Trojan N1328B
This exact Trojan left the production plant in 1955 as T-28B and was taken on Strength with the United States Navy with Bureau Number 138354.
On the 14th of June 1989, it was sold to Ralph E. Davis where it received a civil registration N1328B it has to this day.
In 2002 the Trojan was sold to Walter W. Hart and in 2003 was ferried to its new home at Canton-Plymouth-Mettetal Airport in Canton, Michigan where it remained until 2008.
In 2007 the Trojan received a new United States Air Force colour scheme with TL-354 markings and on the 19th of September 2008 was bought by BC Aero Inc.
In 2010 the aircraft was exported to Belgium and in 2011 was bought by Eatern Stearman Inc.
In early November 2021, the Trojan was sold again and was ferried to its new home in Turkey.
North American T-28B Trojan
The North American Aviation T-28 Trojan is a radial-engined military trainer aircraft used by the United States Air Force and the 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.
On September 24, 1949, the XT-28 (company designation NA-159) was flown for the first time, designed to replace the T-6 Texan. The T-28A arrived at the Air Proving Ground, Eglin Air Force Base, Florida, in mid-June 1950, for suitability tests as an advanced trainer by the 3200th Fighter Test Squadron, with consideration given to its transition, instrument, and gunnery capabilities. Found satisfactory, a contract was issued and between 1950 and 1957, a total of 1,948 were built.
Following the T-28's withdrawal from U.S. military service, a number were remanufactured by Hamilton Aircraft into two versions called the Nomair. The first refurbished machines, designated T-28R-1 were similar to the standard T-28s they were adapted from and were supplied to the Brazilian Navy. Later, a more ambitious conversion was undertaken as the T-28R-2, which transformed the two-seat tandem aircraft into a five-seat cabin monoplane for general aviation use. Other civil conversions of ex-military T-28As were undertaken by PacAero as the Nomad Mark I and Nomad Mark II