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T-42A Cochise Trainer and Utility Airplane In February 1965 Beech’s Baron was selected as the Army’s new twin–engine instrument and multi–engine transition trainer. The Army purchase 120 machines and in 1971 ordered 5 more examples for delivery to Turkey under the Military Assistance Program (MAP). The T–42A was a low–wing twin–engine cabin monoplane developed from beech’s earlier Model D95A Travel Air. The Cochise is an all–metal construction and has fully retractable landing gear. Accommodation for up to three persons in addition to the pilot was standard, but the T–42s used as instrument trainers normally only carried two students in addition to the instructor pilot. Although initially procured for use primarily as a trainer, the T–42A saw widespread service as a general light utility transport. This aircraft was given the colemill modification replacing the original powerplants with IO–550s to improve aircraft performance, increase engine power and improve fuel consumption. T–42s remained in the Army reserve and the Army National Guard inventories into the early 1990s. |
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OUR AIRCRAFT
Serial No. 65–12701 |
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| Our aircraft was the twenty third T–42A manufactured. On December 2, 1966 it began its initial military service as a primary multi–engine trainer at the U.S. Army Aviation Center and School at Fort Rucker, AL. After five years of trainer service it was transferred to Aviation Systems Command’s ( AVSCOM) flight Operations Detachment in St. Louis, MO. In service with AVSCOM, this aircraft flew as a general utility aircraft and was also used to maintain flight currency for aviators serving in AVSCOM. In 1980, 65–12701 was transferred to the Army National Guard Support Facility # 2 in Worthington, released from government service in February of 1990 with 10,877 flight hours. Our T–42 fulfills mission roles as a utility and executive transport aircraft in support of the Army Aviation Heritage Foundation’s educational programs |
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Specifications |
| Crew: Trainer Role: 1 Pilot and 2
Students
Utility/liaison Role: Pilot and up to 3 Passengers Powerplant: Continental IO–470–l piston (260HP) Speed: 200 mph at maximum cruise Range: 1065 miles Armament: none
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