North American NA-16

NA-16/BT-9/NJ-1
Harvard I/NA-57/Sk 14
NA-16-2A/NA-42 "FAH-21" displayed outside at the Honduras Air Museum at Toncontín
Role Trainer
Manufacturer North American Aviation
First flight 1 April 1935
Status retired
Primary users United States Army Air Corps
Royal Australian Air Force
Swedish Air Force
French Air Force
Produced 1935 to 1939
Number built 1,935
Variants North American BT-9
CAC Wirraway
Developed into North American T-6 Texan
North American P-64

The North American Aviation NA-16 is the first trainer aircraft built by North American Aviation, and was the beginning of a line of closely related North American trainer aircraft that would eventually number more than 17,000 examples, notably the T-6 Texan family.


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