North American T-2 Oak (Buckeye) carrier-based trainer
North American T-2 Oak (Buckeye) is the US Navy and Marine Corps intermediate trainer. In service in 1959, it was used to replace the US Lockheed T2V-1/T-1A Seastar carrier-based trainer aircraft, and was replaced by the T-45 Goshawk carrier-based trainer aircraft in 2008.
VT-26 The Flying Tigers Squadron's T-2C training aircraft
was designed and developed in 1959. In 1962, the US Department of Defense unified the typing rules of the Navy and Air Force aircraft and was renamed T-2A. The T-2A is powered by a Westwood J34-WE-46/48 turbojet engine.
North American T-2A, note its single release
T-2B replaces the single engine with two Pratt & Whitney J60-P-6 turbojet engines.
dual release T-2B
T-2C is equipped with two more powerful General Electric J85-GE-4 turbojet engines . T-2D is the export Venezuelan version, while T-2E is the export greek air force version.
T-2C
Venezuelan Air Force T-2D
Greek Air Force T-2E
North American T-2 is a low-cost trainer aircraft that uses straight wings similar to the North American FJ-1 Fury. The cockpit basically follows the design of the US Air Force's North American T-28C Trojan trainer aircraft. The T-2 performance is between the US Air Force's Cessner T-37 Tweet and the US Navy's TA-4J Skyhawk. The T-2 has no built-in weapon and has two hanging points under the wings for mounting a 0.50 cannon pod and a 100-pound (45 kg) practice bomb or a 2.75-inch rocket.
All T-2 is manufactured by North American companies at Air Force Factory No. 85, south of Port Columbus Airport in Columbus, Ohio. A total of 273 aircraft were built during production. The name Buckeye represents the state tree of Ohio and the mascot of Ohio State University.
served for 40 years from the late 1950s to 2004. Every naval pilot and naval flight officer qualified to fly received the T-2 training. The T-2 was replaced by the near-sonic T-45 Goshawk (Goshawk, the US Navy version of BAE Hawk). After retirement, some T-2s were used as command aircraft for air drones, and several T-2s were registered as civilian aircraft often roamed at air shows.
performance parameters (T-2C)
occupants: 2
Length: 11.67 m
Wingspan: 11.62 m
Height: 4.51 m
Empty weight: 3,680 kg
Maximum. Takeoff weight: 5,977 kg
Power unit: 2 General Electric J85-GE-4 turbojet engines, each thrust of 13.12 kN
Maximum speed: 840 km/h
Range: 1,685 km
Service limit: 12,315 m
Climbing rate : 31.5 m/s
