Monday, May 21, 2012

T-6 History at the Reno National Championship Air Races


The T-6 Class was created in 1968 at the Reno National Championship Air Races to add to the three other classes, Unlimited, Formula 1 and Biplanes.
The T-6 Texan is an two seat advanced trainer developed for the military in the 1930's by North American Aviation to train pilots for the fighters.  The first flight of the T-6 Texan was April 1 , 1935.  It was developed for the Army Air Force, Navy, Britain and Canada.  

The T-6 Texan have several variants and over 15,000 were built.  Britain designation was Harvard, Navy was SNJ , Army Air Force AT and these were just a few of the variants  built.  Most came with the Pratt and Whitney R-1340 - AN1-Wasp radial engines.  This is the one required for the races in Reno by Reno Air Racing Association (RARA) which is the 600 HP version.   For more information visit http://www.militaryfactory.com/aircraft/detail.asp?aircraft_id=408

Navy SNJ variant #54 "Midlife Madness"


Air Force AT-6 variant #37 "McDonald Racer"


Canada Harvard variant #66 "Gunslinger"


In action coming to pylon #4

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