North American T-28 Trojan USMC Kaneohe Bay Bu 137692

[Salvage Sailor]

Aloha Everyone,

 

This is a hand made wooden model I've had for several years which belonged to and was flown by a USMC pilot at Kaneohe Bay Air Station (now MCBH Kaneohe Bay)

 

It's a North American T-28 Trojan Bu #137692 perfectly painted in 1960's colors and mounted with a big bolt on a mahogany stand. Somewhere around here I also have a set of photos of the officer and other pictures of the various aircraft in the squadron, all in orange, black and white color schemes.

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USMC Bu. #137692 survived it's service life and was sent to the boneyard for disposal. These are photos from the web with the "KB" Kaneohe Bay designator on the tail

 

Photos taken in Texas on her way to MASDC. (i.e. "The Boneyard", this was their designation from 1964 to 1985 - Military Aircraft Storage and Disposition Center)

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She was also used by the Roden model company for one of their kits

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Unfortunately, Bu #137692 was crashed and destroyed in 1998 in Canada by the civilian owners.......but the hand made model survives

 

T-28 TROJAN/Bu. 137692

Bureau #: 137692

Construction #:200-55

Civil Registration:

N1184N

N237JB

Model(s): T-28B Trojan

Name: None

Status: Destroyed

Last info: 1998

History:

Time Aviation, Tucson, AZ, August 24, 1981.

- Registered as N1184N.

- Delivered from MASDC. (i.e. "The Boneyard", this was their designation from 1964 to 1985 - Military Aircraft Storage and Disposition Center)

Arlie P. Kelly, Willowick, OH, 1984-1986.

Courtesy Aircraft Inc, Rockford, IL, 1987.

James Brothers, Fennimore, WI, 1988.

- Registered as N237JB.

Sharlow R. James, Fennimore, WI, 1992.

Barnett Investments Inc, La Verne, CA, 1998-2004.

- Crashed and destroyed, Canada, August 15, 1998.

[Proud Kraut]

Excellent painted wooden model & very nice pictures of this rare bird. Thanks very much for this thread!

[Salvage Sailor]

T-28 TROJAN DRIVER (Photo: VT-2 over NAS Whitting Field, 1973)

North American Aviation T-28 Trojan - Piston-engined military trainer aircraft used by the United States Air Force and United States Navy beginning in the 1950s. Besides its use as a trainer, the T-28 was successfully employed as a counter-insurgency aircraft, primarily during the Vietnam War. It has continued in civilian use as an aerobatics and Warbird performer.

[Tecko]

Nice looking model. Who built it?

 

Funny how the T-28 was painted with a black strip from exhaust, to disguise exhaust and oil markings over its white fuselage.

 

Thanks for sharing this with us.

[Salvage Sailor]

Wish I knew, but it was a craftsman with a steady hand.

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Aloha Everyone,

 

I came across an auction listing for a Navy "Twin" to my Trojan, painted up as one from VT-27 "The Boomers" who were based at NAS Corpus Cristi, Texas

[Backtheattack]

Great work!!

[gwb123]

Monogram used to make a very nice kit of this aircraft, including a sliding canopy, and folding landing gear. I will look for a photo. I can't remember if they later made the counter insurgency version or not.