© Xavier Cotton © Jean-Pierre Touzeau This T-6G flew for the French airforce.It is now flying with the association Association des Mécaniciens Pilotes d’Aéronefs Anciens (AMPAA), based in Melun.

© Jean-Marc Poincin © Jean-Marc Poincin © Jean-Marc Poincin This T-6 was built in 1941. It served in Algeria with the French Air Force, and probably also with the Moroccan and then Tunisian forces. It was then repatriated to La Ferté-Alais in the mid-1980s. Now, it flies with the Aerofox association, at Beaune, in the Burgundy region.

T-6G © Fredérick Vandentorren T-6G © Fredérick Vandentorren T-6G © Fredérick Vandentorren T-6G © Fredérick Vandentorren T-6G © Fredérick Vandentorren T-6G © Franck Cabrol T-6G © Baptiste Salis T-6G © Franck Cabrol T-6G © Erwan Garel The North American T-6 Texan is a trainer aircraft originally designed for the training of American fighter pilots during World War II.Indispensable in the learning stages preceding warbird missions, its role was essential in the training of the Allied forces.Several countries, including Peru, Israel, Greece and also France, armed it for use as a fighter plane.This T-6G was reconstructed from various parts. Its livery…

SNJ-5 © Jean-Pierre Touzeau NA T6D / SNJ5 ©Bordepiste.ch NA T6D / SNJ5 NA T6D / SNJ5 NA T6D / SNJ5 NA T6D / SNJ5 NA T6D / SNJ5 NA T6D / SNJ5 After researching the history of this aircraft, it turns out that she began her career in the US Navy after being commissioned as an AT-6D for the USAAC.Ordered in 1942 and built in 1943, this airplane bears the manufacturer number 88-17955. She was given the serial number 42-86174 and then the number 90747 for the US Navy in 1945.It was from there that she became an SNJ-5.…

F-AZRO © Romain Aupiais F-AZRO © Chris www.aviapich.ch F-AZRO © Philippe Delarbre / Les DCA F-AZRO © Philippe Delarbre / Les DCA F-AZRO © Maxence Graf The F-AZRO is a T6 which, after being recovered as a wreck at La Ferté Alais, was fully restored by the Aérorétro association.It flew again in 2006. All the parts modified for the resemblance to the Japanese Zero had been manufactured to make another T6 of the association, the F-AZBL, play the role of a Zero in the film "Empire of the Sun'.

T-6 "Zero" © Jean-Pierre Touzeau Montage © Izavia - Photo © Jean-Pierre Touzeau The T-6 F-AZZM is not (or rather, is not any more) quite a T-6 ... For cinema purposes, it was transformed to play the role of a Japanese "Zero" on screen, in the movie Empire of the Sun, by Steven Spielberg..The official code name used on the Allied side for this aircraft was Zeke, but it was popularly known as “Zero”.In 1937, the Japanese Navy issued two companies with extremely demanding performance specifications.Nakajima found the specification impossible to achieve, while Mitsubishi decided to rise to the challenge,…

T-6G F-AZBQ AJBS © Jean-Pierre Touzeau T-6G © Michel Germaine Built in 1951, this aircraft was first used by the French Air Force with the F-UJL marks, then F-SFK assigned to the EALA 3/4 squadron.Pilots from the 4th Squadron were sent to Algeria from 1954 to 1962 for law enforcement missions. The Wing received sponsorship from the E.A.L.A. (Light Support Aviation Squadrons) 5/70 and 7/70. Reserve pilots came to reinforce the workforce. They first operated on NORTH AMERICAN T-6G Texans. The E.A.L.A. 5/70 and 7/70 became respectively, EALA 17/72 on December 1, 1956 and EALA 18/72 on July 1, 1957.…