North American A-27
The North American Aviation A-27 is an attack version of the North American T-6 Texan. Ten aircraft were ordered by Thailand as NA-69 light attack aircraft. Instead of being delivered to Thailand, the aircraft were taken over in October 1940 by the United States Army Air Corps (USAAC) to keep them out of Japanese hands and redesignated A-27 under the USAAC aircraft designation system. Assigned to Nichols Field in the Philippines and used as a trainer, all A-27s were destroyed within a month during the Japanese invasion of that country during World War II.
Summary from Wikipedia, photo via Wikimedia Commons, licensed under CC BY-SA.
- Manufacturer
- North American Aviation
- Category
- Attack aircraft
- Country of origin
- United States
Specifications
- Cruise speed
- 192 kt
- Max speed
- 219 kt
- Range
- 499 nm
- Service ceiling
- 25,600 ft
- Max takeoff weight
- 6,790 lb
- Empty weight
- 4,850 lb
- Powerplant
- 1 × Wright R-1820-F53 Radial
- Engines
- 1
- Seats
- 2
- Length
- 29 ft
- Wingspan
- 41.8 ft
- Height
- 12.3 ft
- Number built
- 10
Specifications are approximate and may vary by variant. Compiled from Wikipedia (CC BY-SA).
Reference and training only. Specifications vary by variant — consult the manufacturer and the official documents.