Pacific Aircraft Models 43/43
Wingspan: 17.25"
Fuselage Length: 13.7"
T28 Trojan Model Airplane: An Exquisite Addition to Your Growing Collection
The T28 Trojan model plane's paint scheme, markings and parts are extremely complete, reflecting the original airplane. This T28 Trojan model airplane is definitely the ideal piece to every aviation enthusiast and avid aircraft collector, reviving the good, old flight memories and perfect display.
This top-quality T-28 Trojan model plane will surely be appreciated by anyone who receives this elegant desktop display as a gift. This T-28 Trojan model plane is definitely the ideal gift to every aviation enthusiast and avid aircraft collector, reviving the good, old flight memories for it displays perfect resemblance to the actual T-28 Trojan. To ensure a damage-free product straight to your doorstep, the T-28 Trojan model plane with its base stand is safely covered with foam and carefully packed in a box.
T-28 Trojan History:
The North American T-28 Trojan, as it became known, had a frameless canopy and a Wright R-1300 engine that, when combined, gave it a top speed that often exceeded 280 mph. First orders of 266 planes in 1950 eventually grew to 1,194. When production ended in 1957, a total of 1,948 planes had been built. After a long service career, the Trojan was finally replaced with the Beechcraft T-34 Mentor turboprop trainer. But even after its retirement, the T-28 Trojan still lives on as one of the most popular piston-powered warbirds not only in the USA, but also in several other countries.
The Air Force has supplied T-28 planes to the Vietnam Air Force, the Royal Laotian Air Force and the Royal Thai Air Force. The Trojan served with the USAF as a tactical fighter-bomber for counter insurgency warfare in Southeast Asia, particularly in Vietnam and Laos, and proved to be an effective close air support weapon against enemy ground forces. The T-28 was the first US attack fixed wing aircraft that was lost in South Vietnam during the Vietnam War. Captain Robert L. Simpson and Lieutenant Hoa were shot down by ground fire on August 28, 1962 while flying close air support; neither survived. The USAF lost 23 Trojans to all causes during the war, with the last two losses occurring in 1968.
Many had been sold to private civil operators since the mid-1980s, and due to their reasonable operating costs, can still be found flying today. Approximately 150 T-28s remain airworthy.
