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North American
North American Aviation (NAA) was a major American aerospace manufacturer, responsible for a number of historic aircraft, including the T-6 Texan trainer, the P-51 Mustang fighter, the B-25 Mitchell bomber, the F-86 Sabre jet fighter, the X-15 rocket plane, and the XB-70, as well as Apollo Command and Service Module, the second stage of the Saturn V rocket, the Space Shuttle orbiter and the B-1 Lancer. Clement Melville Keys founded North American on December 6, 1928, as a holding company that bought and sold interests in various airlines and aviation-related companies. However, the Air Mail Act of 1934 forced the breakup of such holding companies. North American became a manufacturing company, run by James H. "Dutch" Kindelberger, who had been recruited from Douglas Aircraft Company.
Through a series of mergers and sales, North American Aviation became part of North American Rockwell in 1967, which later became Rockwell International and is now part of Boeing.
T-6 Texan | T-28 Trojan |
P-51 Mustang
North American T-6 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, and other air forces of the British Commonwealth (designated Noorduyn Harvard) during World War II and into the 1970s.
North American AT-6A Texan, registration SE-CHP, built 1941, serial number 78-6821
Terschelling, Netherlands, 18 September 2016
North American AT-6 Texan, registration N13FY, built 1942, serial number 78-6922
Meijhorst, Nijmegen, Netherlands, 3 September 2016
North American AT-6A Texan, registration PH-TXN, built 1941, serial number 78-6821
Den Helder Airport (Maritiem Vliegkamp De Kooy) (DHR/EHKD), Netherlands, 16 September 2017
T-6 Texan | T-28 Trojan |
P-51 Mustang
North American T-28 Trojan
The North American Aviation T-28 Trojan is a piston-engined military trainer aircraft produced 1950-1957 and used by the United States Air Force and United States Navy beginning. 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.
North American T-28B Trojan, registration N1328B, built 1955, serial number 200-245
Leopoldsburg-Beverlo (EBLE), Peer, Belgium, 15 September 2019
North American T-28B Trojan, registration NX377WW, built ????, serial number 200-140
Leopoldsburg-Beverlo (EBLE), Peer, Belgium, 15 September 2019
T-6 Texan | T-28 Trojan |
P-51 Mustang
North American P-51 Mustang
The North American Aviation P-51 Mustang is an American long-range, single-seat fighter and fighter-bomber used during World War II, the Korean War and other conflicts. The Mustang was designed in 1940 by North American Aviation (NAA) in response to a requirement of the British Purchasing Commission.
Despite the advent of jet fighters, the Mustang remained in service with some air forces until the early 1980s.
North American P-51D Mustang, registration PH-PSI, built 1950?, serial number 122-40968
Volkel, Netherlands, 28 May 2017
North American P-51D Mustang, registration PH-PSI, built 1950?, serial number 122-40968
Den Helder Airport (Maritiem Vliegkamp De Kooy) (DHR/EHKD), Den Helder, Netherlands, 16 September 2017
T-6 Texan | T-28 Trojan |
P-51 Mustang
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