{"id":1122,"date":"2019-12-09T16:24:00","date_gmt":"2019-12-09T23:24:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/pimaair.wpengine.com\/?post_type=museum_aircraft&#038;p=1122"},"modified":"2019-12-30T09:03:04","modified_gmt":"2019-12-30T16:03:04","slug":"north-american-t-2c","status":"publish","type":"museum_aircraft","link":"https:\/\/pimaair.org\/museum-aircraft\/north-american-t-2c\/","title":{"rendered":"North American T-2C"},"content":{"rendered":"<h1>North American T-2C Buckeye<\/h1>\n<p><a href=\"wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/12\/North-American-T-2C.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/12\/North-American-T-2C.jpg\" alt=\"A picture of the North American T-2C Buckeye\"><\/a><\/p>\n<div>\n<p>The Buckeye was designed in 1956 in response to a Navy requirement for a multi-purpose jet trainer.\u00a0 The first version of the aircraft used a single J34 jet engine and in this configuration the first flight was made in January 1958.\u00a0 Deliveries to training squadrons began in 1960.\u00a0 At the same time a program to redesign the Buckeye with two more modern jets was underway.\u00a0 This resulted in the T-2B, which entered Navy service in 1965.\u00a0 In 1969, even more efficient engines were fitted to the Buckeye resulting in the T-2C.\u00a0 The new General Electric J85 engine produced the same performance for significantly lower costs.\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 The Buckeye began to be replaced in Navy service in the 1990s by the T-45 Goshawk.\u00a0 \u00a0<\/p>\n<p><strong>Service History<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Manufactured by North American Aviation, Columbus, Ohio and delivered to the U.S. Navy in July 1970.<\/p>\n<p>Assignments between 1970 and 1974 are unknown.<\/p>\n<p>March 1974\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Training Squadron 23 (VT-23), Naval Air Station Kingsville, Texas.<\/p>\n<p>August 1975\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Training Squadron 10 (VT-10), Naval Air Station Pensacola, Florida.<\/p>\n<p>November 1982\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Training Squadron 4 (VT-4), Naval Air Station Pensacola, Florida.<\/p>\n<p>1996\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Training Wing 6 (CTW-6), Naval Air Station Pensacola, Florida.<\/p>\n<p>April 2003\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Loaned to Pima Air &amp; Space Museum by the National Naval <\/p>\n<\/div>\n<table>\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td>Wingspan<\/td>\n<td>38 ft 2 in.<\/td>\n<td>\n<p><strong><span style=\"color: #2387c3;\">Wingspan<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>Length<\/td>\n<td>38 ft 8 in.<\/td>\n<td>\n<p><span style=\"color: #2387c3;\"><strong>Length<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>Height<\/td>\n<td>14 ft 9 in.<\/td>\n<td>\n<p><span style=\"color: #2387c3;\"><strong>Height<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>Weight<\/td>\n<td>13,180 lbs (loaded)<\/td>\n<td>\n<p><span style=\"color: #2387c3;\"><strong>Weight<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>Max. 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