Royal New Zealand Air Force Raytheon T-6C Texan II.
Registration: NZ1403.
This aircraft is part of the RNZAF Aerobatic Display Team The Black Falcons.
The Raytheon T-6 Texan II is a single-engine turboprop aircraft built by the Raytheon Aircraft Company. The T-6, a training aircraft based on the Pilatus PC-9, replaced the US Air Force's Cessna T-37B Tweet and the US Navy's T-34C Turbo Mentor from 2010.
Beechcraft is a US aircraft manufacturer which has been part of Raytheon since 1980, later Hawker Beechcraft and from 2013 Textron Aviation.
This photo was taken on 25 February 2017 during the International Air Tattoo.
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