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| T-34 Mentor trainer aircraft; PAF | |
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| Flipzi | Wed Jul 2, 2014 5:06 pm Post #1 |
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Beechcraft T-34 Mentor The Beechcraft T-34 Mentor is a propeller-driven, single-engined, military trainer aircraft derived from the Beechcraft Model 35 Bonanza. The earlier versions of the T-34, dating from around the late 1940s to the 1950s, were piston-engined. These were eventually succeeded by the upgraded T-34C Turbo-Mentor, powered by a turboprop engine. The T-34 remains in service more than six decades after it was first designed. Role Trainer aircraft National origin United States Manufacturer Beechcraft First flight 2 December 1948 Introduction 1953 Primary users United States Air Force, United States Navy, Japan Air Self Defense Force, Philippine Air Force Produced 1953-1959, 1975–1990 Number built 2,300+ Developed from Beechcraft Bonanza http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Beechcraft_T-34_Mentor Philippine Air Force T-33 The main aircraft type in the earlier era of the PAF was the P-51 Mustang, flown from 1947 to 1959. Ground attack missions were flown against various insurgent groups, with aircraft hit by ground fire but none shot down. In the 1950s the Mustang was used by the Blue Diamonds aerobatic display team.[3] These would be replaced by the jet-powered North American F-86 Sabres in the late 1950s, assisted by Lockheed T-33 Shooting Star and Beechcraft T-34 Mentor trainers. The PAF saw its first international action in the Congo under the UN peacekeeping mission in 1960. |
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