Guillow's T-28 Trojan Flying Model Kit Balsa Wood Gray

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 were built before production ended in 1957. With the 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 pilots, the T-28 usually also carried an American advisor observer on these combat missions.