T-6A Texan II
Primary Function: All-purpose jet trainer.
Contractor: Raytheon Aircraft Company
Propulsion: one Pratt & Whitney Canada PT-6A-68 turboprop engine; 1,100
horsepower
Wingspan: 33.4 feet (10.18 meters)
Length: 33.3 feet (10.12 meters)
Height: 10.8 feet (3.29 meters)
Weight: empty, 5,000 pounds (2,268 kg.); maximum takeoff weight, 6,500
pounds (2,948.4 kg.)
Speed: 270 knots at 1,000 feet level flight
Ceiling:31,000 feet (9,448.8 meters)
Range: maximum, 850 nautical miles (1,367.91 km)
Crew: Two (instructor pilot, student pilot)
Date Deployed: First flight, July 1998; Operational, Nov. 1, 2002.