USAAF LT-6G Texan trainer aircraft T-6 pre-built 1/72 scale plastic collectible airplane model
USAAF LT-6G Texan trainer aircraft T-6 pre-built 1/72 scale plastic collectible airplane model
- pre-built and pre-painted, ready to display
- material: plastic
- scale: 1/72
- manufacturer sku: 36319
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.
--copied from Wikipedia
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My father worked on the LT-6G trainer during World War 11. I placed the model next a C-130E model that I crewed during the Viet Nam War. Two different Wars two different aircraft, but still a personal family connection. Thanks for making the model available.