North American T-6 TEXAN

[Viper]

while we were out in Florida last week my mate went on a little trip in a 1943 aircraft, and managed a few hard turns and barrel rolls,etc

He absolutely loved it, and was pretty amazed by the aircraft, the engine was serviced evey 100 hours and a total major overall every 1500 hours



with a little museum on the side of their hanger they had a handful of aircraft including one of those flying cars and a stunning racer parked up amongst their collection

[Simpo Two]

Blimey. With that schnozz at first I thought it was an Airacobra but it's a P51 with contraprop... never seen one of those before.

[FourWheelDrift]

Reno racer with an ex-Shackleton Griffon installed.

[Viper]

a little bit on 'Precious Metal'

http://airpigz.com/blog/2011/8/31/griffon-powered-...

[FourWheelDrift]

Texans aren't badly priced on the warbird trainer market, always a few for sale on here along with it's almost identical sisters the SNJ-3 and Vultee BT-13A - http://www.courtesyaircraft.com/inventory%20table.... That's the aviation enthusiasts lottery winner's website.

[Ginetta G15 Girl]

FourWheelDrift said:

with it's almost identical sisters the SNJ-3 and Vultee BT-13A -

SNJ was merely the USN nomenclature for the T6 - it's the same a/c, not a sister.

The BT-13, commonly referred to as the Vultee Vibrator on account of it having solid engine mountings, is a very different a/c to the T6. Performance-wise it's somewhere about halfway between a PT13/17/19 and a T6 in performance.


Indeed the names rather give it away really (given that the T6 was originally named AT6). To whit:

PT = Primary Trainer
BT = Basic Trainer
AT = Advanced Trainer

[Tango13]

Ginetta G15 Girl said:

FourWheelDrift said:

with it's almost identical sisters the SNJ-3 and Vultee BT-13A -

SNJ was merely the USN nomenclature for the T6 - it's the same a/c, not a sister.

The BT-13, commonly referred to as the Vultee Vibrator on account of it having solid engine mountings, is a very different a/c to the T6. Performance-wise it's somewhere about halfway between a PT13/17/19 and a T6 in performance.


Indeed the names rather give it away really (given that the T6 was originally named AT6). To whit:

PT = Primary Trainer
BT = Basic Trainer
AT = Advanced Trainer

Milton O Thompson once described the P-51 as 'Little more than a fast AT-6' Mind you he used to fly X-15 rocket 'planes so anything less than Mach 1 was a bit tame for him I can imagine...

[Apache]

FourWheelDrift said:

Reno racer with an ex-Shackleton Griffon installed.

I wonder why they've gone for 3 blades rather than 4?

[Simpo Two]

Apache said:

I wonder why they've gone for 3 blades rather than 4?

Shackleton was 3x2 as well. I guess 6 blades was a sufficient step up from 5 to absorb the power so no point for more.

[c7xlg]

I've been up in the Hardvard/Texan at Goodwood. Cracking flight, flown by the pilot who does the displays in her for The Revival, Breakfast clubs etc etc. He flew us through a couple of rolls and a loop and then I got to waggle the stick alittle but myself. Coming in to land over Goodwood house and golf club with the canopy open was wonderful...