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Grob G 120TP, a trainer aircraft. A trainer is a class of aircraft designed specifically to facilitate flight training of pilots and aircrews. The use of a dedicated trainer aircraft with additional safety features—such as tandem flight controls, forgiving flight characteristics and a simplified cockpit arrangement—allows pilots-in-training to safely advance their skills in a more ...
United States military aircraft Anti-submarine • Attack • Bomber • Command and control • Electronic warfare • Experimental • Fighter • Patrol • Reconnaissance • Rescue • Tanker • Trainer • Transport • Utility. United States civil aircraft
A jet trainer is a jet aircraft for use as a trainer, whether for basic or advanced flight training. Jet trainers are either custom designs or modifications of existing aircraft. With the introduction of military jet-powered aircraft towards the end of the World War II it became a requirement to train pilots in the handling of such aircraft.
Military: Anti-submarine aircraft • Attack • Bomber • Electronic warfare • Experimental • Fighter • Patrol • Reconnaissance • Trainer • Transport • Utility. Civil: Agricultural • Airliner • Business • Cargo • Mailplane • Sailplane • Sport • Trainer • Ultralight • Utility
The Cessna T-37 Tweet (designated Model 318 by Cessna) is a small, economical twin-engine jet trainer aircraft. It was flown for decades as a primary trainer of the United States Air Force (USAF) as well as in the air forces of several other nations.
The U.S. Navy kept the T-34B operational as a Naval Air Training Command initial primary trainer at the former Naval Air Station Saufley Field, Florida until the mid-1970s and as a Navy Recruiting Command aircraft until the early 1990s when the last examples were retired as an economy move. Others continue to remain under U.S. Navy control as ...
The earlier PT-20 and PT-21 were the military production versions of the Ryan ST-3 with a total of 100 built. The PT-22 was the United States Army Air Corps' first purpose built monoplane trainer. The rapid expansion of wartime aircrew training required new trainers, and the Ryan PT-22 was ordered in large numbers. [5]
Civil aircraft of the 1950s. Agricultural • Business • Cargo • Sailplanes • Sports • Trainer • Utility Military aircraft of the 1950s. Anti-submarine • Attack • Bomber • Fighter • Patrol • Reconnaissance • Rescue • Tanker • Trainer • Transport • Utility Miscellaneous aircraft of the 1950s