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Item GUI 901, Wing Span 16 inches, Scale 1/30. The T-28 was the first post war
advanced trainer produced in quantity for training pilots for high-speed jet
aircraft. Nearly 2000 of these fine trainers where built before production was
ended in 1957. With advent of the war in South Vietnam, the T-28 was given a new
lease on life when it proved to be effective "COIN' or counter insurgency
aircraft against enemy forces operating in the dense tropical jungle. Flown by
Vietnamese pilot, the T-28 usually also carried an American advisor-observer on
these combat missions.
PVHC Price: $8.73
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