Do they still fly the T-34 in Primary?

[markvanes]

Has the Navy moved to the T-6 yet?

 

[Chubby]

Nope, still rocking the TurboWeenie. Sounds like it's going to be that way for a while too. Unless you're a NFO.

 

[jamnww]

last estimate I heard for the switch to the T6 for SNAs was sometime after 2010 at the earliest...

 

[ChuckMK23]

Will the T-34C last that long?

Any G limits above and beyond the original NATOPS limits beacuse of structural issues?

 

[titoj]

I could be wrong, but I spoke to an IP at the NAS Pt. Mugu airshow on Saturday who said they might be looking into procuring T-6s around 2008. They're already using them for NFO training, as he was there with a USAF 2LT exchange student in the AF nav pipeline.

 

[Gatordev]

Chuck:

I "heard" that the Corpus birds are limited to regular breaks now. Here at Whiting, short breaks are still allowed. There are apparently a few birds that are limited (haven't seen one yet, myself), but for the most part, it's stil 2345.

 

[A4sForever]

Will the T-34C last that long?

Hope so ... I'm flying a T-34B in the Flying Club.

 

[gregsivers]

Chuck:

I "heard" that the Corpus birds are limited to regular breaks now. Here at Whiting, short breaks are still allowed. There are apparently a few birds that are limited (haven't seen one yet, myself), but for the most part, it's stil 2345.

Correct. Just before I was to start forms there they g-limited the T-34. No more short breaks (90 deg) and no more tail chase on the cruise forms. Thereafter cruise forms sucked. Can we say 10+ wingovers in a row?

 

[Gatordev]

IUT, but yeah.

 

[NavyOCS]

Saw a T-6 takeoff today at the Quantico Flying Club. It sounded more like a jet than the t-34. It was pretty cool seeing that bird for the first time.

 

[mules83]

Hope so ... I'm flying a T-34B in the Flying Club.

I use to fly one with my dad at Norfolk NAS back in the mid 90's. They are long gone though i think. That was a blast flying those compared to a freaking 152. What flying clubs still operate t-34's?

 

[Pags]

Plenty of folks still fly the 34B...and G the **** out of them. I remember reading about a few dogfighting schools that were having problems with wings coming off.

 

[A4sForever]

FAA has since grounded the entire civilian T-34 fleet last I had read. .....

Negative .... we still fly 'em .... or perhaps you are not considering Navy Flying Clubs .... "civilian" ???

Unless they stopped 1 1/2 months ago since I have been "out of town" ..... we used to have 4 (!) flyables .... now down to 2 plus 2 hangar queens/parts lockers. The original plan was to get at least 6 -B models and do a 4- plane "airshow" in the summers .... but it never happened because the leadership @ the flying club was ..... well, less than courageous Aviation officers, shall we say ??? .... and then the birds became acro limited and insurance limited .... and then age took over.

But fly 'em??? Of course we do/did/will again .....

 

[beau]

Correct. Just before I was to start forms there they g-limited the T-34. No more short breaks (90 deg) and no more tail chase on the cruise forms. Thereafter cruise forms sucked. Can we say 10+ wingovers in a row?

wow! that sucks! didnt realize it was effecting 34C's!

 

[gregsivers]

wow! that sucks! didnt realize it was effecting 34C's!

Might've just been a CNATRA thing, but yes, I heard how much it sucked from everyone.