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[Narrator]
U.S. military pilots learning to fly in

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the mid-to-late 1940s

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were very familiar with the T-28 Trojan.

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[Dan Hill]
It actually came out just after the war,

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became the primary trainer for the

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United States Navy, Marine Corps and Air

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Force.

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The T-28 was known for having higher

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performance than prior training aircraft.

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The Trojan's tricycle landing gear taught

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pilots to take off and land

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in the same fashion as the planes they

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were training to fly.

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[Dan Hill]
It's got the largest engine that was made in

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World War II, with a single row

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of cylinders, 1,425 horsepower,

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redline airspeed of 350 knots.

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The Air Force eventually phased

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out the T-28,

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but Air Guard pilots continued to fly

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it until the late 1950s.

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In 1962, the U.S. modified the Trojan into

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a tactical fighter bomber

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for counterinsurgency warfare. The T-28

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Trojan made its mark as a warbird of

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military aviation history.
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