The Aircraft

T-34C CONTACT

CHAPTER ONE

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THE AIRCRAFT

The first aircraft in your flight to Navy Wings of Gold will be the Beechcraft T-34C "Turbo

Mentor." It is an unpressurized two-place, tandem cockpit, low wing, high performance, single

engine monoplane equipped with dual controls. Power is provided by a turboprop engine

manufactured by Pratt & Whitney Aircraft of Canada, Model PT6A-25, with inverted flight

capabilities, providing for a flight envelope with altitudes to 25,000 feet. With few exceptions,

both cockpits contain identical controls and instruments. (Refer to T-34C NATOPS, chapter

one.)

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