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North American T-6 Texan

🇺🇸 United States ·first flew 1935· trainer aircraft

10 photos from Wikimedia Commons · credits & licences

1. Finnish Air Force Hawker Hurricane warbird and US Navy T-6 Texan warbird in flight over Finland: Peng Chen· CC BY-SA 2.0
2. North American SNJ-4 TEXAN - Museo de la Aviación Naval - Villa Espora, Bahía Blanca, Argentina - panoramio: Julio Benitez· CC BY 3.0
3. North American T-6G Texan (EC-DUN): José A. Montes· CC BY 2.0
4. North American T-6 Texan - Nella (07): Bubba73· CC BY-SA 3.0
5. South Africa-Friends of the Airforce-T6-Texan(Hardward)01: Gerhard Roux <[email protected]> (Olympus digital camera)· CC BY-SA 3.0
6. T-6G Texan: Vought.bolso· Public domain
7. T-6s - a Texan II and a Texan too: Steve White· Public domain
8. AT-6A Texan: Thornfield Hall· CC BY-SA 4.0
9. Flugzeugstaffel North American AT-6 Texan (18482489379): Bundesheer Fotos· CC BY-SA 2.0
10. North American T-6 Texan - A742728: Rjcastillo· CC BY-SA 4.0

what is it?

The North American Aviation T-6 Texan is a single-engined advanced trainer aircraft designed and produced by the American aircraft manufacturer North American Aviation. It has been known by a variety of designations depending on the model and operating air force. The United States Army Air Corps (USAAC) and USAAF designated it as the AT-6, the United States Navy the SNJ, and British Commonwealth air forces the Harvard, the name by which it is best known outside the US. Starting in 1948, the new United States Air Force (USAF) designated it the T-6, with the USN following in 1962.

How to recognise it: 1 piston engine with propeller · 12.8 m wingspan

base stats

speed 335 km/htop speed
range 1,175 kmwithout refuelling
size 2,548 kgmax take-off weight
built 15,495made 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 91 years ago, in 1935.
Top speed is 2.6× a car on the Dutch motorway (130 km/h).
Wingspan of 12.8 m: about 3 cars parked nose to tail.
Range of 1,175 km: 7× Amsterdam to Brussels.

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

spec sheet

first flight: 1935-04-01
introduced: 1937
retired: 1995
status: retired
number built: 15,495
role: trainer aircraft
origin: 🇺🇸 United States
makers: North American Aviation
engines: 1× Pratt & Whitney R-1340-AN-1 Wasp
length: 8.8 m
wingspan: 12.8 m
height: 3.6 m
max take-off weight: 2,548 kg
top speed: 335 km/h
cruise speed: 233 km/h
range: 1,175 km
ceiling: 7,376 m

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

family

Sources: Wikidata Q40021, Wikipedia: North American T-6 Texan (CC BY-SA 4.0).Updated 2026-10-24.