CNATRA Bids Farewell to Orange and White Paint Scheme

[Uncle Fester]

I believe the haze-gray USAF T-6s are assigned to their FITU equivalent (they have their own airplanes instead of borrowing from the training squadrons).

If we're going for both heritage and high viz, the Centennial throwback "yellow peril" scheme seemed to get a lot of positive feedback.

 

[Griz882]

I believe the haze-gray USAF T-6s are assigned to their FITU equivalent (they have their own airplanes instead of borrowing from the training squadrons).

If we're going for both heritage and high viz, the Centennial throwback "yellow peril" scheme seemed to get a lot of positive feedback. View attachment 38679

For a trainer…I like that color scheme best. Another cool option might be the silver and yellow (with carrier colors) style of the 1930’s.

 

[GroundPounder]

Got to hook last Wednesday and learned this… all the competitors for the T-45 replacement were painted orange and white. Nobody knew yet.

Kinda surprised the USN went for it- usually morale-based solutions that cost real money get shot down.

I'm asking seriously, with no sarcasm. Is this something that they think will appeal to the SNA and increase morale?

 

[Uncle Fester]

For a trainer…I like that color scheme best. Another cool option might be the silver and yellow (with carrier colors) style of the 1930’s.

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[Griz882]

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Now I am motivated…sign me up!

 

[Griz882]

Here’s my recommendation for the HTs…based on the old US Army flight demonstration team, “The Silver Eagles.”

Should be readily visible.

 

[ChuckMK23]

Here is the USAF Primary Training Helicopter

 

[robav8r]

Between this and banning flight suits in the NCR, seems like new CNO and her leadership team are really getting after the important issues

Wait, whut ???

 

[Griz882]

Here is the USAF Primary Training Helicopter

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Not for long…they are moving to the Bell 505.

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[Flash]

The interesting thing is that this matters enough to someone to spend tons of money to change what is an established practice for a whim.

Not sure it'll cost that much if they repaint them if they paint them as they go through depot, it'll probably take years.

Between this and banning flight suits in the NCR, seems like new CNO and her leadership team are really getting after the important issues

Wait, whut ???

1999 wants its uniform policy back. SWO's gonna SWO...

 

[Swanee]

I'm asking seriously, with no sarcasm. Is this something that they think will appeal to the SNA and increase morale?

No one is really thinking about the paint job on their airplane when they're flying.

It was cool to get to take a centennial airplane to be a static display at an airshow for those few who got to do it. And a photo of you flying the skipper's airplane might be cool to share with your family and friends on Facebook.

But the paintjob really never mattered to anyone on whatever airplane they were flying that day. They were more worried about whether that airplane was one of the good ones or was going to be the one they had to work to get out of the line and into the air that day.

 

[ChuckMK23]

Not for long…they are moving to the Bell 505.

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Griz - I believe this is for the Initial Flight Training - Rotary, So its a program to trial skipping T-6 for rotary selected UPT students. Right now that means HH-60, UH-1N, and MH-139. CV-22 track will still go through T-6. Also this will not replace the TH-1H. The IFT-R syllabus will be *before* TH-1H.

 

[Griz882]

No one is really thinking about the paint job on their airplane when they're flying.

It was cool to get to take a centennial airplane to be a static display at an airshow for those few who got to do it. And a photo of you flying the skipper's airplane might be cool to share with your family and friends on Facebook.

But the paintjob really never mattered to anyone on whatever airplane they were flying that day. They were more worried about whether that airplane was one of the good ones or was going to be the one they had to work to get out of the line and into the air that day.

All too true. On my first T-34 flight I didn’t think one second about the color.

 

[Griz882]

Griz - I believe this is for the Initial Flight Training - Rotary, So its a program to trial skipping T-6 for rotary selected UPT students. Right now that means HH-60, UH-1N, and MH-139. CV-22 track will still go through T-6. Also this will not replace the TH-1H. The IFT-R syllabus will be *before* TH-1H.

This is correct, although I thought the USAF was moving to the -139A for training as well.

 

[GroundPounder]

No one is really thinking about the paint job on their airplane when they're flying.

It was cool to get to take a centennial airplane to be a static display at an airshow for those few who got to do it. And a photo of you flying the skipper's airplane might be cool to share with your family and friends on Facebook.

But the paintjob really never mattered to anyone on whatever airplane they were flying that day. They were more worried about whether that airplane was one of the good ones or was going to be the one they had to work to get out of the line and into the air that day.

That's what I would have figured, but some of the other comments made it appear as if the decision was based on appealing to the students. Thanks