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Condor Squadron Officer's and Airmen's Association
was the brainstorm of Richard Sykes, an attorney
and reserve pilot in the 146th Fighter Group of the
California Air National Guard at Van Nuys, California.
He also had flown Lockheed P-38 Lightnings over
Italy during World War II. In 1962, he enticed some
of his fellow Guard pilots into forming a civilian
flying club centered about the North American T-6
advanced trainer. One of those founders was legendary
pilot, Clay Lacy, who is still a member.
The T-6 was chosen because most of the founding
members were World War II pilots who had been
trained in T-6s, and a few of them owned one. Besides,
war surplus T-6s in those days were being sold by the
governmental War Assets Administration for only
$1,200, and that included two full tanks (140 gallons)
of 30-cents-per-gallon avgas. The T-6 was also a joy
to fly, nimble and aerobatic, and suitable for formation
flying. Performing flybys would come naturally to
those who had already been checked out in the T-6.
This airplane also complemented the Condors' desire
to preserve that segment of military aviation history.
The first few hundred T-6s were manufactured
at North American Aviation's Inglewood, California,
factory on the south side of what is now Los Angeles
International Airport. Most of the more than 15,000
T-6s, however, were built in new factories constructed
in Texas for that purpose, which is why the airplane
came to be called the " Texan. " Those built for the Navy
were designated as SNJs, and those manufactured under
license by the British were called Harvards. There was
also the Yale, a fixed-gear, reduced-power version of
the T-6 built for the French Air Force, but only 111 were
delivered before France surrendered to Germany.
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