Lisa and Paul Walter’s T28C Trojan “13 Cat”

History:
After performing over 2000 practice carrier landings by new Naval cadets, the CIA took 13 Cat to the Belgium Congo, where spent the next 2700 hours fighting, bombing and straffing communist rebels. It was badly shot up in March of 1965. It was purchased fromt he new Ziare government (that followed the Belgium Congo) brought back to the US to be one of the first BOG ENGINE, (1425 hp) T28s is civilian hands. It is painted in the 50th Anniversary Celebration Paint Scheme of Naval Aviation as one was a Meridian NAS of VT7…no longer an abused aircraft carrier trainer, expendable bomber/strafer fighter, but now a celebrated rememberence of T28s pilots and planes of the past.

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Specifications

Registration Number	Date of Manufacture
N289RD	1954
Aircraft Role	Nickname
Trainer/ Fighter/Bombeer	Trojan
Aircraft Type:	Wingspan:
North American T-28 “Trojan”	40 feet 1 inches
Overall length:	Empty weight:
33 feet	6424 pounds
Gross weight:	Fuel capacity:
8500 pounds	1060 miles
Oil capacity	Engine type:
13 gallons	T28C 1425 hp Wright R1820-86
Propeller type:	Max Speed
HS	343 mph
Rate of Climb	Cruise Speed

Service Ceiling	Number of Crew
35,500 feet	Two
Armament	Bomb Load
None	None
Number Built	Number Surviving
2232	150+