Texan OO-JOY
Year built
1944
Aircraft
AT-6D-NT Texan
Base
Kortrijk-Wevelgem Airport
This Exact Texan left the production plant in 1944 as an AT-6D-NT and was taken on Strength with the United States Army Air Force with serial number 44-81506 later that year.
After a number of years flying for the United States Army Air Force the Texan was sold on a civilian market and flew for a number of different owners in the US with a civil registration N7231C.
In 2012 the Texan was sold to David Nock and was exported to the UK where it received a new civil registration G-TDJN.
On the 16th of December 2019, the Texan was sold to Stijn De Jaegere and flew to Belgium where it received a new civil registration OO-JOY.
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North American AT-6D-NT Texan
The North American Aviation T-6 Texan is an American single-engined advanced trainer aircraft used to train pilots of the United States Army Air Forces (USAAF), United States Navy, Royal Air Force, Royal Canadian Air Force and other air forces of the British Commonwealth during World War II and into the 1970s. Designed by North American Aviation, the T-6 is 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. It remains a popular warbird used for airshow demonstrations and static displays. It has also been used many times to simulate various historical aircraft, including the Japanese Mitsubishi A6M Zero. A total of 15,495 T-6s of all variants were built.
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