We tell folks that we have a 1942 AT-6D Texan. It's sort of a bastard, like most "T6"s. Many parts changed up over the years, some due to damage. Still has the gun cowls (and many patches), hope to put faux guns back in some day. Anyway, our plane is a TEXAN. It was made in TEXAS. It is named TEXAS TWISTER. The N number ends in TX.
Having said that, somehow along the line it got painted as an SNJ?!?!
And it has a HARVARD canopy?
So maybe our plane isn't a TEXAN any more?
We tell people it was a gunnery trainer (which in fact it was), so the designation is ATTACK TRAINER - 6D.
Anyway, it is a hoot to fly, whatever you call it.
The quote that the Harvard IV is the ultimate bastard is me.got lost in the quote
The Harvard IV is the ultimate T-6 bastard
What bugs me is doing a google search on T6 TEXAN and I get about 40 pages of Texan II stuff and have to sift through for the venerable radial trainer stuff.
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