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North American T-28 Trojan

🇺🇸 United States ·first flew 1949· trainer aircraft, light attack

🎖️ military piston retired
10 photos from Wikimedia Commons · credits & licences
  1. 1. T-28B VT-2 over NAS Whiting Field c1973: U.S. Navy· Public domain
  2. 2. T-28B Trojan: Noah Wulf· CC BY-SA 4.0
  3. 3. 7625 TA-625 a T-28A Trojan, RoKAF (3225455742): Jerry Gunner from Lincoln, UK· CC BY 2.0
  4. 4. Bavarian tailhooks t28c: FaboVonDestory· CC0
  5. 5. F-4D with T-28 at Ubon RTAFB 1972: USAF· Public domain
  6. 6. JASDF T-28B(63-0581) at Hamamatsu Air Base Publication Center 20141124-01: Hunini· CC BY-SA 4.0
  7. 7. NA T28 Fennec: Kogo· GFDL
  8. 8. North American T-28A Trojan USAF: Wikimedia Commons· Public domain
  9. 9. North American T-28B Trojan Cavanaugh Flight Museum-2007-06-30: nyvhek· CC BY-SA 2.0
  10. 10. North American T-28D Trojan: Olga Ernst· CC BY-SA 4.0
Read about it on Wikipedia ↗
North American T-28 Trojan, photo 1 of 10
1/10 U.S. Navy· Public domain

what is it?

The North American Aviation T-28 Trojan is a radial-engined military trainer aircraft manufactured by North American Aviation and used by the United States Air Force and United States Navy beginning in the 1950s. Besides its use as a trainer, the T-28 was successfully employed as a counter-insurgency aircraft, primarily during the Vietnam War. It has continued in civilian use as an aerobatics and warbird performer.

How to recognise it: 1 piston engine with propeller · 12.2 m wingspan

base stats

  • speed 552 km/htop speed
  • size 3,856 kgmax take-off weight
  • built 1,948made in total

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 77 years ago, in 1949.
  • Top speed is 4.2× a car on the Dutch motorway (130 km/h).
  • Wingspan of 12.2 m: about 3 cars parked nose to tail.
  • Can fly 1.2× higher than Mount Everest (8,849 m).

piston: A car-like piston engine turning a propeller: simple and cheap, the classic small plane.

spec sheet

first flight
1949-09-24
retired
1994
status
retired
number built
1,948
role
trainer aircraft, light attack
origin
🇺🇸 United States
makers
North American Aviation
engines
1× Wright R-1820-86 Cyclone
crew
2
length
10.1 m
wingspan
12.2 m
height
3.9 m
max take-off weight
3,856 kg
top speed
552 km/h
range
—
ceiling
10,820 m

Specs are for the version in the Wikipedia article's specification section. Blank means the sources don't say.

Sources: Wikidata Q206084, Wikipedia: North American T-28 Trojan (CC BY-SA 4.0).Updated 2026-10-24.

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