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T-2 Buckeye



T-2 Buckeye
The Navy's first purpose-built jet trainer came from the same firm which produced the venerable SNJ/T-6 Texan - North American Aviation. Seeking a type that could take student pilots from intermediate flight training up through carrier qualification, the Navy approved the new jet design in 1956 and within three years the Buckeye was entering training squadron service.

Featuring superb cockpit visibility and docile handling characteristics, for more than thirty years the T-2 was the workhorse for carrier qualification, basic tactics, and over-water navigation. Only in recent years has it been supplanted by the license-built British Aerospace T-45 Goshawk. This particular example is a T-2B with twin Pratt and Whitney J60 trubojets.


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