WW2 Trainer Aircraft Started With Inertia Starter

The Best Trainer Aircraft?

If you’ve been a fan of old warbirds for a time now, then you’ve probably heard of the North American T-6 Texan. This single-engined trainer aircraft was used by several branches of the US military during World War Two and into the 1970s to train their pilots.

 

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The US Air Force called it the AT-6, the British forces named it “Harvard”, while the US Navy designated it as the SNJ.

Powered by a Pratt & Whitney R-1340-AN-1 Wasp radial engine, this warbird means business. Below, you can see the SNJ-3 start up with an inertia starter. 

 

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Just goes to show, no matter the aircraft, the radial engine still sounds the best!