Finding visuals...
  • The Locator
  • Airframes Database

    Social media...
    Follow AV on facebook
    Follow AV on Twitter @aerial_visuals
    Follow the AV YouTube Channel

    Site navigation...
  • Home
  • Desktop Calendar
  • The Racers
  • FAQs
  • About Aerial Visuals
  • Comment on this Dossier
    • Search For Airframes Now
    Search - Index - Gallery - Reports - Lists - AV Needs You!

    This page documents a history of a specific aircraft. The details provided vary from aircraft to aircraft and are dependent on the research and amount of data uploaded to the Aerial Visuals database.

    Airframe Family: North American T-28 Trojan / Fennec / Nomad
    Latest Model:T-28A Trojan
    Last Military Serial:51-3612 US
    Construction Number:174-150
    Compressed ID:NA T-28A sn 51-3612 US cn 174-150
    Latest Owner or Location:Museum of Aviation, Warner Robins, Macon, Georgia

    EDIT THE HISTORY HERE    		 If you can add to the history or would like to submit a correction please use the editor to do so.

    UPLOAD A PHOTO    		 If you have a photo of this airframe to share then use the photo upload tool.
    The Airframes Database depends on user contributions to stay current.
    If you have any news about this airframe or photos which you would like to share please do so
    by using the links above.
    The more you and others share the better the database becomes!

    Dates

    Event

    Constructed as a T-28A.

    February 1952

    Taken on Strength/Charge with the United States Air Force with s/n 51-3612.

    February 1952

    Transferred to 3555th Pilot Training Wing, Perrin AFB, TX.

    Transferred to 3556th Maintenance Squadron, Perrin AFB, TX.

    7 July 1952

    Crashed.
    Crashed due to mechanical failure 3 miles NE of Perrin AFB, pilot Charles C. Vesiliaddis.

    Circa 1953

    Loaned to U. S. Army, Fort Rucker, AL.
    Evaluated as a possible observation and artillery direction platform.

    Circa 1955

    Returned from loan to 3305th Pilot Training Group, Malden AFB, MO.

    5 April 1957

    Transferred to the Military Aircraft Storage and Disposal Center (MASDC) with inventory number 51-3612.

    7 July 1957

    Transferred to Southern California Aircraft Corporation, Ontario, CA.

    Circa 1958

    Taken on Strength/Charge with the United States Air Force with s/n 51-3612.

    Transferred to 464th Troop Carrier Wing, Pope AFB, NC.

    March 1961

    Taken on Strength/Charge with the United States Army with s/n 51-3612 and operated with these markings: ARMY, TL-612.

    March 1961

    Transferred to Fort Rucker, AL.
    Test Chase aircraft.

    March 1971


    Photographer: Glenn Chatfield
    Notes: At Simmons Army Air Field, Ft. Bragg, NC

    From 1982 to 1991

    To United States Army Aviation Museum, Fort Rucker, Enterprise, AL.
    View the Location Dossier

    1991

    To National Museum of the United States Air Force Loan Program, Wright Field, Dayton, OH.
    View the Location Dossier

    1991

    Loaned to WR-ALC/MU, Robins AFB, GA.

    October 1991

    Placed on display with Museum of Aviation, Warner Robins, Macon, GA.
    View the Location Dossier

    14 March 1992


    Photographer: Robert Nichols

    Markings Applied: U.S. AIR FORCE, 0-13612

    8 March 2008


    Photographer: Robert Bourlier
    Notes: Museum of Aviation, Warner-Robins, GA. Photographed during the 65th Anniversary of the establishment of the 14th Air Force in China during WWII.

    8 March 2008


    Photographer: Robert Bourlier
    Notes: Museum of Aviation, Warner-Robins, GA. Photographed during the 65th Anniversary of the establishment of the 14th Air Force in China during WWII.

    8 March 2008


    Photographer: Robert Bourlier
    Notes: Museum of Aviation, Warner-Robins, GA. Photographed during the 65th Anniversary of the establishment of the 14th Air Force in China during WWII.

    30 September 2011


    Photographer: Mark Pasqualino
    Notes: At Robins AF Museum, IL
    This dossier is waiting for review by an editor.This airframe dossier is based on
    unreviewed imported data.
    If you can verify the documented history or add to it with additional text and/or photos please feel free to do so by using the upload tool and the history editor.
    Credits
     Data for airframe dossiers come from various sources. The following were used to compile this dossier...
    Print Sources
     U.S. Army Aircraft Since 1947 by Stephen Harding GC
    U.S. Military Out of Service 2010 by Andy Marden
    Internet Sources
     Aviation Archaeology
    Museum of Aviation
    National Museum of the United States Air Force
    United States Military Services Serial Number Lists by Joe Baugher
    Individual Contributors
     Glenn Chatfield
    Mike Henniger
    Robert Nichols
    Tell Others About this Airframe Dossier
    Forum Link: [URL=https://www.aerialvisuals.ca/AirframeDossier.php?Serial=70244][IMG]/home/users/web/b1393/nf.aerialvisuals/public_html/AV/Support/Logo_20x20.jpg[/IMG]Aerial Visuals - Airframe Dossier - North American T-28A Trojan, s/n 51-3612 US, c/n 174-150[/URL]
    Direct Link: https://www.aerialvisuals.ca/AirframeDossier.php?Serial=70244
    Copyright 1993-2025 m.AerialVisuals.ca
    The Aerial Visuals pages are best viewed with a screen at least 800 pixels wide.
    In case you are wondering Aerial Visuals is a huge fan Google Chrome. If you do not have Chrome installed why not?
    Aerial Visuals requires cookies and Javascript to function correctly. Please ensure these features are enabled in your browser.
    Aerial Visuals is powered by Netfirms.