Don't think it matters. Probably much easier in my opinion. Some pilots like to fly with student pilots. I want the easy life (relatively speaking) my last few years.
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Thoughts on the T-34
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Don't think it matters. Probably much easier in my opinion. Some pilots like to fly with student pilots. I want the easy life (relatively speaking) my last few years.
Coming from a former Cessna jockey, the 34 is a blast. It doesn't matter that it gets smoked by everything else in the military's inventory, it's a fire breathing beast compared to everything that 90% of the civilian pilots out there. Add into the fact that once you get the hang of it, it's incredibly stable and predictable in spins and stalls which is fairly impressive considering how many dents are in them now. Yes it feels like it's trying to cripple you after two hours, smells bad, has terrible A/C which blows condensation all over you at times and doesn't look as cool as other planes but so what, knowing that you're flying the same planes as the majority of now wigned aviators to come before us is a cool feeling.
When the C model was coming in a couple of our pilots from VX-1 went to P-Cola to do the formal Op-Eval on it. They came back singing praises and said they "kicked ass" with the T-28's which were the primary training aircraft at the time.
I know it's not the greatest in the pattern on a summer day, but I'd love to have the T-34 A/C in the -60.
MasterBates
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The 60 has AC? Thought it was a smoke machine to make you THINK you had AC.
On a side note, the 45's AC kinda sucks til you power up on takeoff, but it's pretty good after that.
On a side note, the 45's AC kinda sucks til you power up on takeoff, but it's pretty good after that.
The plane was fun to fly...the seat sucked so much ass it was ridiculous. There was not one flight where my ass wasn't numb. It became better once they started cutting straps of harnesses. The T-45 seats are way better and your sitting on a f'n rocket. Why they couldn't have put a better seat in a non-ejection a/c is beyond me.
MasterBates
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I preferred the 34s seat to the 45. Just me.
I do like the "magic handle" feature of the 45. Bad day? Pull the handle and the problem (hopefully) goes away.
I do like the "magic handle" feature of the 45. Bad day? Pull the handle and the problem (hopefully) goes away.
Absolutely one of my favorite aspects of the T-34C. I especially love it when you're at rotation and the seat drops right to the bottom stop.
All I can hope for is that the 60's vents aren't in "range" of someone who gets airsick, like the 34 where if the guy in the morning lets his breakfast go, it'll be blowing back on everyone else for the rest of the day.
Never say never. I know one guy who was a chronic puker until the HTs. Even then, he said he'd get queasy sometimes in the -57. He went on to fly the -60B. I've never asked him how he did underway. Not like a Bravo deploys on anything that moves around a lot...oh wait.
I don't know what your guys' issue is. It's all about proper seat pre-flight (or so I say). I've only had the seat drop on me once (okay, maybe twice). Fortunately it wasn't in one of those planes where you can't get it back up unless you get out. I hated those planes. Yet even after unstrapping, getting out, and strapping back in, I would still beat the stud to "Canopy-Closed and locked."
Don't worry, the 60's vents aren't positioned to be good for anything. In fact, the air isn't even there for you, it's there for the computers.