T-6 Texan II – Warbird Wednesday Episode #249
Welcome to another episode of Warbird Wednesday! The Beechcraft T-6 Texan II is a single-engine turboprop aircraft built by Textron Aviation. A trainer aircraft based on the Pilatus PC-9, the […]
Fiat G.80 – Warbird Wednesday Episode #248
Welcome to another episode of Warbird Wednesday! The Fiat G.80 was a military jet trainer designed and produced by the Italian aircraft manufacturer Fiat. It has the distinction of being […]
Cessna T-37 – Warbird Wednesday Episode #246
The Cessna T-37 Tweet (designated Model 318 by Cessna) is a small, economical twin-engine jet trainer aircraft. It was flown for decades as a primary trainer of the United States Air Force (USAF) as well as in the air […]
BAC Jet Provost – Warbird Wednesday Episode #243
The BAC Jet Provost is a British jet trainer aircraft that was in use with the Royal Air Force (RAF) from 1955 to 1993. It was originally developed by Hunting Percival from the earlier piston engine-powered Percival Provost basic trainer, and […]
T-2 Buckeye – Warbird Wednesday Episode #241
The North American T-2 Buckeye was the United States Navy‘s intermediate training aircraft, intended to introduce U.S. Navy and U.S. Marine Corps student naval aviators and student naval flight officers to jets. It entered service in 1959, beginning the replacement […]
Temco Model 51 – Warbird Wednesday Episode #240
The Temco Model 51 had been initially proposed to the US Air Force in response to an Air Force competition for a jet-powered primary trainer, which was won by the […]
Percival Prentice – Warbird Wednesday Episode #239
Designed to meet Air Ministry Specification T.23/43, the Prentice was the first all-metal aircraft to be produced by the Percival Aircraft Company. The first (of 5) prototypes, Prentice TV163 was […]
Yak-17 – Warbird Wednesday Episode #238
Welcome to another episode of Warbird Wednesday! The Yakovlev Yak-17 USAF/DOD designation Type 16, NATO reporting name Feather is an early Soviet jet fighter. It was developed from the Yak-15, […]
Mitsubishi J8M – Warbird Wednesday Episode #236
Welcome to another episode of Warbird Wednesday! The Mitsubishi J8M Shūsui literally “Autumn Water”, used as a poetic term meaning “Sharp Sword” deriving from the swishing sound of a sword, […]
Kyushu K11W – Warbird Wednesday Episode #235
Welcome to another episode of Warbird Wednesday! The Kyushu K11W Shiragiku made by the Kyushu Aircraft Company, was a land-based bombing trainer aircraft that served in the Imperial Japanese Navy […]
Beech 18 – Warbird Wednesday Episode #234
Welcome to another episode of Warbird Wednesday! The Beechcraft Model 18 (or “Twin Beech”, as it is also known) is a 6- to 11-seat, twin-engined, low-wing, tailwheel light aircraft manufactured […]
AT-10 – Warbird Wednesday Episode #233
Welcome to another episode of Warbird Wednesday! Beechcraft began designing the Model 25 early in 1940 in response to the requirement of the then-named United States Army Air Corps (USAAC) […]