Serving Midwest Aviation Since 1960
Serving Midwest Aviation Since 1960
CAF Minnesota Wing Members Service SNJ-6
CAF Minnesota Wing volunteers Bob Wright (back turned), Tim Gunter (kneeling with tire), Danny Bergstrom (leaning over wing), and Dennis Gruenewald take a short break after removing the wheel and tire from the SNJ-6.
The T-6 is known by several designations depending on the model and air force. It's U.S. Navy designation is the SNJ.
Bob Wright gets ready to remove a main gear wheel and tire during the Saturday maintenance session.
Commemorative Air Force Minnesota Wing volunteers Larry Utter (top) and Dennis Gruenewald (bottom) attach a cowling to the SNJ-6 before its test flight.
Maintenance volunteers Tim Gunter, Joe Siedler, Bob Wright, Dennis Gruenewald, Danny Bergstrom, and Larry Utter visit with Operations Officer Trevor Henson.
Operations Officer Trevor Henson checks the area in front of Hangar 3 before making a turn and cutting the engine on the SNJ-6.
Hangar 3 at Fleming Field in South St. Paul was a busy place Saturday, April 17. Commemorative Air Force Minnesota Wing volunteers completed a photo session featuring Miss Mitchell, the Wing's B-25J while others were hard at work getting another North American product ready for a return to service after winter maintenance. Volunteers did brake work on the SNJ-6 Texan before Operations Officer Trevor Henson took off in the WWII-era trainer and flew a test flight. The CAF Minnesota Wing was the very first charter unit of the national headquarters wing of the Commemorative Air Force and operated as a maintenance support arm to help the CAF's mission and its ever-growing fleet of rare aircraft. The T-6 is known by several designations depending on the model and air force. The U.S. Army Air Corps (USAAC) and USAAF designated it as the AT-6, the U.S. Navy the SNJ, and British Commonwealth air forces the Harvard, the name by which it's best known outside the U.S.
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