American Muscle; the T-28 Trojan

[nuuumannn]

Hi Guys, a new addition to my walkaround site is the T-28 Trojan.

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Link to description and T-28 page here: http://warbirdswalkaround.wixsite.c...st/2018/10/06/American-Muscle-the-T-28-Trojan

 

[Airframes]

Good stuff Grant. I've always liked the Trojan / Fennec - which has reminded me to finish the Fennec conversion of the (very) old Monogram kit !

 

[MIflyer]

The rather bedraggled T-28A has Mexican Air Force markings and was sold on ebay for about $1300 some months back. It apparently was located at a used car lot in New Jersey.

 

[Tieleader]

Very cool. I painted a canvas for the owner of a Fennec called "Out of Africa" here in Mass. many years again. Very pretty Sand and tan camo.

 

[Airframes]

Similar to this one, based at Duxford ?

 

[Gnomey]

Cool shots!

 

[Wildcat]

T-28's are cool. You get a good view from the back seat as well.

 

[Wurger]

 

[Tieleader]

Similar to this one, based at Duxford ?


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Yes. Although, honesty I'd don't remember if it still had the French Roundels as this was five lifetimes ago. I DO remember that the name was beautifully script painted just forward of the windshield.

 

[nuuumannn]

The Duxford one was known as 'Little Rascal'. It looks great in its warpaint. I do like the Trojan; it's a real performer and the guy I chatted to that operates the T-28C I photographed said that it can match the P-51D in performance at low altitude.

 

[MIflyer]

For years I wondered why no one had tried to use the T-28 as a basis for an Unlimited racer. Then a friend of mine had a dismantled T-28 at his hangar that a friend was restoring and he pointed out that it had nothing but round head rivets, not flush rivets. Replacing all those rivets with flush ones would be a huge job.

Speed was not a design requirement for that airplane.

 

[Augsburg Eagle]

A T-28C (D-FUMY) at Munich Airport

 

[Augsburg Eagle]

And the OE-ESA from the Flying Bulls at Salzburg

 

[Wurger]