The initial trainer model, designated the T-29, was also based on the Convair CV-240 and was used to instruct USAF navigators for all USAF aircraft and United States Navy (USN) Naval Flight Officers (NFOs) selected to fly land-based aircraft.

Based on the commercial CV-240 airliner the T-29 entered service with the U.S Air Force in 1950 as a navigation and radar trainer. They were modified with several astrodomes in the top of the fuselage for the student navigators to practice celestial navigation.

There were 105 T-29B and 119 T-29C aircraft models built, all with pressurized fuselages. There were later 93 T-29D models built. The T-29 was based at Ellington AFB, Harlingen AFB and James Connally AFB, all in Texas and at Mather AFB, CA.

Aug 10, 2008 · There were 105 T-29B and 119 T-29C aircraft models built. The T-29B and C model fuselages were pressurized. The distinctive feature of the T-29D (first of the 93 purchased was flown in August 1953) was the installation of the K system bomb sight and camera scoring capability. Some T-29s also saw duty as staff transports.

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Delivered to US Air Force as T-29B 51-5124, this Convair was loaned to the US Navy. It adopted the non-sequential bu of the Air Force serial (515124). Registered civilly N99383 in 1977, the aircraft was stored at Tucson, AZ and gradually stripped of parts. Pictured among a sea of Convair parts, , the hulk was later scrapped.

Oct 26, 2022 · The T-29 entered service with the U.S Air Force in 1950 as a navigation and radar trainer. Two years later the improved T-29B introduced a... Note: Nice to see these old one still flying! Note: On display at the Pima Air and Space museum. JetPhotos.com is the biggest database of aviation photographs with over 6 million screened photos online!

Nov 9, 2021 · Convair T-29B Flying Classroom. Based on the commercial CV-240 airliner the T-29 entered service with the U.S Air Force in 1950 as a navigation and radar trainer.

Aug 16, 2024 · The C-131A "Samaritan," designed for aeromedical evacuation, is represented by this T-29B, from which the C-131 was developed. It was the first of the Convair 240/340/440 series to be produced for the U.S. Air Force.

This T-29B is an ex-USAF machine that was loaned to the Navy for use as a radar and navigation trainer. While in service they were nicknamed 'The Flying Classroom'.