In total it was of the reactor was peculiar to still observe that the pilots of Navy trained in old propeller-driven airplanes. But to happen to the jets, was considered an abrupt jump for a aviator apprentice. For that reason an aid in 1956 was summoned to evaluate the possibility of counting on an apparatus of jet propulsion (as he knew myself in that time jets) in which could practice the pilots before approaching his reactors battle.

Thus Pinto, the first reactor of training accepted by North American Navy was born. She was one hard one fights the one that it had to make the pilot of pinto when facing the Beech the 73 Jet Mentor in Aerial Base of Patuxent River, Maryland, obtaining a contract with navy by 14 apparatuses to be evaluated in Pensacola, Florida during year 1959.

Lamentably, Pinto was a quite advanced design for its time, its well-taken care of aerodynamic lines gave a modern aspect " him " that caused certain mistrusts. Nevertheless, at the end of 60 years a North American company called AJI (American Jet Industries) considered that Pinto was a magnificent platform to turn the airplane into an apparatus antiguerrillas, known like COIN (counterinsurgency). A unit of Pinto was bought and modified substantially, changing the original motor to him J69 by a motor to more powerful reaction like the CJ610. Also was extended the fuselage in 2 ms, to the time that placed at the end of the wings a pair of fuel tanks to increase their reach. This modification was well-known as Super T-610 Pinto and flew in 1968.

But this was not sufficient to obtain the attention of the North American government, who was interested in looking for economic options to equip to the Air Force with countries friends, of airplanes not very powerful, but effective to fight to the guerrilla movements, nationalistic or communist that appeared in the world like fungi, and that somehow received the support of Soviet Russia, communist China or Revolutionary Cuba.

  Pinto was forgotten by space of one decade when in 1978, it seemed glimpsed finally the opportunity to commercialize it. The Air Force of the Philippines bought the rights of design, commercialization of the airplane, planes and the same Super prototype Pinto.

But a bad star seemed to persecute to Pinto, now known like Calí. It was constructed in Manila and proven in flight satifactoriamente, generating many expectations to construct a national aeronaútica industry in the Philippines, but economic problems and the later fall of the dictator Marks ruined all the plans.

Aji Super T-610 Pinto

Constructor: American Jet You train

Type: Primary trainer two-seater and of slight attack.

First flight: Pinto 26 of March of 1956 / Super Pinto 28 of June of 1968

Power plant: A motor to reaction CJ610-4 of 1293 kg

Dimensions:

Spread (without fuel tanks) 9.14 ms

Length: 9.58 ms

Height: 3.48 ms

Wing area: 13.93 m2

Weights:

Emptiness: 1466 kg

Maximum when taking off: 2268 kg (without fuel tanks eave)

Benefits:

Terminal velocity: 834 km/h (in tanks of combustible eave)

Climbed: 2743 ms per minute from him level of the sea.

Altitude: 14630 ms

Armament:

Six points of anchorage for arms under the wings, that include launchable tanks.

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