complete with panel detail
• Large clear canopy
• Huge 80 inch span gives this aircraft great presence
• Large radial cowl for easy engine fitment
• Accurate shape and colour scheme with applied and sealed decals
• Fixed undercarriage or optional retracts
• Spray finish using special formula film covering
• Ideal for 30-50cc engine  (Reference www.ytinternational.co.uk)

History:

T-28 Trojan was a piston-engined military trainer aircraft used by the United States Air Force and USN beginning in the 1950s. Besides its use as a trainer, T-28 was successfully employed as a Counter-insurgency (COIN) aircraft primarily in Vietnam.

On 24 September 1949, the XT-28 (company designation NA-159) was flown for the first time, designed to replace the T-6 Texan. Found satisfactory, a contract was issued and between 1950 and 1957, a total of 1948 were built. Following the T-28’s withdrawal from U.S military service, a number were remanufactured by Hamilton Aircraft into two versions called the Nomair. The first refurbished machines, designated T-28R-1 were similar to the standard T-28R-2, which transformed the two seat tandem aircraft into a five seat cabin monoplane for general aviation use. In 1963, a Laotian Air Force T-28 piloted by Lieutenant Chert Saibory, a Thai national, defected to North Vietnam. Saibory was immediately imprisoned and his aircraft was impounded. Within

Six months the T-28 was refurbished and commissioned into the North Vietnamese Air Force as its first fighter aircraft. Later T-28s were supplied to the South Vietnamese Air Force in support of ARVN ground operations, seeing extensive service during the Vietnam War in VNAF hands. The T-28 Trojan was the first US fixed wing attack aircraft lost in South Vietnam, during the War, Capt. Robert L Simpson and Lt Hoa, SVNAF were shot down by ground fire on 28 August 1962 while flying close Air Support (CAS). Neither crewman survived. The USAF lost 23 T-28s to all causes during the war.