NORTH AMERICAN AVIATION INC.

USA

Formed originally as a holding company in 1928, North American's first product was the O-47 Army observation aircraft of 1937. The NA-16 Yale two-seat military trainer followed, being developed through fixed- and retractable-landing-gear variants into the T-6 Texan/Harvard trainer which continued in production in Canada until 1954 and served with virtually every non-Communist air arm in the world. North American's bestknown aircraft was the P-51 Mustang fighter, one of the best fighter aircraft of the Second World War. Most Mustangs served in Europe, flying B-45 "Tornado" escort duties for U.S. Eighth Air Force bombers. Significant aircraft evolved by North American include the B-25 Mitchell twin-engined medium bomber; the B-45 Tornado, the first American four-jet bomber; the F-86 Sabre, the USAF's first swept-wing fighter; the F-100 Super Sabre, the world's first operational fighter capable of supersonic speed in level flight; the T-28 Trojan/Fennec trainer and light ground-attack aircraft which succeeded the T-6; the A-5 Vigilante carrier-based jet bomber/reconnaissance aircraft; the XB-70 Valkyrie supersonic bomber with Mach 3 speed capability; and the X-15 rocket research craft, which attained an altitude of 107,960m in 1963 and was flown at a speed of 7,298km/h in 1967. In the same year North American merged with the Rockwell Standard Corporation to form North American Rockwell. Back to the letter N

All the World's Rotorcraft Virtual Aircraft Museum T-6 "Texan" O-47 XB-21 NA-50 P-51 "Mustang" B-25 "Mitchell" P-64 XB-28 FJ-1 Fury B-45 "Tornado" F-86 "Sabre" P-82 "Twin Mustang" AJ "Savage" T-28 "Trojan" YF-95 / F-86D F-93 FJ-2, -3, -4 Fury XA2J F-100 "Super Sabre" YF-107 A-5 "Vigilante" T-2 "Buckeye" T-39 Sabreliner X-15 XB-70 "Valkyrie" OV-10 "Bronco"