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4 unusual facts about North American T-6 Texan


Avro Athena

It was designed to replace the North American Harvard in the Royal Air Force, but was only brought in small numbers, the competing Boulton Paul Balliol being preferred.

Battle of Bab El Oued

The French used M8 Greyhound armoured cars to control the exits to the town whilst suspicious buildings were surveilled from the air by T-6 and T-28 aircraft departing from Boufarik Air Base.

Iron Eagle on the Attack

Chappy needs Doug's help, as his school is overrun by juvenile delinquents who fly his T-6 Texans with no regard for safety.

Sharpeville massacre

F-86 Sabre jets and Harvard Trainers approached to within a hundred feet of the ground, flying low over the crowd in an attempt to scatter it.


1963 Argentine Navy Revolt

Under the orders of base commander Captain Santiago Sabarots, Argentine Navy F9F Panthers, AT-6 Texans and F4U Corsairs bombed the advancing column, destroying a dozen M4 Sherman tanks, resulting in 9 KIA and 22 wounded, at the loss of three aircraft.

Bill Stealey

An avid aviator, Stealey and piloted a North American T-28 Trojan for over 15 years including leading the T-28 formations at the Oshkosh Air Shows every July on a number of years.

David Eagles

He spent fifteen months learning to fly with the United States Navy, where he flew the Harvard (US Navy SNJ), the Grumman F9F Panther and the North American T-28 Trojan at Naval Air Stations Pensacola FLA and Kingsville TEXAS.

Derek Piggott

Back in the UK he was posted as a Staff Instructor at RAF's Central Flying School at Little Rissington where he trained instructors and flew Harvards, Balliols, Athenas, Meteors, Spitfires, Mosquitos and Lancasters.

Lethbridge Airport

No. 133 (Fighter) Squadron was formed here in June 1942, flying Hurricanes and Harvards.

Mexico–Guatemala conflict

Two hours following the aforementioned flight, several Mexican T-6 Texans and T-28 Trojans, armed with machine guns and napalm bombs, entered Guatemalan airspace intending to strike La Aurora International Airport.

Nakajima B5N

Replicas of the B5N2s were made from U.S. North American T-6 Texan trainers, and Aichi D3A dive bombers were created using BT-13 Valiant training aircraft, which were modified to represent Japanese aircraft for the movie Tora! Tora! Tora!, and have been used in a number of movies and airshows since to depict the aircraft.

Perrin Air Force Base

Perrin became a storage facility for aircraft such as the AT-6 Texan trainer, the B-25 Mitchell bomber, and other equipment, such as tractors and bulldozers.

Supercritical airfoil

The supercritical airfoils were designed in the 1960s, by then NASA engineer Richard Whitcomb, and were first tested on a modified North American T-2C Buckeye.


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