History: The Navion was originally designed at the end of WWII by North American Aviation for the civilian market, with the thought that wartime pilots would come home and continue flying with their families and friends under more peaceful conditions, but the postwar boom in civilian aviation did not materialize to the extent manufacturers envisioned…. More
Category Archives: Warbird
Karl Holly’s North American T-28C
History: This particular aircraft spent its career in various Navy Training Command Units. Taken out of military service in 1984, and privately owned since 1988. Top Specifications Registration Number Date of Manufacture N9025Y 1956 Aircraft Role Nickname Trainer and Close Air Support Trojan Aircraft Type: Wingspan: North American T-28 “Trojan” 40 feet 1 inches Overall… More
Tumbling Goose’s Aero Vodochody L-39C
History: Restored in 2010. Top Specifications Registration Number Date of Manufacture N247SG 1984 Aircraft Role Nickname Trainer Albatros Aircraft Type: Wingspan: Aero Vodochody 31 feet 0.5 inches Overall length: Empty weight: 40 feet 5 inches 7,200 US pounds Gross weight: Fuel capacity: 10,000 US pounds 384 Gal Oil capacity Engine type: Single 3792 Lbs thrust… More
Gotcha!
History: N5199V is a 1944 SNJ-5 Texan, originally delivered to the U.S. Navy. She is one of some 15,000 Texans and Harvards that trained pilots in over 40 countries for decades. Texans trained nearly 250,000 U.S. pilots in World War II. In the late ’60s, while privately owned, our Texan began her air racing career…. More
Old Smokey
History: Manufactured by Beech Aircraft in Wichita Kansas . It was delivered to the USAF on October 21 , 1954 3320 nd.Pilot Training Squadron(Air Training Command)Spence AFB GA. Dec.1955 To 3303 nd. Pilot Training Group (ATC)Bartow AFB TX Aug.1957 To 2500 th. Air Base Wing(Continental Air Command)Michel AFB NY Mar.1961 To 69 th. Troop Carrier(Medium)Squadron… More
Beech T-34A
History: USAF primary initial trainer at Bainbridge AB and Spence AB 1956 to 1960. Transferred to C.A.P for awhile, then 4 private owners till I acquired it in March 1999. Was in Navy scheme with the last prior owner with the original IO-470-13 engine of 225 hp. Top Specifications Registration Number Date of Manufacture N5268… More
Jim’s T34
History: USAF Serial #527630 was delivered to the USAF Tinker AFB in 1953 as a base trainer. It had the standard fitment of a Continental 470 with a 2 bladed prop. The a/c was fully aerobatic and served as the primary training and jet transition aircraft for most USAF pilots in the 50’s, 60’s, 70’s… More
John Fester’s 1951 North American T-28A
History: This aircraft was a trainer based in the U.S. from 1951 through 1957 when it was “mothballed” in Arizona. Private owners bought the plane in 1958 and it has had 5 owners since. The T-28′ are certified as experimental. Top Specifications Registration Number Date of Manufacture N8089H 1951 Aircraft Role Nickname Trainer, Bomber Trojan… More
Rich Sugden’s North American FJ-4B “Fury”
History: This particular FJ-4B, the last one flying in the world, was built in 1958 in the second to last batch of 222 aircraft, and was delivered to VA-192 “Golden Dragons” on board the USS Bon Homme Richard. It operated with several other Navy squadrons, finishing its Navy career with VA-216, the “Black Diamonds”, aboard… More
Kent Field’s T-34A Mentor
History: 1957 T-34A, serial number G-139 1957, Delivered to Mather Air Force Base, California. 1957 Transferred to the Mather AFB Aero Club (5Dec1957). 1966 Transferred to Civil Air Patrol (6April1966) West Bay Composite Squadron 110, Belmont, CA. 2001 Sold to Micheal Mahanor, Alstead, NH 2002 Sold to Robert Hecksher, Marathon, FL 2018 Sold to Kent… More