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T-2 Buckeye | bgcolor="#87CEEB" colspan="3" align="center" style="border-bottom:3px solid"|North American T-2C Buckeye | olspan="3" align="center"|
North American T-2C Buckeye making an arrested landing. | | gcolor="#87CEEB" colspan="3"|Description | | ole | colspan="2"|Naval trainer | | rew | colspan="2"|2 (student and instructor) | | irst Flight | colspan="2"| | | ntered Service | colspan="2"| | | anufacturer | colspan="2"|North American Aviation | | gcolor="#87CEEB" colspan="3"|Dimensions | | ength | 38 ft 8 in | 11 m | | ingspan | 38 ft 2 in | 10.3 m | | eight | 14 ft 9 in | 4.5 m | | ing area | ft² | m² | | gcolor="#87CEEB" colspan="3"|Weights | | mpty | 8,115 lb | 3,652 kg | | oaded | lb | kg | | aximum takeoff | 13,180 lb | 5,931 kg | | gcolor="#87CEEB" colspan="3"|Powerplant | | ngines | colspan="2"|2 × General Electric 085-GE-4 turbojets | | hrust | 2,950 lbf | 13 kN | | gcolor="#87CEEB" colspan="3"|Performance | | aximum speed | 521 mph | 834 km/h | | ombat range | 910 miles | 1,456 km | | erry range | miles | km | | ervice ceiling | 44,400 ft | 13,500 m | | ate of climb | ft/min | m/min | | ing loading | lb/ft² | kg/m² | | hrust/Weight | colspan="2"| | | gcolor="#87CEEB" colspan="3"|Avionics | | vionics | colspan="2"| | | gcolor="#87CEEB" colspan="3"|Armament | | uns | colspan="2"| | | ombs | colspan="2"| | | ockets | colspan="2"| | The North American T-2 Buckeye is the United States Navy's intermediate and advanced training aircraft, introducing trainee naval aviators to jet power, carrier operations, and armaments. Students start out on a propeller-driven aircraft, the old T-34 Turbomentor being replaced by the T-6 Texan in that role. The T-2 is also in the process of being replaced by the T-45 Goshawk (the US Navy version of the BAe Hawk). The first version of the aircraft, the T-2A, was designed in the 1950s using the wing of the early FJ Fury jet fighter, and had a single engine. The T-2B was fitted with twin engines, as was the T-2C. While it has no built-in armament, the aircraft has a number of strongpoints to carry external armament, including gun pods and bombs.
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