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July 1989
- A-10 Close Support
- Dyna-Soar – Also Ran in the Race for Space
- Navy Wings of Gold
November 1992
- Carrier Landing, Seven Decades of Carrier Operations
- XB-70 Valkyrie Flights
- Find It and Land On It, Night Carrier Landings
April 2000
- America’s Great Aviation Shakeout
- Flying Rescue Missions in Vietnam in the SkyRaider
Manuals & Photos
- T-2A NATOPS Flight Manual, 1966
- T-2B NATOPS Flight Manual, 1965
- T-2BC NATOPS Flight Manual, 1972
- T-2BC NATOPS Pilot’s Checklist, 1972
- T-2C NATOPS Flight Manual, 1996
- T-2A (T-2J) Flight Training Instructions, Part 8, 1964
- Over 40 Photos
North American T-2 Buckeye
T-2C Specifications
Variants
On Display
Cutaway
Videos
General Characteristics
- Crew: 2
- Length: 38 ft 3+1?2 in (11.671 m)
- Wingspan: 38 ft 1+1?2 in (11.621 m) (over tip tanks)
- Height: 14 ft 9+1?2 in (4.509 m)
- Wing area: 255 sq ft (23.7 m2)
- Airfoil: NACA 64A212
- Empty weight: 8,115 lb (3,681 kg)
- Max takeoff weight: 13,179 lb (5,978 kg)
- Fuel capacity: 691 US gal (575 imp gal; 2,620 L) total
- Powerplant: 2 × General Electric J85-GE-4 turbojets, 2,950 lbf (13.1 kN) thrust each
Performance
- Maximum speed: 453 kn (521 mph, 839 km/h) at 25,000 ft (7,600 m)
- Stall speed: 86.6 kn (99.7 mph, 160.4 km/h)
- Range: 909 nmi (1,046 mi, 1,683 km)
- Service ceiling: 40,400 ft (12,300 m)
- Rate of climb: 6,200 ft/min (31 m/s)
T-2A
Two-seat intermediate jet training aircraft, powered by a 3,400-lb (1542-kg) thrust Westinghouse J34-WE-46/48 turbojet, original designation T2J-1 Buckeye, 217 built.
YT-2B
Two T-2As were converted into T-2B prototype aircraft.
T-2B
Improved version, it was powered by two 3,000-lb (1360-kg) thrust Pratt & Whitney J60-P-6 turbojets; 97 were built.
YT-2C
One T-2B was converted into a T-2C prototype aircraft.
T-2C
Final production version for the U.S. Navy, it was powered by two 2,950-lbf thrust General Electric J85-GE-4 turbojets; 231 were built.
DT-2B and DT-2C
Small numbers of T-2Bs and T-2Cs were converted into drone directors.
T-2D
Export version for Venezuela, 12 built.
T-2E
Export version for Greece, 40 built.
158599 – on static display at the Texas Air Museum in Slaton, Texas on loan from the National Naval Aviation Museum.
T-2A Bu.156692 North American Buckeye on board USS Midway Museum in San Diego, California.
T-2A Bu.147474 North American Buckeye at Planes of Fame Air Museum Chino, California.
T-2C Bu.157050 North American Buckeye at Pima County Air Museum Tucson, Arizona.
T-2C Bu.158327 North American Buckeye at National Museum of Naval Aviation Pensacola, Florida.
