{"id":1389,"date":"2022-01-10T11:30:43","date_gmt":"2022-01-10T18:30:43","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.wareaglesairmuseum.com\/?page_id=1389"},"modified":"2025-01-07T08:20:17","modified_gmt":"2025-01-07T15:20:17","slug":"trainers","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.wareaglesairmuseum.com\/?page_id=1389","title":{"rendered":"Trainers"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"wpb-content-wrapper\"><p>[vc_row][vc_column]<div class=\"porto-u-heading  wpb_custom_95aa9a11c17ad45cfabaf210d84ee7cc porto-u-55ca8359258f9a412be7e73af65d2aac \"><div class=\"porto-u-main-heading\"><h2  >Trainers<\/h2><\/div><div class=\"porto-u-sub-heading\" style=\"\">\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\">Included in the training aircraft of War Eagles Air Museum are all three World War II era training aircraft used by nearly every U.S. Army Air Corps and Navy\/Marine Corps pilot of the time: the Boeing PT-17 Stearman used during primary flying school, the Vultee BT-13 Valiant in basic flying school, and the North American AT-6 Texan used in Advanced Flying School. These planes made up the three increasingly 10-week phases experienced by WWII era American Military pilots.<br \/>\nThe museum also features Cold War era trainers from both sides of the Atlantic, such as a Lockheed T-33A Shooting Star and a MiG-15UTI, as well as more recent jet trainers.<\/p>\n<p><\/div><style>.porto-u-55ca8359258f9a412be7e73af65d2aac.porto-u-heading{text-align:center}<\/style><\/div>[\/vc_column][\/vc_row][vc_row][vc_column][vc_separator border_width=&#8221;5&#8243;][\/vc_column][\/vc_row][vc_row][vc_column width=&#8221;2\/3&#8243;][vc_column_text]<strong>North American Aviation\/TEMCO TF-51D Mustang \u2013\u00a0<\/strong>North American Aviation developed the original single-seat P-51 Mustang, one of the most widely used and best performing fighters of World War II. TEMCO (Texas Engineering and Manufacturing Corporation) modified the P-51 into a two-seated trainer (TF-51) with 15 war surplus 1944 P-51Ds.<\/p>\n<p>War Eagles TF-51 was discovered near Jakarta, in a pile of discarded aircraft parts that included five P-51Ds. A collector in California bought most of the Mustang parts in 1978 and John MacGuire bought a selection of those including the TF-51D in 1979. The aircraft was restored in 1983 and it joined the museum in 1989.[\/vc_column_text][vc_single_image image=&#8221;1396&#8243; img_size=&#8221;full&#8221;][vc_single_image image=&#8221;1398&#8243; img_size=&#8221;full&#8221;][\/vc_column][vc_column width=&#8221;1\/3&#8243;]<div class=\"porto-u-heading  wpb_custom_95aa9a11c17ad45cfabaf210d84ee7cc porto-u-55ca8359258f9a412be7e73af65d2aac \"><div class=\"porto-u-main-heading\"><h2  >Featured Trainers<\/h2><\/div><div class=\"porto-u-sub-heading\" style=\"\">\n<ul>\n<li style=\"text-align: left;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.wareaglesairmuseum.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/Cessna-T-37B-Tweety-Bird.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Cessna T-37B Tweety Bird<\/a><\/li>\n<li style=\"text-align: left;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.wareaglesairmuseum.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/Dehavilland-DH-82A-Tiger-Moth.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Dehavilland DH-82A Tiger Moth<\/a><\/li>\n<li style=\"text-align: left;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.wareaglesairmuseum.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/LockheedCanadair-T-33A-Silver-Star.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Lockheed\/Canadair T-33A Silver Star<\/a><\/li>\n<li style=\"text-align: left;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.wareaglesairmuseum.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/MiG-15UTI-Midget.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">MiG-15UTI Midget<\/a><\/li>\n<li style=\"text-align: left;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.wareaglesairmuseum.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/North-American-Aviation-T-28B-Trojan.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">North American Aviation T-28B Trojan<\/a><\/li>\n<li style=\"text-align: left;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.wareaglesairmuseum.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/North-American-Aviation-AT-6F-Texan.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">North American Aviation AT-6F Texan<\/a><\/li>\n<li style=\"text-align: left;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.wareaglesairmuseum.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/North-American-AviationTEMCO-TF-51D-Mustang.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">North American Aviation\/TEMCO TF-51D Mustang<\/a><\/li>\n<li style=\"text-align: left;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.wareaglesairmuseum.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/Northrop-AT-38B-Talon.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Northrop AT-38B Talon<\/a><\/li>\n<li style=\"text-align: left;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.wareaglesairmuseum.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/Vultee-BT-13B-Valiant.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Vultee BT-13B Valiant<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><\/div><style>.porto-u-55ca8359258f9a412be7e73af65d2aac.porto-u-heading{text-align:center}<\/style><\/div>[\/vc_column][\/vc_row]<\/p>\n<\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>[vc_row][vc_column][\/vc_column][\/vc_row][vc_row][vc_column][vc_separator border_width=&#8221;5&#8243;][\/vc_column][\/vc_row][vc_row][vc_column width=&#8221;2\/3&#8243;][vc_column_text]North American Aviation\/TEMCO TF-51D Mustang \u2013\u00a0North American Aviation developed the original single-seat P-51 Mustang, one of the most widely used and best performing fighters of World War II. TEMCO (Texas Engineering and Manufacturing Corporation) modified the P-51 into a two-seated trainer (TF-51) with 15 war surplus 1944 P-51Ds. 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