The North American Aviation T-6 Texan was a single-engined advanced trainer aircraft used to train pilots of the United States Army Air Forces (USAAF), United States Navy, Royal Air Force and other air forces of the British Commonwealth (Harvard) during World War II and into the 1970s.

• Role: Trainer aircraft
• National origin: United States
• Manufacturer: North American Aviation
• First flight: April 1, 1935
• Introduction: 1935
• Status: Retired from military service 1985 (Brazilian Air Force)
• Number built: 15,495

Specifications (T-6G)

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