Not to be confused with the T-35 Buckaroo. For other uses, see: T35 (disambiguation)
| T-35 Pillán | |
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| An ENAER T-35 Pillán of the Panamanian Air Force | |
| Role | Trainer |
| National origin | Chile |
| Manufacturer | ENAER |
| First flight | 6 March 1981[1] |
| Primary users | Chilean Air Force Spanish Air Force Military of Panama Paraguayan Air Force |
| Produced | 28 December 1984[1] - 1991 |
| Number built | 154[2] |
ENAER T-35 Pillán (Spanish pronunciation: [piˈʎan], volcano or ancestral spirit) is a Chilean propeller-driven basic trainer aircraft. The student and the instructor sit in tandem. Production ceased in 1991 after 7 years but restarted briefly in 1998.[2]
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The PA-28R-300 Pillán was developed by Piper Aircraft in the United States as a two-seat military trainer for assembly in Chile, based on a Saratoga fuselage with a new center-section and wing stressed for aerobatics.[3] The first prototype designated XBT first flew at Lakeland on 6 March 1981 and was followed by a second prototype, designated YBT.[3] The second prototype first flew on 31 August 1981 and was then delivered to Chile.[3] The prototype XBT was delivered to Chile in January 1982 but was written off in 10 March 1982.[3] Production of kits at Vero Beach Municipal Airport commenced with three pre-production kits which were delivered for assembly in Chile in 1982, Vero Beach then produced 120 kits for assembly in Chile for the Chilean and Spanish Air Force.[3] The first production aircraft was delivered by ENAER to the Chilean Air Force Air Academy in August 1985.[3] The Spanish aircraft were assembled in Spain by CASA.[1]
Apart from a few turbine powered aircraft, all Pilláns were powered by a 300 hp (224 kW) Textron Lycoming AEIO-540-K1K5 six cylinder horizontally opposed piston engines.
In 1985 a turboprop variant was developed by ENAER as the T-35A Aucan.[3] In early 1986 one of the piston-engined pre-production aircraft was sent to Soloy in the United States and was fitted with a 420 shp Allison 250B-17D engine.[3]
Data from Hecho En Chile...An Innocuous Devil[5]
General characteristics
Performance
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