AIDC
T-CH-1 Chung Hsing (N.A. T-28) 0743
The North American T-28 Trojan was never a
very handsome aircraft to begin with. After AIDC
re-engined it with a Lycoming T53-L-701 turboprop (built under licence
by the Kang Shan Aero
Engineering
Division) it was positively ugly. Fifty were built under
licence from 1976 until 1981
and
served as intermediate trainers. Interestingly, it was one of the
first turboprop trainers to fly
anywhere in
the world. Somewhere around 1985 thirty or
so were converted into (i) attack
and/or (ii) reconnaissance
aircraft which were known as the A-CH-1
and R-CH-1 respectively.