T-6 Texan - (Japan)
Want the Zero we saw in all the old movies?
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Since the Second World War, the T-6 has been a regular participant at air shows, and was used in many movies and television programs. For example, converted single-seat T-6s painted in Japanese markings to represent Mitsubishi Zeros made appearances in A Yank in the R.A.F. (1941), Tora! Tora! Tora! (1970), Baa Baa Black Sheep (1976-1978), and The Final Countdown (1980). In A Bridge too Far (1977) it represented the razorback Republic P-47 Thunderbolt. Some were modified for the Dutch film Soldaat van Oranje (1977) to represent the Dutch pre–World War II fighter Fokker D.XXI.
Did Japan ever use T-6? Yes, tough not this exact version.
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General characteristics
- Crew: two (student and instructor)
- Length: 29 ft (8.8 m)
- Wingspan: 42 ft (13 m)
- Height: 11 ft 8 in (3.56 m)
- Wing area: 253.7 sq ft (23.57 m2)
- Empty weight: 4,158 lb (1,886 kg)
- Gross 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 (335 km/h, 181 kn) at 5,000 ft (1,500 m)
- Cruise speed: 145 mph (233 km/h, 126 kn)
- Range: 730 mi (1,170 km, 630 nmi)
- Service ceiling: 24,200 ft (7,400 m)
- Rate of climb: 1,200 ft/min (6.1 m/s)
- Wing loading: 22.2 lb/sq ft (108 kg/m2)
- Power/mass: 0.11 hp/lb (kW/kg)