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Description
| Notes: LOW-WING, SEMI-MONOCOQUE trainer (2 CREW) . | ||
| Manufacturer: | Beech | |
| Base model: | T-34 | |
| Designation: | T-34 | |
| Version: | A | |
| Nickname: | Mentor | |
| Designation System: | U.S. Air Force | |
| Designation Period: | 1948-Present | |
| Basic role: | Trainer | |
Specifications
| Length: | 25' 11" | 7.9 m | |
| Height: | 9' 7" | 2.9 m | |
| Wingspan: | 32' 10" | 10.0 m | |
| Wingarea: | 177.6 sq ft | 16.5 sq m | |
| Empty Weight: | 2,156 lb | 977 kg | |
| Max Weight: | 2,900 lb | 1,315 kg | |
Propulsion
| No. of Engines: | 1 | ||
| Powerplant: | Continental O-470-13 | ||
| Horsepower (each): | 225 | ||
Performance
| Range: | 821 miles | 1,322 km | |
| Cruise Speed: | 173 mph | 278 km/h | 150 kt |
| Max Speed: | 190 mph | 305 km/h | 164 kt |
| Climb: | 1,230 ft/min | 374 m/min | |
| Ceiling: | 20,000 ft | 6,095 m | |
Known serial numbers
Examples of this type may be found at
| Museum | City | State |
| American Wings Air Museum | St. Paul | Minnesota |
| Canadian Warplane Heritage Museum | Mount Hope | Ontario |
| Lone Star Flight Museum | Galveston | Texas |
| USAF History and Traditions Museum | San Antonio | Texas |
| United States Air Force Museum | Wright-Patterson | Ohio |
T-34A on display
Lone Star Flight Museum | United States Air Force Museum |
Recent comments by our visitors
| Henk Balen, OTH | Dear all, I am the owner of T-34B 140725 (725 on the nose). At the moment this bird is in the process of restoration. I am looking for old pictures,stories or logbook entries. Is there anyone with old pictures etc? I would very much appreciate any help! Thank you! Henk
email: spillone@gmail.com 02/24/2015 @ 11:09 [ref: 68952] |
| George Grasel Boise, ID | I checked out the T-34A at Buckley Field, CO aero club. Later, in Naval
Flight Surgeon School I did the syllabus for the T-34B (Saufley Field, Navy). Same basic engine, carburated AF/fuel injected Navy fuel management: Left/Right tanks AF/On-Off Navy control adjustment: seat back and forth AF/rudder pedals back and forth Navy Why the expense of two models of same basic aircraft? Go figure. 07/06/2014 @ 17:52 [ref: 68551] |
| George Grasel Boise, ID | I checked out the T-34A at Buckley Field, CO aero club. Later, in Naval
Flight Surgeon School I did the syllabus for the T-34B (Saufley Field, Navy). Same basic engine, carburated AF/fuel injected Navy fuel management: Left/Right tanks AF/On-Off Navy control adjustment: seat back and forth AF/rudder pedals back and forth Navy Why the expense of two models of same basic aircraft? Go figure. 07/06/2014 @ 17:52 [ref: 68552] |
| George Grasel Boise, ID | I checked out the T-34A at Buckley Field, CO aero club. Later, in Naval
Flight Surgeon School I did the syllabus for the T-34B (Saufley Field, Navy). Same basic engine, carburated AF/fuel injected Navy fuel management: Left/Right tanks AF/On-Off Navy control adjustment: seat back and forth AF/rudder pedals back and forth Navy Why the expense of two models of same basic aircraft? Go figure. 07/06/2014 @ 17:52 [ref: 68550] |
| George Grasel Boise, ID | I checked out the T-34A at Buckley Field, CO aero club. Later, in Naval
Flight Surgeon School I did the syllabus for the T-34B (Saufley Field, Navy). Same basic engine, carburated AF/fuel injected Navy fuel management: Left/Right tanks AF/On-Off Navy control adjustment: seat back and forth AF/rudder pedals back and forth Navy Why the expense of two models of same basic aircraft? Go figure. 07/06/2014 @ 17:51 [ref: 68549] |
| Bill\"Smokey\"Slover Maryville,, TN | I flew the T-34A for my primary aerobatics and fell in love with the aircraft. Great A/C just wish they had put a bigger engine in it like a 395 back then in the late 50s and early 60s... 03/06/2013 @ 03:57 [ref: 67643] |
| Larry D. Emlet , PA | The T-34A was the first airplane I ever flew. It was my primary trainer at Bartow Airbase, FL in 1957. A beautiful little plane for learning to fly. used it for 40 hours then moved on to the T-28A. Later in life, I often wished I could afford one of my own! 12/03/2010 @ 18:17 [ref: 33880] |
| Harald A. Smedal Brooksville, ME | Info for Rick in AL. Sorry Rick. VT-1 at USNAAS Saufley field in 1966 flew T-34B's, NOT the Air Forces A model. I should know as I was a flight instructer there from 1964 to 1968 accumulating nearly 1500 hours in the "Kitty Kar" after rotating back from the Pacific in April '64. Thinking about Saufley field brought back a ton of memories about the dumb things cream of the crop students AND instructors whould do to the poor little T-34B: infant projectile vomiting which effectively obliterated the students instrument panel; taking off on the wrong runway on his solo check-ride and hitting the crash truck with his port wing which spun the plane 90 degrees to port with the prop entering the drivers side and encountering a stack of pilfered watermellons; the prop sliced thru those watermelong as fast as green corn goes through the new maid; turning off the fuel after retarding the throttle at 500 feet in the touch and go pattern at Wolf Field; running out of airspeed while boring a hole nearly straight up at full throttle; and what I consider to be a classic - "Instr...do you hear that noise in front of you?" Student..."What noise" Instr. That metal clanging noise" Student..."No sir" Instr "you sure you don't hear anything?"...Student..."Well...I think I hear something" Instr...What does it sound like?,,,Student..."like ball bearings rolling around OH SIR...why is the propeller standing still? Have a good day Rick. Harald A. Smedal former LT USN VT-1, 05/22/2010 @ 14:01 [ref: 26408] |
| Mal Gross Green Bay, WI | Flew the T-34A through CAP for about ten years from 1989 onward....my favorite airplane. N2969C cost only $55.00 to $60.00 per hour back then, and it was before the wing AD problem. The airplane is now in a small "Planes of History" museum, mostly in Texas. 04/06/2009 04/06/2009 @ 17:07 [ref: 24083] |
| Rick , AL | How well I remember the frist aircraft I ever strapped on-- the T-34A. That was when I started my Navy flight training at VT-1, NAAS Saufley Field, 1966. On my very first flight my instructor let me loop the little rascal with absolute joy! Inverted spin recovery was a piece of cake also (although not in the sylabus). 05/27/2008 @ 06:12 [ref: 21014] |
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