Something like that. Not part of the trainer.
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T-45C Replacement
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Something like that. Not part of the trainer.
We Fly Aboard The M-346 That Could Become The Navy's Next Jet Trainer
We were given full access to experience exactly what this jet trainer could offer as a potential T-45 Goshawk replacement for the U.S. Navy.
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You absolutely need to inject flying saucers into that augmented virtual reality dataset.We Fly Aboard The M-346 That Could Become The Navy's Next Jet Trainer
We were given full access to experience exactly what this jet trainer could offer as a potential T-45 Goshawk replacement for the U.S. Navy.
7H,
I finally watched the walk-around video.
You gave up a golden opportunity to poke Boeing in the eye by pointing out that you can hang a ladder on the side.
Also, I assume there an internal ladder on the jet? I apologize for even asking that... but I guess it's a valid question.
I finally watched the walk-around video.
You gave up a golden opportunity to poke Boeing in the eye by pointing out that you can hang a ladder on the side.
Also, I assume there an internal ladder on the jet? I apologize for even asking that... but I guess it's a valid question.
7H,
I finally watched the walk-around video.
You gave up a golden opportunity to poke Boeing in the eye by pointing out that you can hang a ladder on the side.
Also, I assume there an internal ladder on the jet? I apologize for even asking that... but I guess it's a valid question.
Hmmm. T7 have a ladder issue I don’t know about?
As a general rule, we don’t talk about the competition in public venues- I prefer to keep the focus on what my employer has to offer. However, that doesn’t preclude pointing out where we have the advantage!
No internal ladder or footholds in the current 346 design, but there is engineering provision for one, if required.
Seems like an oversight, right? Turns out, you can disembark safely without a ladder. A basic stepladder works fine if an off-station man-up is required, but ground crews always bring a boarding ladder. Current customer air forces rarely- if ever- operate without ground crews (read: even more risk-averse than the USAF), so it’s not really an issue.
The USN will no doubt want steps or an internal ladder installed, which is easily doable, and permits the kind of off-station ops we’re used to.
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A-4's never had an internal ladder. When we went on the road, if it was carrying two external tanks, we'd step on the tail portion of the right tank, then onto the wing, then scoot along the right side standing on the external refueling probe to climb into the cockpit. If we weren't carrying dual drop tanks, it was a little more difficult, because we were forced to hop directly up onto the wing. At 6' 1" I could manage. Shorter guys had trouble. I knew a couple of guys who had to ask a lineman or re-fueler to help them up onto the wing. Occasionally, a ladder would be provided. Naval Aviators always adapt and overcome.
Arrival to KRND delayed one day due to WX. Apparently it is not certified for IFR ops.
And they needed a T-38 chase plane to follow with the squawk.
Note the platform used to get in the cockpit.
Edit: this according to my friends in San Antonio at JBSA.
7H: please do better. Please.
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It’s 99% out of my hands, but I agree…
We’d have had TA-50s in the field a decade ago but that would have required us to buy somebody else’s plane even though Lockheed would have built it.
What’s funny is the guy that flew the thing and recommended it to the Air Force was ignored, and is now a wing commander and F35 qual’d guy… he must not have understood the training audience.