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Where to see the Beechcraft Texan T1 in the UK
The RAF’s ten Texans fly with No. 72 Squadron at RAF Valley, Anglesey. None is in a museum.
3D model
The Texan T1 (T-6C Texan II), ZM323 in 3D
A procedural model built in Blender from the type’s published dimensions, painted as ZM323, a Beechcraft Texan T1 (T-6C Texan II) of the Royal Air Force’s No. 72 Squadron, No. 4 Flying Training School, RAF Valley, Anglesey, one of the turboprop trainers on which RAF and Royal Navy pilots learn to fly fast jets: a single-engined low-wing trainer with a Pratt & Whitney Canada PT6A-68 turboprop behind a chin intake, a Hartzell four-bladed propeller, two Martin-Baker ejection seats in tandem under a one-piece canopy with the rear seat raised, a wing with a flat centre section and dihedral outboard of the main undercarriage, a long dorsal fin, a tailplane set low on the tail cone, a ventral strake under the tail and inward-retracting main undercarriage: gloss black overall with a polished spinner, light grey leading edges, a red, white and blue roundel and white ‘ZM323’ on the rear fuselage, white ‘323’ on the fin above a red, white and blue fin flash, roundels under the wingtips and red and white ejection-seat warning triangles below the cockpits, as photographed at the Royal International Air Tattoo and around RAF Valley in 2023 (shape from a published three-view scaled to the T-6C’s published dimensions; canopy, tailplane height and ventral strake corrected from photographs of ZM323; its unphotographed starboard side mirrors the port, as on sister aircraft ZM332; the small stencils are left off). Drag to orbit, scroll or pinch to zoom · all 287 models · download .glb (801 KB) · Plate 280 in The Hangar
Type notes
The Beechcraft Texan T1 in brief
| Type | Beechcraft Texan T1 (Texan T1 (T-6C Texan II)) |
|---|---|
| UK museums holding one | None |
