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The Travel Air 4000 is a three-seater American biplane from the interwar period. Travel Air Aircraft Manufacturing Co, based in Wichita, Kansas, was the result of the cooperation of three major US industrialists, who then went on to pursue separate careers: Walter Herschel Beech, Clyde Cessna and Lloyd Stearman, approximately 1,800 Travel Air aircrafts were built in 

The Boeing Stearman is a mixed-construction biplane dating back to the 1930s (the wings are made of wood & covered, while the fuselage is made of steel tubes, covered with canvas).

The first Stearman was built in 1933 by the Stearman Aircraft Company. While in 1934, the US Army Air Corps was looking for a new basic training aircraft, the Stearman was introduced. In that same year the Stearman Aircraft Company was bought by the firm Boeing. The aircraft meeting the search criteria of the US Army Air Corps, it immediately ordered 26 copies. The US Navy bought 61 copies at the same time.

The Boeing Stearman was a plane widely used in the United States at that time since only in 1940, 3510 copies were produced!

North American T6 Texan

The North American T-6 Texan (Harvard for the British and their allies) was the standard training aircraft for pilots of Allied nations during the Second World War,
The T-6 descended from the prototype NA-16, which flew for the first time, April 1st, 1935. The USAAC then ordered 180 copies and the US Navy 77. The largest order was placed by the Royal Air Force, who bought 400 copies.
Subsequently, the device designation changes to AT-6 (advanced trainer). The AT-6 was distinguished from its ancestor by the square shape of its winglets and rudder.
The AT-6A, powered by a 550 hp Pratt & Whitney R-1340-49 Wasp. was used by the USAAF (1,549 ex) and the US Navy (270 ex) under the name of SNJ-3. It was followed by the AT-6B for air gunner training, with a 30-machine-gun rear post. In Canada, Noorduyn Aviation also manufactured a version of the AT-6A.
Many other versions were produced with different engines and armaments.
Countless air forces have used the T-6 as a training aircraft for beginners.

In 1948, the US Air Force wanted to replace the brave North American T-6. Project NA.159 North American was retained and a contract for two prototypes initially called XBT-28 (Basic Trainer), was signed. The North American T-28 Trojan was designed as a basic training aircraft and flew for the first time in September 1949. The first order, from the US Air Force, was completed in 1950 and delivered to the Air Training Command between 1950 and 1953.

In the midst of the expansion of jet aircrafts, the United States was already considering training jet pilots early in their training and did not plan any training aircraft such as the T-28. But the aircraft had a mass that characterizes it more as a weapon than training and was equipped with a modern tricycle train. His performance allowed 1194 copies in the USAF before being retired in 1956.

The US Navy also ordered T-28 for training its pilots. The T-28B received a reinforced cell and a more powerful engine as well as a three-blade Hamilton propeller. The T-28B made its first flight on April 6th, 1953. It was produced at 489 copies and remained in service until the mid-80s.