Designed by North American Aviation, the T-6 is known by a variety of designations depending on the model and operating air force. The United States Army Air Corps (USAAC) and USAAF designated it as the AT-6, the United States Navy the SNJ, and British Commonwealth air forces the Harvard, the name by which it is best known outside the US.

SNJ-6 — AT-6F’s transferred from the USAAF, 411 aircraft. SNJ-7 — Early models modified to T-6G standards in 1952. SNJ-7B — An armed variant of the SNJ-7.

Derived from the 1935 North American NA-16 prototype, a cantilever low-wing monoplane, the Texan filled the need for a basic combat trainer during WWII and beyond.

The North American Aviation T-6 Texan was a single-engined advanced trainer aircraft used to train pilots of the U.S. Army Air Force (USAAF) and known as the SNJ in U.S. Navy (USN) and U.S. Marine Corps (USMC) service.

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The AT-6B was built for gunnery training and could mount a .30 in machine gun on the forward fuselage. It used the R-1340-AN-1 engine, which was to become the standard for the remaining T-6 production.

The North American T-6 Texan is a single-engine two-seat trainer aircraft produced by the US-American manufacturer North American Aviation. The T-6 was designated AT-6 by the United States Army Air Corps (USAAC) and later by the United States Army Air Forces (USAAF), SNJ by the US Navy and Harvard by the British Commonwealth air forces.

Today, over 350 T-6 Texans remain in airworthy condition. The aircraft on display is the only former Royal New Zealand Air Force Harvard to ever be imported into the U.S. It is painted in the RNZAF “Red Checkers” aerial display team colors.

Certificate of airworthiness for N9825C (SNJ-6B, 111987) issued. 1976. To Mid West Aviation Enterprises, Champaign, IL keeping c/r N9825C. 1 August 1979. Photographer: Paul Thallon Notes: 1979 photo at Oshkosh WI of a North American SNJ-6 Texan. 17 June 1982. To Rudy Frasca DBA Frasca Air Museum, Champaign, IL keeping c/r N9825C. 4 June 1983

SNJ/T-6 Texan Old Pricing. Wartime Mission: Trained several hundred thousand pilots in 34 countries. Named “the pilot maker” by its crews, it was a trainer aircraft with all the characteristics of a high-speed fighter with more maneuverability and easier handling.