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T-34A Mentor

Beechcraft T-34A Mentor, Tail Number N273CB. Walter Beech developed the Beechcraft Model 45 as a private venture to sell to the military as a trainer aircraft. The prototype model first flew in 1948. In 1950 the United States Air Force ordered three aircraft to be part of a selection process for a new trainer aircraft. Early 1953, after extensive testing, the USAF ordered the T-34A Mentor into production. The first delivery of the aircraft were received at Edwards AFB, California in October 1953 for evaluations. By 1954 the T-34A commenced service as USAF’s initial primary flight trainer replacing the North American AT-6 Texan trainers. From 1953 to 1990 Beechcraft manufactured well over 2,300 models. Not only did the USAF used this aircraft for pilot training, but other U.S. and foreign military serves used this model for pilot training. The USAF discontinued the Mentor in the early 1960 after the introduction of the Cessna T-37 Tweet jet trainer.

This aircraft was built in 1953 and 72nd T-34 to roll off the assembly line in Wichita Kansas. This aircraft was first used by the USAF as a pilot trainer aircraft and continued in that capacity when the T-34 were phased out in the late 1950’s and early 1960’s.

USAF General Chuck Boyd, a former Vietnam POW purchased this aircraft after his retirement from the USAF in 1995. He updated the aircraft with modern avionics and personally designed the one of a kind paint scheme. For over a decade General Boyd traveled the United States in this aircraft from his home airport in Warrington, Virginia. Shortly before his death in March 2022, General Boyd sold the aircraft to another retired Air Force Veteran, Tim Gause. www.tylege-aviation.com/

Thunder Over Columbus Air Show
Columbus Air Force Base, Columbus, Lowndes County, Mississippi.
September 21, 2024
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Taken in: United States / Mississippi / Columbus Air Force Base (show map)

Taken on: September 21, 2024

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