T-16 Skyhopper

"T-16s are a lot like the snubfighters we're using." "I know, I looked one over. I'm sure I can handle it."

- Biggs Darklighter and Luke Skywalker, prior to the Battle of Yavin

The T-16 Skyhopper was a very popular high performance model of Airspeed, a type of aerial Repulsorlift vehicle, would could be used in a variety of roles, everything from cargo and personnel transport, to flight training and patrol.

Produced by Incom Corporation, the company which most famously produced the T-65 X-wing starfighter, one of the most famous starfighter lines ever produced, and instrumental in numerous Rebel Alliance, and subsequent governments, victories.

The T-16 was very popular thanks to its speed, stability and reliability, which made them popular as flight trainers with youths. The similarity between the controls of the T-16 and the X-wing also made them popular flight trainers with the Rebel Alliance. The tri-wing design, common on Imperial transports, offered excellent stability.

The T-16 had a fully pressurised cockpit, which allowed them to operated at trans-orbital heights.

In 4 ABY the refounded Confederate States of Earth purchased a large batch of of 5,000 Skyhoppers for flight training, patrol, recon, personall and light cargo transport and aerial assault, these ships were given the designation Skyhopper-class Patrol Aircraft, and were portioned equally between aviation divisions of the Confederate States Army and the Confederate States Navy. Confederate Skyhoppers wore a livery with Confederacy of Independent Systems-inspired dark blue stripes and Confederate roundels