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AT-6 excluded from Light Attack Aircraft

So, with an abundance of T-34Cs headed to Davis Monthan . . .

AT-34 anyone? :p
 
May be bullshit, but my onwing told me that Hawker Beechcraft made the Navy promise to mothball the T-34s instead of selling them to avoid flooding the markets.
 
wlawr005 said:
May be bullshit, but my onwing told me that Hawker Beechcraft made the Navy promise to mothball the T-34s instead of selling them to avoid flooding the markets.
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Heard the same. The T-34Bs that used to be training command aircraft and then ended up in Navy flying clubs had structural issues. The T-34Cs I flew in Corpus were all bent/broken in various ways. I think it was a matter of liability more than anything. Beech didn't want to do the work to make them safe for the civilian market.
 
I seem to remember a sim instructor (who also flew the occasional Buckeye OCF flight) in Meridian who was rumored to own a T-2C. Not sure how much truth there is to that.
 
Recovering LSO said:
I seem to remember a sim instructor (who also flew the occasional Buckeye OCF flight) in Meridian who was rumored to own a T-2C. Not sure how much truth there is to that.
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Yup, Bert Zeller flies it in airshows. He doesn't own it though, some rich guy does.
 
Birdog8585 said:
Bit of a kick in the balls for those country boys in Witchita
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It would be nice if the boys in Wichita would honor their previous commitment to Uncle Sam to support the regular T-6 with enough spare parts. Then I might have some sympathy for them... ;)
 
Breaking news on the wires this morning is that the USAF has awarded a $428MM contract to Embraer for 20 Super Tucanos. In addition to MHO that the Tucano is a better overall a/c than the AT-6B, this should assist Boeing in its efforts to sell Super Hornets to Brazil for their own fighter a/c upgrade program (this has dragged on for years, admittedly). It is important to keep the Super Hornet line open - cause the F-35C may or may not ever get built.
 
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