Originally Posted by
megan
Looking for a photo of one of the two prototypes that were built. Designated XT-28, company designation NA-159. Believe they were tail draggers, prior to having the nose wheel fitted on the production aircraft. Many thanks in advance.
If I have my nomenclature correct, and am talking about the same thing, I believe the "prototype" or at least the forerunner to the T-28 were designated XSN2J-1, or company designator NA-142. 2 Built.
If you goggle XSN2J-1 you will come up with more photos and the wiki page.
Unsure if XT-28 was used to designate the same aircraft? I believe NA-142 was for these two tail draggers and NA-159 was for the T-28 we know today. Happy to be corrected.
I had the pleasure of climbing all around the rocks and rubble over the Northern end of Patuxent River NAS just as few years ago, looking for the Arado-234 remains that had been dumped as landfill, which I thought I had found, but subsequent investigation showed the crushed wing section was from the XSN2J-1. Still there. Not as exciting (for me) as the Arado- but still neat to find.