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  2. PZL TS-11 Iskra - Wikipedia

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    The PZL TS-11 Iskra (English: Spark) is a Polish jet trainer, developed and manufactured by aircraft company PZL-Mielec.It was used by the air forces of Poland and India.It is notable as being the first domestically developed jet aircraft to be produced by Poland, its service for over 50 years as the principal training aircraft of the Polish Air Force, and at the time of its retirement was the ...

  3. Consolidated PT-3 - Wikipedia

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    Therefore, one PT-1 airframe was completed as XPT-2 with a 220 hp (164 kW) Wright J-5 Whirlwind radial engine. [1] The XPT-3 was almost identical to the XPT-2 except for the tail, revised wing panels and different shape. 130 production PT-3 aircraft were ordered in September 1927, [1] with one being completed as the XO-17.

  4. Zlín Z-26 - Wikipedia

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    The original Z-26 was designed in the 1940s and produced in 1946 to meet a requirement for a basic trainer to replace the Bücker Jungmann and Bestmann. It was a low-wing monoplane of mixed construction, with wooden wings and a welded metal tube fuselage, powered by a single four-cylinder piston engine , the Walter Minor 4-III.

  5. Miles Magister - Wikipedia

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    The origin of the Miles Magister was a decision made by the company's management in 1936 to further develop its military trainer range; [3] this decision was influenced by the firm's recent success with the Miles M.2 Hawk Trainer as an elementary trainer, the first low-wing monoplane to be adopted as a trainer by the Royal Air Force (RAF). [3]

  6. Morane-Saulnier MS.230 - Wikipedia

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    The Morane-Saulnier MS.230 aircraft was the main elementary trainer for the French Armée de l'Air throughout the 1930s. Almost all French pilots flying for the Armée de l'Air at the outbreak of World War II had had their earliest flight training in this machine.

  7. Raytheon T-1 Jayhawk - Wikipedia

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    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]

  8. Pilatus P-2 - Wikipedia

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    The origins of the P-2 can be traced back to the early years of Pilatus and the firm's desire to produce trainer aircraft for the Swiss Air Force. [3] Amid the opening years of the Second World War, Pilatus had repeatedly attempted to obtain a licence to produce both Italian and German training aircraft, however, these endeavours proved to be fruitless.

  9. Yakovlev Yak-11 - Wikipedia

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    In 1951, Yakovlev revised the design of the Yak-11, adding a retractable tricycle landing gear, with two variants proposed, the Yak-11U basic trainer and Yak-11T proficiency trainer, which carried equipment similar to contemporary jet fighters. The new aircraft had reduced fuel capacity and was unsuitable for operations on rough or snow-covered ...