North American T-28 Trojan a piston-engined military trainer aircraft 

The T-28 is such a beautiful plane. I fly a couple of different T-28 RC models, but nothing beats the sound of the real engine, of course!

That spinner really sets it off. Got a couple of hours in the front seat of one during a Blue Angels airshow when I and my colleagues were responsible for putting it on. Doing aerobatics over the Florabama on a clear autumn day was the best! What an amazing aircraft!

I went through the T-28 training syllabus at Whiting Field in 1970-71. It could be a bit of a handful at times. Just starting that big radial engine could be likened to starting a steam locomotive. If you didn’t do it just right you would get a tremendous backfire that could be heard across the base. That would require opening the cowling and manually checking the rubber booth between the carburetor and the engine. I saw one student do it twice in a row. The instructor was all sorts of bent out of shape. Fun times. If you opened it up as most students did on their solo hops you would note that it would use about a gallon a minute of fuel and that was the 130 octane variety.

I grew up in rural Georgia (the US State, not The Nation in Eastern Europe) and my Uncle was the manager of the nearest airport, which was in another nearby small town called Thomson. There among the many Cessnas, Pipers, etc... Was the beautiful T-28, painted with that shark's tooth grin and camo paint job made famous by Chennault's Flying Tigers of the China Theater of WW2 pre-US Entry into the war. Some of my earliest and absolute favorite memories are flying in that plane with my Uncle or one of his very, very few pilots allowed to also fly the T-28. I was fortunate enough to have even had a couple of my pilot's license lessons in that beauty! Man can she climb and dive!! And some of the absolute BEST handling you could EVER ask for in any aircraft, Piston OR Jet Engined!

Used to have a T-shirt just the plane and the word Trojan underneath. My dad gave to me as a baby boy, on his way to flyin the A4 Skyhawks and A6 Intruder for 2& 28 years, respectively. Some of my favorite stories were/are of him and his classmates learning how to fly this…

A comment.. I'll give you a comment. Praise God just a beautiful example of a T-28 Trojan!!! I hope she fly's forever!! AirHammer out!!

I flew it in 1958 at Whiting Field, For this then 20-year old, flying it was excitement on steroids!

began the t-28 training syllabus with VT-27 at NAS Corpus Christi June 1984

My dad was an air force fighter pilot. He took his mom up in a t- 28 she was an old cajun woman and he took her up, in maybe 58? I wish a picture was available

Fantastic.....Wonderful.

These planes played the Yak-9U's in the movie "Battle Hymn"

thank you for putting me inside of T-28 just for a while,plz make mor of POV flights videos.

THAT PLANE USED TO BELONG TO WAYNE BROOKS...VERY GOOD FRIEND...I HAVE A NUMBER OF HOURS FLYING THAT PLANE....GREAT PLANE....

I was suposed to fly in a T 28 and sign up to join the Navy, but luck would have it I joined the Air Force & had a great career !

Super

Sehr schönes Video und man erfreut sich am Klang des Sternmotors :-) Excellent video captures enjoying the sound of the big Block :-)

Thank'U for theeses slendid weew !

Fantastic airplane.

Awesome

Wow, what a beautiful plane! And fantastic camera work too.

Tolle Maschine und fliegt super!!!

Always though thought the wings and the tail assembly shape were that of a P-51.

Sehr schöne Aufnahmen 👍

Wonderfulness..

Me agrado verlo con detalles para proyecto construccion modelo R/C,tiene similitudes con el P-51 ambos son construidos por la north american aircraft co.

they are mostly retired however still can hit ground targets.

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Does the Torjan only have Flaperons or Flaps and Ailerons? Also looks to have a centrally mounted air-brake under the wing. Reson for asking is i am building a RC model of it from scratch so interested in replicating the actual control surfaces. Really i need specs and some basic plans of the real aircraft, for stuff like engine thrust line, offset of vertical tail etc. Ta.

I just found out about this awesome plane..can out climb a phantom jet was one of the claims. Is this true?

These T-28s Trojans were the workhorses during the CIA's Secret War in Laos 1962-1975. They can be equipped with 4×500? lbs bombs on top of 2×.50mm machine guns and used in the same role as the German Stukas bombers. They were very effective against Pathet Lao and NVA forces eventhough some fell victim to DShK Heavy Machine guns. It would be a failure strategy if the enemy forces could bring in/ haul in anti- aircraft canons, but fortunately the rugged, steep ravine, and mountainous terrain prohibit them from doing so.. Skyraiders, F4 Phatoms, and A-8s Intruders were also used to drop Napalm bombs, but at a minimal rate.

Sounds like a Wildcat… haha

Why the hell is this AT-28 marked USS Lexington? They were never flow.n off any carriers because they cant be fitted with an arresting hook! I flew these in Nam as ground attack. Capt ret USAF 20th SOS, 27th Spl Ops Wing, Nam 70-73.