Beechcraft's demonstrator aircraft for potential military or civil customers is this
Raytheon 3000 with US civil reg.: N3000B / c/n: PH-1.
Warbirds Over Wanaka, New Zealand, 2012.
RAYTHEON (BEECHCRAFT) T-6 TEXAN II
T-6 SERVICE
| Origins: | Developed from the Swiss built Pilatus
PC-9 Advanced Turbo Trainer built by the following manufacturers: Pilatus Flugzeugwerke AG, Lucerne, Switzerland 273+ built, 5 PC-9 variants, 1983 - present, ff: 07/05/1984. Raytheon Company, Raytheon Aircraft Co., Wichita, Kansas, USA 801+ built as the T-6, 1997 - present, ff: 15/07/1998. |
| Manufacturer: | Raytheon Company, Beech Aircraft Corp., Wichita,
Kansas, USA (In 1994, became Raytheon Company, Raytheon Aircraft Co.) (In 2007, became Hawker Beechcraft Corp.) |
| Model: | PC-9 |
| Designations: | T-6; CT-156 (CAF) |
| Names: | Texan II; Harvard II (CAF) |
| First official flight: | (PD373) 23/12/1992 (T-6A) 15/07/1998 |
| Factory production period: | 1997 - present |
| Primary service period: | 1999 - present |
| Last official flight: | Still in service |
T-6 VARIANTS AND PRODUCTION
| Pilatus PC-9 | 1990, 2 Swiss built aircraft delivered to Beech for test evaluations. 1, with civil reg.: N26BA (Swiss reg.: HB-HPB, c/n: 002), modified for development tests, both later returned to Pilatus. 3 PC-9's also evaluated by US Army as 91-0071 / 91-0073 (c/n: 180 / 183). |
Beech PD373
1992, prototype single-engined, 2-seater trainer
for USAF and US Navy. Also designated as
Beech 3000 and Beech Mk. II.
Produced 1992 - 1993
Beech Wichita, Kansas
| N8284M (civil reg.) | PT-2 | ||
| N209BA (civil reg.) | PT-3 | 2 | Total: 002 |
T-6A
1998, production version.
Produced 1997 - present
Raytheon Wichita, Kansas
| Deliveries to USAF: | |||
|
95-3000 / 95-3011 - 95-3000 with civil reg.: N2362. - 95-3001 to USN as BuNo. 165958. |
PT-4 / PT-15 | ||
| 96-3012 / 96-3014 | PT-16 / PT-18 | ||
| 97-3015 / 97-3024 | PT-19 / PT-28 | ||
| 98-3025 / 98-3038 | PT-29 / PT-42 | ||
| 98-3539 / 98-3546 | PT-43 / PT-50 | ||
| 99-3547 / 99-3568 | PT-51 / PT-72 | ||
| 00-3569 / 00-3597 | mixed PT-73 to PT-103 | ||
| 01-3598 / 01-3632 | mixed PT-113 to PT-169 | ||
| 02-3633 / 02-3672 | mixed PT-173 to PT-217 | ||
| 03-3673 / 03-3707 | mixed PT-219 to PT-255 | ||
| 04-3708 / 04-3759 | mixed PT-258 to PT-311 | ||
| 05-3760 / 05-3813 | mixed PT-312 to PT-368 | ||
| 05-6207 / 05-6209 | mixed PT-351 to PT-361 | ||
| 06-3814 / 06-3868 | mixed PT-369 to ? | ||
| 07-3869 / 07-3905 | mixed PT-444 to PT-464 | ||
| 08-3911, 08-3912 | ? | ||
| 08-3921 | PT-480 | 400 | |
| Deliveries to US Navy: | |||
| BuNo.165959 / 166285 | mixed PT-85 to ? | 327 | Total: 727 |
T-6A-1
1999, export version for Canada.
CAF designation: CT-156 Harvard II.
Produced 1999 - 2003
Raytheon Wichita, Kansas
| (CAF) 156101 / 156126 | ? | 26 | Total: 026 |
T-6B
2004, as T-6A, light attack trainer,
avionics upgrade, armed. Also
designated as AT-6B.
Produced 2003 - present
Raytheon Wichita, Kansas
| N3000B (civil reg.) | ? | 1 | Total: 001 |
PC-9 Mk. II
2000, as T-6A, export version for Greece.
Produced 2000 - 2003
Raytheon Wichita, Kansas
| (Greece) 001 / 045 | ? | 45 | Total: 045 |
|
Grand Total: 801 |
Beechcraft's demonstrator aircraft for
potential military or civil customers is this
Raytheon 3000 with US civil reg.:
N3000B / c/n: PH-1.
Warbirds Over Wanaka, New Zealand,
2012.