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The troops
Thanx HJ for mentioning the troops and giving them their well deserved credits...
Thanx HJ for mentioning the troops and giving them their well deserved credits...
Aircrews sitting in air conditioned comfort (relative of course) after slipping the bonds of earth while troopers endure oppressively humid heat to fuel their go-fast toys and still walk away with smiles on their faces...what great Americans (or whatever the case may be).
Action in the pits today...some are much hotter than others
HJ photos
Awesome. . .pix like that make me wish we still flew planes like the Albatross and the Catalina.
super T-28
In September of 1962 the Air Force awarded North American a contract to modify a T-28A airframe with a 2,445 hp Lycoming YT-55L-9 turboprop engine with the designation of the prototype YAT-28E (NAA model 284).
To install the Lycoming engine on the T-28A the entire nose section forward of the firewall was redesigned. The new streamlined nose was longer, tapered and featured a large exhaust port on the left side of the fuselage. The propeller was replaced with an 11'6" four blade Aero Products propeller with a large pointed spinner.
The wing structure was strengthened to accomodate the hard points, increased aileron and rudder travel, better brakes and lengthened horizontal stabilizers with heightened vertical.
Three were made. The first was lost in a flat spin
In September of 1962 the Air Force awarded North American a contract to modify a T-28A airframe with a 2,445 hp Lycoming YT-55L-9 turboprop engine with the designation of the prototype YAT-28E (NAA model 284).
To install the Lycoming engine on the T-28A the entire nose section forward of the firewall was redesigned. The new streamlined nose was longer, tapered and featured a large exhaust port on the left side of the fuselage. The propeller was replaced with an 11'6" four blade Aero Products propeller with a large pointed spinner.
The wing structure was strengthened to accomodate the hard points, increased aileron and rudder travel, better brakes and lengthened horizontal stabilizers with heightened vertical.
Three were made. The first was lost in a flat spin
^^One's for sale if you want one.
Doesn't look like it's in "original condition" however.
Doesn't look like it's in "original condition" however.
In September of 1962 the Air Force awarded North American a contract to modify a T-28A airframe with a 2,445 hp Lycoming YT-55L-9 turboprop engine with the designation of the prototype YAT-28E (NAA model 284).
To install the Lycoming engine on the T-28A the entire nose section forward of the firewall was redesigned. The new streamlined nose was longer, tapered and featured a large exhaust port on the left side of the fuselage. The propeller was replaced with an 11'6" four blade Aero Products propeller with a large pointed spinner.
The wing structure was strengthened to accomodate the hard points, increased aileron and rudder travel, better brakes and lengthened horizontal stabilizers with heightened vertical.
Three were made. The first was lost in a flat spin
Yeah, but can it fire FFAR's?
080717-N-6822T-029 ATLANTIC OCEAN (July 17, 2008) A Marine cleans the canopy on an AV-8B Harrier assigned to Marine Medium Helicopter Squadron 264 (HMM 264) on the flight deck of the multi-purpose amphibious assault ship USS Iwo Jima (LHD 7) during the Iwo Jima Expeditionary Strike Group composite unit training exercise (COMPTUEX). COMPTUEX provides a realistic training environment to ensure the strike group is capable and ready for its upcoming deployment. U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist 1st Class Daniel Taylor (Released)
Not sure Photographer checked, but that looks like a pilot (in flightsuit and boots with a floatcoat) doing something other than cleaning canopy. HJ
Harrier Dude
Living the dream
Well, it's not a plane captain because he's wearing a white float coat. He's probably not a QAR, because the float coat is waaaayyyyy too clean.
Probably the last pilot who flew it who went back to get his HUD tape or brick.
Probably the last pilot who flew it who went back to get his HUD tape or brick.
Do you boys HAVE to wear a cranial of some sort nowdays -- anytime you're on the roof??? Even when flight ops are not being conducted .. ???
Inquiring minds ...
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