Legacy of T-28B Trojan
From retirement to revival—the T-28 returns
Civil Registration: N752WW
Type: North American T-28B Trojan
Year Built: 1954
Serial Number: 137752
Construction Number: 200-115
Navy Tail#: E-314
Mode S (ICA024) Code: AA2380
The historic aircraft has been carefully restored by the Heritage of Eagles Air Museum.
Date | Event | Image |
|---|---|---|
1/1/1954
| Taken on Strength and Charge with the United States Navy under Bureau Number 137752. | |
1972-1973 | Transferred to Training Squadron Six (VT-6), North Whiting Field, FL. Terry Price comments (18 May 2019): “As a | |
9/14/1978-
1986
| Transferred to MASDC (Military Aircraft Storage and Disposition Center), Davis Monthan AFB, AZ: open storage | |
1989-1995 | Transferred to World Wide Aeronautical Industries Inc., Moorepark, CA, with new civil registration N752WW. | |
10/6/1993?
| Photographer: eLaReF Photographed at a scrapyard in Tucson Seen at Bob's Airpark, a Tucson scrapyard near Davis- Monthan AFB, prior to rebuild with its BuAer No. 137752 just barely visible through the white overpaint | |
10/21/1996 | Transferred to Jerry P. King, Royal Oaks, CA (or Sweet Home, OR), keeping c/r N752WW. | |
5/28/1997 | Certificate of Airworthiness for NX752WW issued. | |
N/A | Photographer: Eric Zúñiga “Remembering service at the San Martin Air Museum & Show. It was just a 10-minute bike ride from where I used to live many years ago.” San Martin, E16 Published on March 20, 2021 | |
5/25/2002 | Photographer: Jenna Aronson At the Watsonville Annual Fly-In and Airshow Watsonville Municipal (KWVI), CA, USA | |
5/24/2003 | Photographer: Jenna Aronson At the Watsonville Annual Fly-In and Airshow Watsonville Municipal (KWVI), CA, USA | |
4/17/2004 | Photographer: Steve Gonzales Hollister Airport (K3O7), CA, USA | |
10/10/2009
| Photographer: HansAir Watsonville Municipal Airport (KWVI), CA, USA | |
11/17/2011
| To Jerry P. King, Royal Oaks, CA, keeping c/r N752WW. | |
1/8/2018 | Transferred to an unknown owner with c/r N752WW. The sale was later reported to a new owner in Boynton Beach, FL. | |
3/27/2018 | Transferred to Elena R. King, Boynton Beach, FL, keeping c/r N752WW. | |
3/28/2019
| Transferred to the Heritage of Eagles Air Museum, Firebaugh, CA, retaining c/r N752WW. | |
9/27/2019 | Photographer: John Bennett Watsonville Municipal Airport (KWVI), CA, USA | |
6/18/2020 | Photographer: David Dickins Watsonville Municipal Airport (KWVI), CA, USA | |
11/1/2020 | Photographer: James R. Warmkessel Watsonville Municipal Airport (KWVI), CA USA | |
2/10/2022 | Civil registration, N752WW cancelled. | |
3/29/2023
| To Heritage of Eagles Air Museum, Firebaugh, CA, with new c/r N752WW |
References
Air-Britain. (n.d.). Aviation photographs of registration: N752WW. Aviation photographs of
Registration: N752WW.
https://abpic.co.uk/pictures/registration/N752WW
Aircraft photos taken at Watsonville Municipal Airport (WVI). Airport. (n.d.).
https://airport-data.com/airport/wvi/aircraft-photos:54.html
Aviation database - aircraft N752WW. AviationDB. (n.d.).
https://www.aviationdb.com/Aviation/Aircraft/7/N752WW.shtm
FAA registry. Aircraft Inquiry. (n.d.).
https://registry.faa.gov/AircraftInquiry/Search/NNumberResult?nNumberTxt=752WW
Flightradar24. (n.d.). Live flight tracker - real-time flight tracker map.
https://www.flightradar24.com/data/aircraft/n752ww
Henniger, M., & Aerialvisuals.ca. (n.d.). Aerial visuals - airframe dossier - North American T-28B
trojan, S/N 137752 USN, C/n 200-115, C/R N752WW.
https://aerialvisuals.ca/AirframeDossier.php?Serial=31868
N752WW flight tracking and history. FlightAware. (n.d.).
https://www.flightaware.com/live/flight/N752WW
N752WW/N752WW aviation photos on JetPhotos. (n.d.-a).
https://www.jetphotos.com/registration/N752WW
North American aviation T-28 trojan/fennec registry - A Warbirds Resource Group Site. (n.d.-b).
https://www.warbirdregistry.org/t28registry/t28-137752.html
Red and white passenger plane on airport during daytime photo – free airport image on unsplash. (n.d.-c).
https://unsplash.com/photos/red-and-white-passenger-plane-on-airport-during-daytime-fWbcxq6V 0ek
Photographer: James R. Warmkessel
We revived the T-28 through meticulous cleaning, structural inspection, and targeted repairs, including a fuselage skin patch and hydraulic leak fixes. Every major system—electrical, hydraulic, fuel, brakes, flight controls, and canopy—was inspected, serviced, flushed, bled, and adjusted to restore proper function. We then renewed the engine and ignition systems, primed and bled the oil system, and completed a successful engine run, bringing the aircraft fully back to life.