The T-41C Mescalero was designed and manufactured by Cessna, and delivered to the USAF for preliminary flight screening of pilot candidates. It is an all metal, single engine, high wing monoplane. The propeller is all metal, fixed pitch, and designed for best climb. The T-41C is powered by a horizontally-opposed, fuel-injected, six-cylinder, IO-360-D engine rated at 210 BHP at 2,800 RPM. In 1968 and 1969, the US Air Force Academy acquired 52 T-41C’s with the 210 HP engines and climb props for better high altitude performance at the USAF Academy in Colorado Springs. N7869N is on government loan to PRNFC.