Mick Thorstenson - The T-28, N14103
October 16th & 17th, 2021
Mick Thorstenson is a retired U.S. Navy pilot, retired American Airlines Captain and former Lockheed test pilot, living in the southwest Florida area.
He first started flying the North American T-28 as a Navy student pilot back in the early ‘70s. His training included landing them on the USS Lexington during his Navy days. He has flown numerous airshows in the T-28 as a solo pilot and as the opposing solo pilot, lead pilot and wingman for the Trojan Horsemen and Trojan Thunder, a six ship T-28 flight demonstration team. Mick’s daughter is an Air Force Pilot instructing at Vance Air Force Base in Oklahoma flying the T-38 Tallon.
The T-28, N14103
The T-28 was built in 1951 and started out as an Air Force pilot trainer. After ten years it went to the French Air Force where it was converted from an A model to a Fennec model. Next it was purchased and flew for the Haitian Air Force for 5 years before returning to the United States. It went through a 4 year restoration and won numerous awards at Sun-N-Fun and Oshkosh. The current paint job represents the Argentinean Navy as the plane toured for several years down in South America before returning again to the U.S. It is now owned by Mick and Chuck McHenry and based right here in Southwest Florida.