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The RTAF-2 is a single-engine
training and
liaison aircraft
A liaison aircraft (also called an army cooperation aircraft) is a small, usually unarmed aircraft primarily used by military forces for artillery observation or transporting commanders and messages. The concept developed before World War II and ...
that was developed by the
Royal Thai Air Force's Science and Weapon Systems Development Centre in 1957.
[Braun, Jean Marc]
RTAF-2, B.THOR2, Royal Thai Air Force
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Development
The RTAF-2 was developed from the Fuji LM-1 Nikko
The Fuji LM-1 Nikko is a Japanese light communications aircraft of the 1950s.
Development
Fuji Heavy Industries built 176 Beech T-34 Mentor two-seat training aircraft under licence in the early 1950s. Fuji then redesigned the basic Mentor as a ...
, itself a derivative of the Beechcraft Bonanza
The Beechcraft Bonanza is an American general aviation aircraft introduced in 1947 by Beech Aircraft Corporation of Wichita, Kansas. The six-seater, single-engined aircraft is still being produced by Beechcraft and has been in continuous prod ...
. One prototype
A prototype is an early sample, model, or release of a product built to test a concept or process. It is a term used in a variety of contexts, including semantics, design, electronics, and Software prototyping, software programming. A prototyp ...
was built in 1957 and tested in 1957–58, although no further production followed.
/ref>Bangkok
Bangkok, officially known in Thai language, Thai as Krung Thep Maha Nakhon and colloquially as Krung Thep, is the capital and most populous city of Thailand. The city occupies in the Chao Phraya River delta in central Thailand and has an estima ...
.[Taylor, John (ed): ''Jane's All The World's Aircraft 1984–1985'', page 204. Jane's Publishing Company, 1984. ]
Operators
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* Royal Thai Air Force
Aircraft on display
* Royal Thai Air Force Museum near Bangkok - sole example
See also
References
External links
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Thai Aviation
{{Thai experimental aircraft designations
Aircraft manufactured in Thailand
Single-engined tractor aircraft
Low-wing aircraft
1950s Thai military trainer aircraft
Aircraft first flown in 1957