[ARC5] Aircraft for Sale

[Richard Knoppow]

     One of the photos shows a label with the A scratched out and a 
smaller B stamped in. Were 28A's ever modified to B's?  What would have 
been done to them? Different radio equipment perhaps?

On 11/27/2016 4:19 PM, Robert  Eleazer wrote:
> According to the pilot's manual, 25 Oct 1951 version, the T-28A normally
> was equipped with:
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> ARC-3
> ARN-7, replaced by ARN-6 starting with S/N AF50-195
> RC-193A Marker Beacon Receiver, replaced by ARN-12 in S/N AF50-197 and
> subsequent
> BC-453-B Range Receiver only for aircraft AF48-1372
> ARN-18 Glide Path Receiver
> ARN-14 VOR Receiver
> ARC-27 UHF comm
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> So, it appears exactly ONE T-28A came off the production line with
> SCR-274-N equipment installed.  The aircraft for sale are T-28A,
> equipped with Wright R-1300 800 HP engines, not one of the more beloved
> powerplants around.  For conversion into the T-28D attack aircraft the
> R-1820 1350 hp engine was installed, many of which came off of war
> surplus B-17's.
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> The T-28A is not a small aircraft but look at the assortment of lovely
> electronics ironmongery it carried.  Imagine what that all weighed.  No
> wonder it needed 800 hp to be able to teach student pilots the basics of
> flying.  By the way, the T-28 has a wing that reminds you of the P-51
> Mustang in terms of size and shape, but the airplane used universal
> round head rivets, not flush riveting; maximum speed capability was not
> of the essence!
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> Wayne
> WB5WSV
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Richard Knoppow
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