North American T-28 Trojan (also known as 'Fennec' in French Air Force service), G-TROY, bearing US Air Force markings as 17692, displaying at the Duxford Air Festival 2018.

This aircraft was built as a T28A at the North American Downey California plant (North American c/n 174-545) and rolled out in early 1953. Delivered to USAF Training Command (USAF s/n 51-7692) in March 1953, serving with various training units before being put into store in 1958. She was struck off charge in December 1959 and handed over to the USAF's Military Aid Assistance Programme in 1962 and flown to Burbank and Pacific Airmotive for preparation and shipment to France. She was then flown to Norfolk NAS Virginia as one of a third batch of potential Fennecs sent to St. Nazaire as deck cargo on the French aircraft carrier Bois Belleau. At St. Nazaire she was accepted by the French in March 1962 as Fennec No. 142, and joined other Fennecs on one of the regional French EALA (Air Support) Squadrons for training and army cooperation duties flying only 84hrs and 76 French military operational missions in Algeria (COIN Operations) She met with an accident on 5th December 1964, near Bourg en Bresse, and was retired from French Air Force service in April, 1965 having served just over 3 years in French military service.


The aircraft then went on static display on a roof top and Villeneuve before being acquired by Amicale Ailes Temontaise at Temons-Millac. She was re-built at Dijon/Longevic and flew again on 16th November 1988 with the registration F-AZFV.


On 7th September 1991 having flown a total of 208:30 Hrs a flying accident resulted in a forced landing Using ex-French Airforce spares and replacement engine, propeller and rear fuseage she was repaired by January 1993.

By 23rd July 1994 having returned to flying status she had aquired 348:20 Airframe Hours, 214:20 Engine and Propeller Hours

On 23rd March 2000 Fennec 142 / F-AZFV was entered onto the UK Aircraft Register as G-TROY. At the time of this film the aircraft was owned and operated by Group Fennec, but since November 2018 ownership has passed to Air Leasing Ltd at Sywell.

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