North American T-28 Trojan Warning: You are not logged in. Your IP address will be publicly visible if you make any edits. If you log in or create an account, your edits will be attributed to your username, along with other benefits.Anti-spam check. Do not fill this in! ==Design and development== On 24 September 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.<ref>Fort Walton, Florida, "''T-28 Trainer Now at Eglin β Is Latest Word In Instructional Craft''", Playground News, 22 June 1950, Vol. 5, No. 21, p. 10.</ref> 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'''<ref name="IEA">''The Illustrated Encyclopedia of Aircraft'' 1985, p. 2678.</ref> Summary: Please note that all contributions to Christianpedia may be edited, altered, or removed by other contributors. If you do not want your writing to be edited mercilessly, then do not submit it here. You are also promising us that you wrote this yourself, or copied it from a public domain or similar free resource (see Christianpedia:Copyrights for details). Do not submit copyrighted work without permission! Cancel Editing help (opens in new window) Discuss this page