North American T-6 Harvard/Texan - Hamiliton Standard 6101A-12

Hamilton Standard Propeller from a North American T-6 Harvard

The North American T-6 Texan was a Single Engined Advanced Trainer, called the SNJ by the US Navy but more commonly known as the "Harvard" as named by the British RAF, was designed as a transition trainer between Basic Trainers and Front Line Fighter Aircraft
In all, the T-6 trained several hundred thousand pilots in 34 different countries over a 25 year period and a total of 15,495 of the planes were made. Though most famous as a trainer, the T-6 Texan did see some action in WW2, the Arab-Israeli War and the Korean War

   Currently in its Original Condition with the options of having it Polished and Mounted.

     Propeller DWG NO. 6101A-12

Specifications: T-6 Harvard

General characteristics

• Crew: two (student and instructor)
• Length: 29 ft (8.84 m)
• Wingspan: 42 ft (12.81 m)
• Height: 11 ft 8 in (3.57 m)
• Wing area: 253.7 ft² (23.6 m²)
• Empty weight: 4,158 lb (1,886 kg)
• Loaded weight: 5,617 lb (2,548 kg)
• Powerplant: 1 × Pratt & Whitney R-1340-AN-1 Wasp radial engine, 600 hp (450 kW)

Performance

• Maximum speed: 208 mph at 5,000 ft (335 km/h at 1,500 m)
• Cruise speed: 145 mph (233 km/h)
• Range: 730 miles (1,175 km)
• Service ceiling: 24,200 ft (7,400 m)
• Rate of climb: 1200ft/min (6.1 m/s)
• Wing loading: 22.2 lb/ft² (108 kg/m²)
• Power/mass: 0.11 hp/lb (kW/kg)

Armament

• Provision for up to 3× 0.30 in (7.62 mm) machine gun

After World War II, the National Air Races established a unique racing class for the AT-6/Texan/Harvard aircraft; this class continues today at the Reno National Air Races each year.

Mitsubishi Zero replica modified from a T-6 for the movie Tora! Tora! Tora!

Nakajima B5N replica modified from a T-6 for the movie Tora! Tora! Tora!

Since the Second World War, the T-6 has been a regular participant at air shows, and was used in many movies and television programs. For example, converted single-seat T-6s painted in Japanese markings represent Mitsubishi Zeros made appearances in A Yank in the R.A.F. (1941), Tora! Tora! Tora! (1970), Baa Baa Black Sheep (1976-1978), and The Final Countdown (1980). In A Bridge too Far (1977) it represented the razorback Republic P-47 Thunderbolt. Some were modified for the Dutch film Soldaat van Oranje (1977) to represent the Dutch pre-World War II fighter Fokker D.XXI. The T-6 also appeared in the Pat Benatar video for Shadows of the Night. The New Zealand Warbirds "Roaring 40s" aerobatic team use ex-Royal New Zealand Air Force Harvards. The Flying Lions Aerobatic Team uses Harvards acquired from the South African Air Force.^[12]

On 23 October 2018 an AT6 painted in Second World War German air force markings used for mock dogfights for air shows and similar uses crashed on a southern California freeway while on a training flight, and was destroyed by fire. The pilot survived and there were no other casualties.^[13]