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The Aermacchi or Macchi MB-326 is a light military jet trainer designed and produced by the Italian aircraft manufacter Aermacchi.It is one of the most commercially successful aircraft of its type, being bought by more than 10 countries and produced under licence in Australia, Brazil and South Africa.
The Curtiss-Wright AT-9 "Jeep" bomber-pilot trainer at the National Museum of the USAF. 41-12150 – AT-9 on static display at the National Museum of the United States Air Force in Dayton, Ohio . It required extensive restoration, and was the product of the museum staff incorporating two incomplete airframes together, along with parts ...
The primary armament of the T-37C was the General Electric "multipurpose pod" with a .50 caliber (12.7 mm) machine gun with 200 rounds, two 70 mm (2.75 in) folding-fin rocket pods, and four practice bombs. Other stores, such as folding-fin rocket pods or Sidewinder air-to-air missiles, could be carried.
A model C-3 and a GAT-1 general aviation trainer are on display at the Air Victory Museum in Lumberton, New Jersey. [132] [133] Two Link Trainers are on display at the Greater Saint Louis Air & Space Museum in Cahokia, Illinois. [134] [135] One is on display at the Delta Flight Museum in Atlanta, Georgia, with a second, partially restored one ...
M-345 at the 2013 Paris Air Show. During 2012, the M-311 was revised, updated and re-designated by Alenia Aermacchi as the M-345 HET (High Efficiency Trainer). [2] During October 2014, it was announced that the Williams International FJ44-4M turbofan engine had been selected to power the in-development trainer, having overcome rivaling bids from both Honeywell and Pratt & Whitney. [12]
A total of 180 T-1 trainers were delivered between 1992 and 1997. The first T-1A was delivered to Reese Air Force Base, Texas, in January 1992, and student training began in 1993. Another military variant is the Japan Air Self-Defense Force T-400 (400T) trainer, which shares the same type certificate as the T-1A. [2]
The International Air Transport Association (IATA) predicts that in 2025, airlines will transport 5.2 billion passengers, the first time figures have surpassed 5 billion, a 6.7% rise compared to ...
The United States Air Force (USAF) launched its Next Generation Trainer (NGT) program to replace the Cessna T-37 Tweet primary trainer in 1981. [1] Fairchild-Republic submitted a shoulder-winged monoplane with a twin tail, powered by two Garrett F109 turbofans and with pilot and instructor sitting side by side. [2]