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Aircraft asthetics (Nominate your favorites!)
- Thread starter scoober78
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Bomb truck.
Yep, VF-45 next door to us at Cecil had a one of these, for what I don't know, but what a plane. It was a "bomb truck", I was lucky enough to see them operate. Heineman designed her... along with a few others, including the "Skyhawk." But the A4 does it for me... What a plane, easy to work on, and a joy to service. (Except when the right wing became oil slicked. Right A4's? Remember?)
What was fun for me was the T-28. We had one in Yuma for spotting during bombing practice. I got to ride back seat a few times, a thrill of my life, being a ground pounder.
Steve
Yep, VF-45 next door to us at Cecil had a one of these, for what I don't know, but what a plane. It was a "bomb truck", I was lucky enough to see them operate. Heineman designed her... along with a few others, including the "Skyhawk." But the A4 does it for me... What a plane, easy to work on, and a joy to service. (Except when the right wing became oil slicked. Right A4's? Remember?)
What was fun for me was the T-28. We had one in Yuma for spotting during bombing practice. I got to ride back seat a few times, a thrill of my life, being a ground pounder.
Steve
It -- the A-4 wing --- was usually "wet"
... I nearly busted my ass on a TA-4 while having a "hero" moment @ OLF Goliad. I running-jumped from the ramp to the rear of the drop tank to the right wing ... slipping .... three giant steps for mankind .... slipping .... scooted past the flames licking out the intakes... 
... along the probe and jumped into the front seat to hit the "coolie hat" and crank the engine while the only guy who would follow me -- a P/C -- hooked up the huffer to provide air for the engine crank in an attempt to "blow" the flames out the tailpipe. We had some kind of post-shutdown JP-vapor fire going on in the intakes .... everyone said the plane "might" have exploded and taken out the line -- 7-8 aircraft. The Commodore happened to be visiting and was in the Goliad tower and witnessed the circus .... thus .... instant "hero". Funny thing is ... I had written this P/C up a couple of months earlier for giving me some shit as I was "new" to the squadron (although fresh from the Fleet) and for being a general all-around smart-ass and "disrespecting an Officer" ... but he WAS sharp, squared away, and good -- and he knew it, AND he WAS a smart ass. So who follows me into the fire ...... ???? Who loves 'ya, baby??? We became fast friends after that incident ....
I got a ride/"fly" in a T-28 as a Middie ... it was GREAT. It was one airplane I wanted to fly, but I never got the chance to stick & throttle it .... to wish, perchance to dream ...
A4sForever said:Actually, I don't have too much to say about the T-28, other than I wish the local Navy flying club owned one and I wish I had flown one ....
When we did the Corpus portion of our Aviation Indoc/USMC summer cruise (the old format for 2/c Middie cruise) we had the opportunity to take a break from PT, sailing, baseball, and marching and go for a ride in the T-28. GREAT STUFF!! I felt just like some SW Pacific WW2 fighter driver in my mind as we rolled over white puffy clouds, dove down to the blue white-capped Gulf, and then flat-hatted across an undeveloped Padre Island. You could do that then .... a man still had to know his limitations, however. I vaguely remember yelling "YAHOOOOOO"!! at the top of my lungs from the sheer exhilaration of the moment, much to the amusement of my "Instructor".
My next up-close exposure to the "Beast" was at Saufley when I was in VT-1 and learning the finer points of the Teenie-Weenie. VT-5 shared the field and spaces. VT-5 was the CQ squadron for prop guys --- those most recently graduated from VT-2 and VT-3 @ Whiting. Both of those squadrons had the T-28 and all the guys slated for prop pipeline went that way.
When they returned to Saufley for CQ with VT-5 the STUDS were "salty" compared to us newbies in the T-34 -- and they knew it and we knew it. No questions were asked -- it was just accepted. We used to watch them taxi out for CQ at Barin Field --- "don't ever go near Barrrrrrrin" was one of our hard, fast course rules --- it must have been a very scary place
Whenever the T-28 came into the break at Saufley (and they did NOT use the T-34 traffic circle!!) they did it @ max speed and snapped it up into nearly a 90 degree AOB break. IMPRESSIVE!!! I used to look up when walking across the ramp and think: "God, I hope I can survive this long enough to do that someday !!" The T-28 drivers; STUDS all, continued to lord it over us in the flight spaces and areas (they had their own flight (ready) room -- off limits to T-34 STUDS) and expecially in the cafeteria. The T-28 drivers always cut ahead of us in line ... "Got a "Charlie time" --- sorry, can't wait for you guys" ... they unzipped their flight suits down to their waist, wore ball caps (!), and sported Ray-Ban Aviator shades --- NO CRAPPY ISSUE SHADES FOR THEM !!!
They were gods .... they knew it .... and all was right in the world.
Wish I could do it again ....
Probably the coolest two helicopters of all time, I don't think I can make a decision as to which is better...
May look a little like the fat kid but I've always loved the T-2
Couple more weeks and I'll be spending some quality time with the T-2. (Providing I select Strike... which I want)
May look a little like the fat kid but I've always loved the T-2
and who can't love the Kiowa Warrior
You'd have loved the Las Cruces det...there were Army Kiowas all over the place.
WishICouldFly
UO Future Pork Chop
It -- the A-4 wing --- was usually "wet"
Yep, did that too! I fell square on my a$$ after stepping on the drop tank wing, then onto the A4's wing to check the oil. But at that age I just got up, shook it off, and then carefully climbed up on the right wing to check the oil.
Stay safe,
Steve
T-28
A4's post brought back great memories. Best flight I ever had in flt school was an early morning weather check in a T-28 with Lt Tony Loreto, a SPAD pilot who was on the very first airstrike on Haiphong harbor, and was taking movies of it all with his hand-held 8mm camera.
On foul weather days, he would run his movies in one of the classrooms for all of us. After screwing around with the fluffly clouds for the fun of it (he was the best T-28 pilot I ever flew with), he radioed down, "Weather is terrible, field socked in, thick cloud cover. Launch all solos, the rest of us can watch home movies!" I was told a loud cheer arose in the ready room.
A4's post brought back great memories. Best flight I ever had in flt school was an early morning weather check in a T-28 with Lt Tony Loreto, a SPAD pilot who was on the very first airstrike on Haiphong harbor, and was taking movies of it all with his hand-held 8mm camera.
On foul weather days, he would run his movies in one of the classrooms for all of us. After screwing around with the fluffly clouds for the fun of it (he was the best T-28 pilot I ever flew with), he radioed down, "Weather is terrible, field socked in, thick cloud cover. Launch all solos, the rest of us can watch home movies!" I was told a loud cheer arose in the ready room.
Guppie
Me too, the "Guppie."
Me too, the "Guppie."
May look a little like the fat kid but I've always loved the T-2
and who can't love the Kiowa Warrior
Raptor2216
Registered User
I see the T-2's flying over just about every single day and I can only wish that I was the one in the cockpit. Is it only the NFO's who get to fly in the T-2 during their advanced stage? Our aero 2 instructor eduded to the "fact" that the T-2 is a miserable aircraft to fly but he didn't really give a reason why. At this point in the game, I can't comprehend any jet being bad enough to be called miserable.
No one wants to go "Oldschool?"
Since I was told that I was too damned old to fly Navy, I've applied for the Army Warrant program, maybe I'll get to fly the 58s instead of just looking at them.
