Cessna
T-41
Mescalero
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T-41A
 Photo: Robert Deering 10/18/2012
National Museum of the USAF
Dayton, Ohio
   
T-41A
Photo: Robert Deering 1981
Carswell AFB (FWH)
 Fort Worth, Texas

T-41B
Photo: James "Skip"  Dent 1968
Wright AAF (LIY / LHW)
 Fort Stewart, Georgia		    
The T-41A trainer was a standard Cessna Model 172 light general aviation aircraft purchased "off-the-shelf" by the U.S. Air Force for preliminary flight screening of Air Force pilot candidates. The USAF ordered 170 T-41As in 1964, and an additional 34 in 1967. Most went into service at various civilian contract flight schools, each located near one of Air Training Command's Undergradute Pilot Training bases.

The T-41B was the US Army version with a 210 hp (160 kW) Continental IO-360 and constant-speed propeller in place of the 145 hp (108 kW) Continental O-300 and 7654 fixed-pitch propeller used in the 172 and the T-41A. The T-41B was used for primary fixed-wing flight trainng and liaison duties.  A total of 255 T-41Bs were built.

In 1968 and 1969 the USAF Academy acquired 52 T-41Cs with more powerful engines for cadet flight training.

SPECIFICATIONS: PERFORMANCE:
Span:  35 ft. 10 in. Maximum speed:  139 mph
Length:  26 ft. 11 in. Cruising speed: 
Height:  8 ft. 10 in. Range:  720 miles
Empty Weight:  Service ceiling:  13,100 ft.
Gross Weight:  2,300 lbs. loaded  
Crew: 
Engines: 
Armament: 
   
SOURCE:  National Museum of the United States Air Force  

T-41B
Photo: Robert Deering 1968
Wright AAF (LIY / LHW)
 Fort Stewart, Georgia
 
1968 Jacksonville
Sectional Chart
1968 Liberty AAF
ATC Facility Guide		  
  NOTE: Liberty AAF in both documents was changed to Wright AAF in June 1968