Performers: Warbird Thunder Warbird Thunder flies the SNJ aircraft manu- factured by North American Aviation. The SNJ is a historically significant aircraft that was utilized as an advanced trainer by the U.S. Navy and Ma- rine Corp to train “The Greatest Generation” for WWII and Korean Conflict. Nearly every pilot in World War II and Korea trained in a variant of this aircraft.
craft were built, and it has served in more than 60 countries worldwide – many times in combat by developing countries. The aircraft was retired from U.S. military service in the 1960s but was utilized around the world much longer. In fact, the South African military utilized the T-6 until 1995. Both aircraft are powered by 600-horsepower supercharged Pratt & Whitney R-1340 engines with a 9-foot Hamilton-Standard propeller. The signature “bark” a spectator hears is actually the tips of the propeller reaching the speed of sound.
The Army Air Corp and later U.S. Air Force also flew the same aircraft but with the designation of “T-6 Texan.” More than 15,000 SNJ/T-6 air-
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