Fournier RF-6

T67M200 Firefly


Certified on 19 June 1987 the T67M200 was had a more powerful 200hp (149kW) Lycoming AEIO360-A1E with a three-bladed Hoffman propellor.
A total of 26 T67M-200s were produced.

T67C Firefly


Certified on 15 December 1987 the T67C was the last of the "civilian" variants, based on the T67B with an uprated 160 hp (120 kW) Lycoming engine, but without fuel injection and inverted-flight systems found on the T67M variants.

Two further sub-versions of the T67C copied the two piece canopy (T67C-2) and wing tanks (T67C-3, sometimes known as the T67D) from the T67M MkII.

A total of 28 T67Cs were produced across the three versions.

T67M260 Firefly


Certified on 11 November 1993 the T67M260 added even more power from the six-cylinder, 260 hp (194 kW) Lycoming AEIO540-D4A5 engine.

Unusually for side-by-side light aircraft, most (all?) T67M260s were produced to be flown solo from the right-hand seat to allow student pilots to immediately get used to the left-hand throttle found in most military aircraft - earlier models of the T67M had a second throttle on the left-hand sidewall of the cabin. A total of 51 T67M-260s were produced.

They were used to successfully train hundreds of RAF, RN, British Army and Foreign and Commonwealth pilots through JEFTS (Joint Elementary Flying Training School) until late 2010.

T67M260-T3A Firefly


Certified on 15 December 1993 the last military version of the T67 family was the T67M260-T3A, of which the entire production run of 114 were purchased by the United States Air Force where it was known as the T-3A.

The T-3A was basically the T67M260 with the addition of air conditioning.

Although the US media claimed the aircraft was to blame after the 3 accidents, no engine stoppages or vapour-lock problems with the fuel system were found during very thorough tests at Edwards AFB. Indeed it was discovered that the instructors came from large transport flying backgrounds with little or no aerobatic experience.

This combined with thinner air at the higher density altitude airfields meant spin recovery was delayed or wrong techniques used. Parachutes were another factor. Sadly, following these accidents, the fleet was grounded and stored without maintenance until being destroyed in 2007.

CT-111 Firefly


Designation by the Canadian Forces internally only as aircraft are registered as civilian aircraft

Specifications (T-3A)

Data from Brassey's World Aircraft & Systems Directory

General characteristics

Crew: 2

Length: 24 ft 10 in (7.55 m)

Wingspan: 34 ft 9 in (10.69 m)

Height: 7 ft 9 in (2.36 m)

Wing area: 136 ft² (12.6 m²)

Airfoil: NACA 23015/23013 (root/tip)

Empty weight: 1,750 lb (794 kg)

Max. takeoff weight: 2,550 lb (1,157 kg)

Powerplant: 1 × Textron Lycoming AEIO-540-D 6-cylinder horizontally-opposed engine, 260 hp (194 kW)