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10 photos from Wikimedia Commons · credits & licences
- 1. T-6A Texan II: U.S. Air Force photo by Master Sgt. David Richards· Public domain
- 2. Beechcraft T-6 Texan flying by: Pseudopanax at English Wikipedia· Public domain
- 3. Five T-6C Texan II (601-605) for Vietnam People's Air Force: Pacific Air Forces· Public domain
- 4. MIAS 260915 HAF Texan II 03: Oren Rozen· CC BY-SA 4.0
- 5. Raytheon AT-6B Texan II: Aldo Bidini· GFDL 1.2
- 6. Raytheon T-6A Texan II, Brno CIAF 2007 (Greek Air Force 01): Voytek S· CC BY-SA 3.0
- 7. T-6 Texan Take to the Skies Airfest 2016: Balon Greyjoy· CC0
- 8. T-6s - a Texan II and a Texan too: Steve White· Public domain
- 9. Beechcraft T-6A Texan II 5D3 4729 (52255507427): Ronnie Macdonald from Chelmsford, United Kingdom· CC BY 2.0
- 10. Hawker Beechcraft T-6C Texan II N2824B (35871033230): Ronnie Macdonald from Chelmsford, United Kingdom· CC BY 2.0
what is it?
The Beechcraft T-6 Texan II is a single-engined, turboprop aircraft currently built by Textron Aviation, formerly manufactured by Raytheon Aircraft Company, which sold to Textron in 2007. It is a license-built Pilatus PC-9, a trainer aircraft. The T-6 replaced the United States Air Force's Cessna T-37B Tweet and the United States Navy's T-34C Turbo Mentor during the 2010s.
How to recognise it: 1 turboprop · 10.2 m wingspan
base stats
Bars compare against all aircraft: 3,500 km/h, 20,000 km, 850 seats; size and number built on a log scale up to 640 t (An-225) and 45,000 built (Cessna 172).
fun facts
- First flew 26 years ago, in 2000.
- Wingspan of 10.2 m: about 2 cars parked nose to tail.
- Range of 1,667 km: 9× Amsterdam to Brussels.
- Can fly 1.1× higher than Mount Everest (8,849 m).
turboprop: A jet-style turbine turning a propeller: efficient on short hops.
spec sheet
- first flight
- 2000
- introduced
- 2001
- status
- still flying
- number built
- 900
- role
- t-6: trainer aircraft, at-6: light attack aircraft
- origin
- 🇺🇸 United States
- makers
- Hawker Beechcraft
- engines
- 1× Pratt & Whitney Canada PT6A-68
- length
- 10.2 m
- wingspan
- 10.2 m
- height
- 3.3 m
- max take-off weight
- 2,948 kg
- top speed
- —
- cruise speed
- 515 km/h
- range
- 1,667 km
- ceiling
- 9,449 m
Specs are for the version in the Wikipedia article's specification section. Blank means the sources don't say.
family
Sources: Wikidata Q814025, Wikipedia: Beechcraft T-6 Texan II (CC BY-SA 4.0).Updated 2026-10-24.