North American SNJ-5 #5
by Arthur Eggers
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North American SNJ-5 #5
Artist
Arthur Eggers
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Digital Art - Color Print
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The SNJ is most famous as an advanced trainer during WWII. It also served in a variety of roles during and after the war, including forward air control in Korea. The designation AT-6 was used by the Army Air Corps, but it had other names as well. The Air Force designated it the T-6, the Navy called the aircraft an SNJ, and the Commonwealth Air Forces referred to it as a Harvard. The aircraft has a 600 hp Pratt & Whitney R-1340 radial engine and carried armament of three .30 caliber machine guns and a 400-500 pound rocket or bombload. Over 15,000 T-6s of all variants were produced between the mid-1930s and the mid-1950s. Gauntlet's SNJ-5 was delivered to the Navy in 1944. A tremendously versatile aircraft, the SNJ can be easily looped from cruise flight and is an outstanding platform for formation flying.
Gauntlet Warbirds is a warbird, aerobatic, and tailwheel training center at the Aurora Airport, just west of downtown Chicago. Our instructors specialize in transitioning pilots of all experience levels to high-performance piston and jet aircraft.
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January 18th, 2023
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