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[kenlyco]

Any of you know the story about this T-28 or?

[tom d. friedman]

a t-28 tail dragger??? bite your tongue!! i recognize the pontoon in the bacckground as a curtiss seamew if i'm not mistaken......... a real turkey, & not much of a flying fish either.

[JDK]

..i recognize the pontoon in the bacckground as a curtiss seamew if i'm not mistaken......... a real turkey, & not much of a flying fish either.

No you don't, and you are. It's the Grumman Duck 'replacement' the Columbia XJL-1.

Dunno about that funny NA product tho.

[famvburg]

XSN2J. Between the T-6 & T-28. Only 1 prototype built, IIRC.

Any of you know the story about this T-28 or?

[vg-photo]

It looks like 2 prototypes were built, and neither are around anymore.

http://www.edcoatescollection.com/ac6/N ... N2J-1.html

[CAPFlyer]

Don't forget the XNQ that it competed against -

http://warbirdinformationexchange.org/p ... hp?t=21778

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[Matt Gunsch]

Prototype T-28, before it got it's training wheel

[RyanShort1]

Prototype T-28, before it got it's training wheel

Ryan

[marine air]

Yeah my guess was going to be the N.A."Super T-6" which later evolved into the T-28A and behind it the Columbine "Superduck" which was to replace the Grumman J2f Duck series.

[JDK]

...and behind it the Columbine "Superduck" which was to replace the Grumman J2f Duck series.

Um - Columbia See my post above.

[The Inspector]

The one and only GLOBE competitor in the trainer competetion still exists (I've forgotten the designator-XT-41??) and is based here in the Western Washington area-

[famvburg]

TEMCO T-35.

The one and only GLOBE competitor in the trainer competetion still exists (I've forgotten the designator-XT-41??) and is based here in the Western Washington area-

[CAPFlyer]

The TEMCO/Globe T-35 was in competition for an Air Force trainer contract, not Navy.

The T-35, XNQ-1, and T-34, were the competitors for the USAF T-6 replacement which the T-34 won. The Navy competition (which the XNQ-1 was originally designed to compete in) was not "won" by either aircraft and the Navy stayed with the T-6 until the XSN2J was redesigned into the T-28 for the Air Force and bought by the Navy.

[Michel Lemieux]

Everyone seem to forget to mention the famous BD Defender

[famvburg]

And the AF version of the XNQ was the T-31.

The TEMCO/Globe T-35 was in competition for an Air Force trainer contract, not Navy.

The T-35, XNQ-1, and T-34, were the competitors for the USAF T-6 replacement which the T-34 won. The Navy competition (which the XNQ-1 was originally designed to compete in) was not "won" by either aircraft and the Navy stayed with the T-6 until the XSN2J was redesigned into the T-28 for the Air Force and bought by the Navy.