Vintage "Texan Trainer" over "The Narrows"

[shamrock838]

Greetings,

I was mosing along the Bay Ridge Shore Promenade in Brooklyn last Saturday when I heard a single-engine prop job from the past droning up The Narrows at several thousand feet or so ... seemingly headed toward Manhattan.

I looked up ... mouth agape ... and here's what I saw. She's Navy ... Pensacola ... with yellow wings. Looks like a WWII-vintage "Texan" trainer or replica. The color scheme identifies her as pre-war ... or 1942 at the latest. Details anyone? Thanks.

Mike (shamrock838)

http://i206.photobucket.com/albums/bb100/shamrock838/IMG_0992a.jpg
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[njgtr82]

Hi Mike, I saw this aircraft at the Millville airshow a few weeks ago, based on pictures on the web it might be out of Vincetown Red Lion Airport, N73.
http://i75.photobucket.com/albums/i281/njgtr82/natexan.jpg

[moose135]

Almost looks like this one:

http://www.warbirdregistry.org/texanreg ... 92943.html (http://www.warbirdregistry.org/texanregistry/texan-492943.html)

although I can't really make out the N-number on the one you shot.

[nikon50bigma]

But since those were navy planes...
Wouldn't those be considered SNJ-5's, since it is the navy version for the texan?

[Mateo]

The 'KR' on the tail tells you it's the Kevin Russo SNJ. (Plus you can see the reg of N211A). Russo bases his personal Bonanza out of Somerset/SMQ, I believe, but I want to say the Texan is kept somewhere in the Philadelphia metro area.