North American T-6 Texan

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The North American T-6 Texan is a single-engine advanced trainer aircraft widely used by the United States and allied air forces from the late 1930s through the post–World War II era.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf single-engine aircraft
trainer aircraft
alsoKnownAs AT-6
Harvard
SNJ
armamentCapability light bombs
light machine guns
countryOfOrigin United States
crew 2
currentUse airshow display aircraft
civilian aerobatics
heritage flight aircraft
warbird
emptyWeight 1,880 kg
engineConfiguration single radial engine
engineType Pratt & Whitney R-1340 Wasp
era World War II era
post–World War II era
firstFlight 1935-04-01
grossWeight 2,548 kg
height 3.56 m
introduced 1938
landingGear retractable tailwheel landing gear
length 8.84 m
manufacturer North American Aviation
maximumSpeed 208 mph
335 km/h
notableVariant Harvard Mk II
linked to: CT-156 Harvard II

Harvard Mk IV
SNJ-5
T-6G Texan
numberBuilt 15000+
powerOutput 600 hp
powerplant 1 × Pratt & Whitney R-1340-AN-1 radial engine
primaryUser United States Army Air Forces
United States Navy
productionPeriod 1937–1954
range 1,000 km
620 mi
role advanced trainer
serviceCeiling 24,000 ft
7,300 m
status retired from military service
usedBy Brazilian Air Force
French Air Force
Japanese Air Self-Defense Force
Luftwaffe
Mexican Air Force
Portuguese Air Force
Royal Air Force
Royal Canadian Air Force
South African Air Force
United States Army Air Forces
United States Navy
usedFor bombing training
counter-insurgency operations
forward air control
gunnery training
pilot training
usedInConflict Algerian War
Greek Civil War
Indonesian National Revolution
Korean War
Portuguese Colonial War
World War II
wingConfiguration low-wing monoplane
wingspan 12.81 m

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North American Aviation notableProduct North American T-6 Texan
North American Harvard alsoKnownAs North American T‑6 Texan
linked to: North American T-6 Texan
Haitian Air Force operatedAircraft North American T-6 Texan
Williams Air Force Base hostedAircraftType T-6 Texan
linked to: North American T-6 Texan
North American T-6 Texan alsoKnownAs AT-6
linked to: North American T-6 Texan
SNJ predicateOf North American T-6 Texan
SNJ introducedAsVariantOf North American T-6 Texan
SNJ successorDesignation T-6 Texan (post-1962 tri-service designation system)
linked to: North American T-6 Texan
SNJ airframeCommonalityWith U.S. Army Air Forces AT-6
linked to: North American T-6 Texan
Heritage Flight Museum collectionIncludes North American T-6 Texan
Nigel Lamb hasFlownAircraftType T-6 Harvard
linked to: North American T-6 Texan
National Aeronautics Museum of Argentina hasExhibit North American T-6 Texan (Argentine Air Force)
linked to: North American T-6 Texan
Vultee BT-13 Valiant successor North American AT-6 Texan
linked to: North American T-6 Texan