North American T-6 Harvard
From Our Contribution
 Harvard in RAF Desert Camouflage paintwork | |
| History | |
|---|---|
| Type | Single engine monoplane |
| Role | Advanced trainer |
| Manufacturer | North American Aviation |
| Number built | 15,495 |
| Primary users | USAF, RAF, RCAF, and 59 other countries |
| Out of service | still in private service |
Remarks
400 of the Harvard I model were delivered to the RAF, the likely source for the aircraft used by this unit and others in Rhodesia and Canada where the majority of the Empire Training schools were established. The Empire Training Scheme also acquired 1,173 of the Harvard II variation and 726 of the II A model.
General characteristics
- Crew:Two (student & instructor)
- Length: 8.84 m
- Wingspan: 12.81 m
- Height: 3.57 m
- Empty weight: 1,886 kg
- Max takeoff weight: 2,548 kg
- Powerplant: 1 X Pratt & Whitney Wasp radial engine
- Maximum speed: 335 km/h at 1,500 m
- Range: 1,175 km
- Service ceiling: 7,400 m
- Armament Provision for up to 3 x 7.62mm machine guns
Trainees
- Michael Courthope Haynes ? - 28 Apr 1941