North American T-6 Texan – Cost: $200,000
The North American Aviation T-6 Texan is a two-seat advanced trainer. Most of the Allied pilots who flew in World War II learned at least one thing or another inside a T-6. The Navy referred to it as the SNJ and the British Royal Air Force called it the Harvard. Overall, the T-6 Texan trained tens of thousands, if not hundreds of thousands, of pilots in 34 different countries over a period of 25 years. 15,495 Texans were made. The T-6 Texan won honors in World War II and in the early days of the Korean War – though it was most famous as a trainer. Most T-6’s today sell to civilians for just shy of $200,000.