Amercom – LT-6G Texan / North American T-6 Texan , LTA-549 ‘Night Train’ 6148 Tactical Control Squadron USAF ., Korea 1953

Popis

-sběratelský model letadla North American T-6 Texan / Harvard Mk.4  1/72
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                      North American T-6 Texan

The North American Aviation T-6 Texan is an American single-engined advanced trainer aircraft used to train pilots of the United States Army Air Forces (USAAF), United States Navy, Royal Air Force, and other air forces of the British Commonwealth during World War II and into the 1970s.

Designed by North American Aviation, the T-6 is known by a variety of designations depending on the model and operating air force. The United States Army Air Corps (USAAC) and USAAF designated it as the AT-6, the United States Navy the SNJ, and British Commonwealth air forces the Harvard, the name by which it is best known outside the US. Starting in 1948, the new United States Air Force (USAF) designated it the T-6, with the USN following in 1962. It remains a popular warbird aircraft used for airshow demonstrations and static displays. It has also been used many times to simulate various Japanese aircraft, including the Mitsubishi A6M Zero, in movies depicting World War II in the Pacific. A total of 15,495 T-6s of all variants were built.

Canadian Car & Foundry (CCF) in Fort William (now Thunder Bay), Ontario, built the Harvard Mk.4, introduced into RCAF service in 1951.

General characteristics

• Crew: two (student and instructor)
• Length: 29 ft (8.84 m)
• Wingspan: 42 ft (12.81 m)
• Height: 11 ft 8 in (3.57 m)
• Wing area: 253.7 ft² (23.6 m²)
• Empty weight: 4,158 lb (1,886 kg)
• Loaded weight: 5,617 lb (2,548 kg)
• Powerplant: 1 × Pratt & Whitney R-1340-AN-1 Wasp radial engine, 600 hp (450 kW)

Performance

• Maximum speed: 208 mph at 5,000 ft (335 km/h at 1,500 m)
• Cruise speed: 145 mph (233 km/h)
• Range: 730 miles (1,175 km)
• Service ceiling: 24,200 ft (7,400 m)
• Rate of climb: 1200ft/min (6.1 m/s)
• Wing loading: 22.2 lb/ft² (108 kg/m²)
• Power/mass: 0.11 hp/lb (kW/kg)

Armament

• Provision for up to 3× 0.30 in (7.62 mm) machine gun

The 6148th Tactical Control Group was a United States Air Force unit that fought in the Korean War. The unit was attached to Far East Air Forces Fifth Air Force.