Turkey operated up to 50 T-37C Tweets from 1965 to 2000.
Pictured here is USAF s/n: 63-9835 with Turkish s/n: TE-835.
Turkish Air Force Museum, Istanbul, Turkey, 2005.
CESSNA T-37 TWEET / A-37 DRAGONFLY
T-37 / A-37 SERVICE
| Manufacturer: | Cessna Aircraft Co. Inc., Wichita, Kansas, USA |
| Model: | Model 318 |
| Designations: | T-37; A-37 |
| Names: | Tweet / Tweety Bird (T-37); Dragonfly / Super Tweet (A-37) |
| First official flight: | (XT-37) 12/10/1954 (A-37B) 18/09/1967 |
| Factory production period: | 1954 - 1975 |
| Primary service period: | 1957 - 2001 |
| Last official flight: | (OA-37B) 1992 (T-37B) Due to retire by 2009. |
T-37 / A-37 VARIANTS
T-37 Tweet
| 1954 | Model 318 | XT-37 | 3 | Total: 0003 |
| 1955 | Model 318A | T-37A | 444 | |
| 1959 | Model 318B | T-37B | 537 | |
| 1962 | Model 318C | T-37C | 197 | Total: 1178 |
|
Grand Total: 1181 |
A-37 Dragonfly
| 1967 | Model 318E | A-37B | 577 | Grand Total: 0577 |
|
GRAND TOTAL: 1758 |
T-37 / A-37 PRODUCTION
T-37 Tweet
XT-37
Prototype twin-engined, jet basic trainer.
Produced 1954
Cessna Wichita, Kansas (CE)
| 54-716 / 54-718 | 40001 / 40003 |
Total: 0003 |
T-37A
As XT-37, engine / cockpit upgrade.
First 11 originally designated as T-37.
All later upgraded to T-37B standard.
Produced 1955 - 1959
Cessna Wichita, Kansas (CE)
| 54-2729 | 40004 | |
| 54-2730 / 54-2739 - 1 (54-2731), static test airframe. |
40006 / 40015 | |
| 55-2972 | 40005 | |
| 55-4302 / 55-4321 | 40016 / 40035 | |
| 56-3464 / 56-3590 | mixed 40036 to 40162 | |
| 57-2230 / 57-2352 | 40163 / 40285 | |
| 58-1861 / 58-1977 | 40286 / 40402 | |
| 59-0241 / 59-0285 | 40403 / 40447 | Total: 0444 |
T-37B
As XT-37, engine / avionics upgrade.
Produced 1959 - 1968
Cessna Wichita, Kansas (CE)
| 59-0286 / 59-0390 | 40448 / 40552 | |
| 60-0071 / 60-0200 | ? | |
|
61-2494 / 61-2508 - 4 to Chile. - 6 to Pakistan. - 5 to Peru. |
40698 / 40712 | |
| 61-2915 / 61-2919 | ? | |
| 62-5950 / 62-5956 | ? | |
| 64-13409 / 64-13466 | 40824 / 40881 | |
| 65-10823 / 65-10826 | 40902 / 40905 | |
| 66-7960 / 66-8006 | mixed 40920 to 40982 | |
| 67-14730 / 67-14768 | ? | |
| 67-22240 / 67-22262 | 41039 / 41061 | |
| 68-7981 / 68-8084 | 41076 / 41179 | Total: 0537 |
| 86 additional airframes cancelled. | ||
T-37C
As T-37B, provision for light armament, wingtip
fuel tanks. All delivered under MAP.
Produced 1962 - 1975
Cessna Wichita, Kansas (CE)
|
62-5926 / 62-5949 - 24 to Portugal as 2401 / 2424. |
40726 / 40749 | |
|
62-5957 / 62-5975 - 8 to Pakistan. - 11 to Greece. |
? | |
|
62-12485 / 62-12506 - 5 to Turkey. - 6 to Chile as J-374 / J-379. - 6 to Portugal as 2425 / 2430. - 5 to Greece. |
40768 / 40789 | |
|
63-9818 / 63-9851 - 13 to Pakistan. - 15 to Turkey. - 5 to Chile as J-380 / J-384. - 1 to Peru. |
40790 / 40823 | |
| 64-13467 / 64-13470 | 40882 / 40885 | |
|
64-17985 / 64-17999 - 15 to Turkey. |
40886 / 40900 | |
|
65-12801 / 65-12814 - 3 to Greece. - 11 to Turkey. |
40906 / 40919 | |
|
66-13611 / 66-13621 - 11 to Peru. |
40967 / 40977 | |
|
67-22542 / 67-22547 - 6 to Pakistan. |
mixed 41088 to 41105 | |
|
69-7068 / 69-7072 - 5 to Thailand. |
42001 / 42005 | |
|
69-7285 - 1 to Thailand. |
42006 | |
|
69-7596 / 69-7600 - 5 to Pakistan. |
42007 / 42011 | |
|
70-1957 / 70-1961 - 5 to Greece. |
42012 / 42016 | |
|
72-1359 / 72-1369 - 11 to South Korea. |
42017 / 42027 | |
|
73-1685 / 73-1698 - 14 to South Korea. |
42028 / 42041 | |
|
75-0662 / 75-0668 - 7 to Pakistan as 77662 / 77668. |
42042 / 42048 | Total: 0197 |
| 14 additional airframes cancelled. | ||
|
Grand Total: 1181 |
Turkey operated up to 50 T-37C Tweets from
1965 to 2000.
Pictured here is USAF s/n: 63-9835 with Turkish s/n: TE-835.
Turkish Air Force Museum, Istanbul, Turkey, 2005.
A-37 Dragonfly
A-37B
As A-37A, tactical support version, strengthened
airframe, engine upgrade, various improvements.
Produced 1967 - 1975
Cessna Wichita, Kansas (CE)
| 67-14776 / 67-14823 | 43001 / 43048 | |
| 67-22483 / 67-22491 | 43049 / 43057 | |
| 68-7911 / 68-7980 | 43058 / 43127 | |
| 68-10777 / 68-10827 | 43128 / 43178 | |
| 69-6334 / 69-6446 | 43179 / 43291 | |
| 70-1277 / 70-1312 | 43292 / 43327 | |
| 71-0790 / 71-0854 | 43328 / 43392 | |
| 71-0858 / 71-0873 | 43393 / 43408 | |
| 71-1409 / 71-1416 | 43409 / 43416 | |
| 73-1056 / 73-1115 | ? | |
| 73-1654 / 73-1658 | mixed 43417 to 43426 | |
|
74-0998 / 74-1013 - 16 to Chile as J-600 / J-615. |
mixed 43447 to 43497 | |
|
74-1694 / 74-1723 - 24 to Peru. - 6 to Honduras. |
mixed 43449 to 43491 | |
| 75-0374 / 75-0385 | ? | |
|
75-0410 / 75-0417 - 8 to Uruguay as 270 / 277. |
43540 / 43547 | |
|
75-0424 / 75-0441 - 18 to Chile as J-616 / J-633. |
43548 / 43565 | |
|
75-0669 / 75-0680 - 12 to Peru as FAP145 / FAP156. |
43566 / 43577 | Grand Total: 0577 |
| 96 additional airframes cancelled. | ||
A-37B-CE Dragonfly, s/n: 71-0854, is on the
Warbird scene in New Zealand
with a VNAF paint scheme and original serial number markings
from it's days in Vietnam. The Dragonfly's NZ reg. is ZK-JTL.
Warbirds Over Wanaka, New Zealand, 2006.
T-37 / A-37 CONVERSIONS
T-37 Tweet
USAF
| JT-37A | 1 | T-37A, permanent conversion for development tests. |
| YAT-37D | 2 | Model 318D 2 T-37B(62-5950, 62-5951), 1963, counter-insurgency prototypes with engine upgrade, wingtip tanks, underwing stores pylons, 7.62mm Minigun. Both later redesignated as YA-37A. |
A-37 Dragonfly
USAF
| A-37A | 39 | Model 318D T-37A, 1966, production conversions of the YA-37A prototypes. New s/n: 67-14503 / 67-14541. |
| YA-37B | 1 | A-37B(67-14823), prototype conversion for tests. |
| OA-37B | 130 | A-37B, 1980's-1992, forward-air-control (FAC) conversions. |
FOREIGN MILITARY / CIVILIAN SERVICE
- T-37 / A-37 aircraft supplied to the air forces of Brazil, Burma,
Cambodia,
Chile, Colombia, Ecuador, El Salvador, Greece, Guatemala, Honduras,
Jordan, Pakistan, Peru, Portugal, South Korea, South Vietnam,
Thailand,
Turkey, Uruguay and West Germany.
- Some T-37 / A-37's sold on the civil market as private aircraft or
Warbirds.