T-28D Trojan Aircraft
Fighter Factory

The United States Navy and Marine Corps also adopted the T-28 as a trainer for their pilots. Some of the many different adaptations made to the Trojan for specific training purpose include tailhooks for landing on carriers, more powerful engines, sliding, cockpits, and underwing armament points for attack training.

The French and several other countries purchased hundreds of these aircraft for their own training and even made attempts to duplicate the North American T-28 Trojan.

This particular Trojan was built in 1949 as a trainer and returned to the factory to be transformed into an attack version of the T-28 (AT-28D-5) in 1951. During its modification, a Curtis Wright R1820-863 engine was installed that increased the horsepower to 1425. As part of the transformation into an attack plane, wing mounted guns were installed on the Trojan. Military combat was seen in the Zaire Air Force and later the aircraft was flown to London, England. This AT-28D5 Trojan joined the Fighter Factory fleet in August of 2000 from its former owner in Alabama.

Photos of our 1949
T-28D Trojan aircraft