Flight School backed up

[ATbullfrog]

Do you have any idea how much trouble their having keeping the T38 engines airworthy. A lot of them are past their design life time

I do not ?

 

[umijs]

Do you have any idea how much trouble they're having keeping the T38 engines airworthy? A lot of them are past their design life time

I've heard t-38s are also very unforgiving and dangerous. But I also don't know what I am talking about so don't quote me on that

 

[insanebikerboy]

T-38 dangerous? Not at all, but can be unforgiving, particularly if you get slow in the final turn. The -38 is an absolute blast and actually somewhat straightforward to fly, but it takes work to fly it really well.

It would be a mistake for the Navy to go to the -38, the plane is 60 years old and while it flies well, it suffers with the problems that comes with being an airframe 6 decades old.

The T-7, in my opinion, would take a ton of work to beef up the gear to take the beatings of carrier landings. Not impossible, and perhaps cheaper than creating a completely new trainer. I think solving the engine blade issues is a helluva lot cheaper for the Navy than creating an entirely new trainer or Navalizing a T-7

 

[Swanee]

this might be a stupid question but why didn’t the navy just go in with the USAF on the t-7a? Aside from navalizing, the t-7a at least visually looks a lot like a super hornet, not to mention both are made by Boeing.

You mean the whole point of a Navy/Marine intermediate/advanced training jet?

That's like saying, "Aside from the ice skating, why don't the Pistons play for the Red Wings from now on? They both look like athletes."


If you take that requirement away, it may happen.

 

[HSMPBR]

Give it bigger gear and call it a T-7C. Make a STOVL variant and call it T-7B for the crayon connoisseur. Same planes, just different!

Another idea! How about, instead of giving these planes tougher gear to navalize them, we just give them softer pilots?

 

[Bad_Karma_1310]

The next trainer isn’t going to be carrier capable, that is essentially already decided. The T-45 is going to stop going to the boat in the nearish future as well, the first CQ-E studs are already through FRS CQ.

The problem with procuring the T-7 is the production line will just not be capable of providing the numbers of aircraft required to replace the T-45 in the near future. The Navy/RR need to figure out the engine issues as there are really no other solutions.

 

[carviator]

The next trainer isn’t going to be carrier capable, that is essentially already decided. The T-45 is going to stop going to the boat in the nearish future as well, the first CQ-E studs are already through FRS CQ.

The problem with procuring the T-7 is the production line will just not be capable of providing the numbers of aircraft required to replace the T-45 in the near future. The Navy/RR need to figure out the engine issues as there are really no other solutions.

Why won't the next trainer be carrier capable?

 

[MIDNJAC]

Why won't the next trainer be carrier capable?

The Navy is moving in the direction of offloading initial CQ to the FRS level. As bad karma mentioned, the first test cases of this (no T-45 CQ) went through the FRS syllabus recently. So in theory, the next trainer will not need to do it.

 

[carviator]

The Navy is moving in the direction of offloading initial CQ to the FRS level. As bad karma mentioned, the first test cases of this (no T-45 CQ) went through the FRS syllabus recently. So in theory, the next trainer will not need to do it.

Makes sense. I'm guessing that would make time at the FRS a bit longer then?

 

[ATbullfrog]

Makes sense. I'm guessing that would make time at the FRS a bit longer then?

I doubt they want to make the FRS any longer than it is - since they would be winged aviators using more of their commitment in training.

 

[Swanee]

Makes sense. I'm guessing that would make time at the FRS a bit longer then?

The FRS's have a fairly robust CQ syllabus as is.

 

[Mouselovr]

A month ago, they started sending people home for like a year of OHARP before reporting back to pensacola.

OHARP was such a sweet gig coming out of OCS.

For those down in Pcola, at first, it was voluntary but not enough people wanted to move.

Then they started giving folks the option to either stay but had to work some of the more..... undesirable ..... stash jobs OR take OHARP. Too many people have now jumped shipped, and they've now cut off the option to take OHARP, ha.

 

[Hopeful Hoya]

It'll be interesting to see how the attrition numbers change as they shift initial CQ to the FRS. It's certainly easier to fly a good pass in a fleet jet with PLM, but having to do that for the first time, while dealing with all of the admin of getting to/from the boat (as opposed to being dropped off in the pattern as you are in T-45 CQ) will definitely be a challenge.

 

[ChuckMK23]

Do you have any idea how much trouble they're having keeping the T38 engines airworthy? A lot of them are past their design life time

Air Force's T-38 Fleet Undergoes Repair, Inspection & Maintenance Work at JBSA-Randolph

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[Doback]

OHARP was such a sweet gig coming out of OCS.

For those down in Pcola, at first, it was voluntary but not enough people wanted to move.

Then they started giving folks the option to either stay but had to work some of the more..... undesirable ..... stash jobs OR take OHARP. Too many people have now jumped shipped, and they've now cut off the option to take OHARP, ha.

I’ve seen people opine on both sides as things have changed but do you know if someone takes OHARP does that delay classing up in Pensacola?