NORTH AMERICAN T-28 TROJAN – Air Heritage Aviation Museum

NAVY SERIAL #138311 (N214SF)

The North American T-28 Trojan was manufactured by North American Aviation in the early 1950s. It was mainly a trainer for the Air Force and the Navy. It saw action in the Vietnam as a counterinsurgency aircraft. On September 24, 1949, the XT-28 was flown for the first time. It was designed to replace the WWII trainer T-6. A total of 1,948 T-28s were built. Air Heritage Aviation Museum’s T-28 was obtained from the PA State Surplus Program in 2004.

Paint stripping complete

Bill Wipkey checking things out

Greg Werking installing the N #'s

On March 5, 1984, our T-28 aircraft was one of five released by the United States Navy at Corpus Christi, Texas to the Alaskan Division of Natural Resources Forestry Service. The total time when released by the Navy was 7122 hours with an engine time of SMOH 629 hrs. On March 1, 1985, the Hobbs was timed to 0 hours and the engine time was SMOH 629.8 hrs. The date for the last 100-hour inspection in Alaska was September 10, 2002. The N214SF was flown to Biggs Army Airfield at Fort Bliss, Texas. The total time on the aircraft now was 16,404, with engine time SMOH at 1400 hrs. The aircraft was acquired from PA State Surplus Program in 2003. The N214SF arrived at Air Heritage Aviation Museum on February 21, 2004.

HISTORY OF N14749

Through the dedication of five members of Air Heritage Aviation Museum, four of our mechanics Greg Werking, Bill Whipkey, John Peterson, Len Jones, and pilot John Mitchard readied the N214SF for flight from February 16 – 19, 2004. They brought the aircraft to our museum from Fort Bliss in El Paso, Texas.

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