MasterBates
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What caused the blue hue on the control surfaces?
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T-2s
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I don't remember. Maybe A4s will know. We used to tempt fate by getting right up against mach 0.96-0.98, so maybe it had something to do with the plane being transonic on a cold day. Heck, it could have been our imagination, but it was pretty cool.
That being said, back on the ground at the O'Club at Meridian, we always had at least one person ask why we were taking a 25-30 year old airplane so fast that we could see the back end moving around. I'm not sure, except maybe the same reason a dog licks its balls: because it can.
That being said, back on the ground at the O'Club at Meridian, we always had at least one person ask why we were taking a 25-30 year old airplane so fast that we could see the back end moving around. I'm not sure, except maybe the same reason a dog licks its balls: because it can.
Flushing the head.
Another era is coming to an end this fall I must say. The T-2 sunset tour has began.
http://www.t2sunset.com/
http://www.t2sunset.com/
Those are some great pictures. Maintenance probably had to work like made to get 7 of the 8 (at that time) jets up for work. I always remembered ~2 hangars queens in my time there.
That's awesome! I was on that Key West Det and have that patch! Definitely a "forgiving" platform and excellent intro to jet-powered aviation. But with the new T-6, I'm not sure the current generation of studs need it! Doesn't that thing cruise at 200+ kts?
MasterBates
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Only Navy SNAs that have seen the T-6 are the ones who have gone to the USAF for Primary.
I was told my by Primary VT CO that part of the reason for no replacement for the T-2 was that the T-6 had the perfromance so the T-6 to T-45 jump was smaller than the T-34 to T-45 jump.
Of course the T-6 is not in primary squadrons yet, and the T-2 has been gone from pilot training for years.
I was told my by Primary VT CO that part of the reason for no replacement for the T-2 was that the T-6 had the perfromance so the T-6 to T-45 jump was smaller than the T-34 to T-45 jump.
Of course the T-6 is not in primary squadrons yet, and the T-2 has been gone from pilot training for years.
Exactly. The T-34 to T-45 jump has been going on for how many years now?? Looks like that really didn't work the way they wanted it to.
Something like that -- at altitude. I remember a controller on my STUD X-Country asking us up @ 40,000': "what kind of airplane is it that flies so high and goes so slow ... "
Something like that -- at altitude. I remember a controller on my STUD X-Country asking us up @ 40,000': "what kind of airplane is it that flies so high and goes so slow ... "
Remember that wobble up at altitude too. It kind of had this slow oscillation like a drunk on a barstool.
Harrier Dude
Living the dream
It helps if you empty the wing tanks before transferring the tips. Yes, it did get wobbly eventually, but the tips delayed it for awhile. I think that it halped save gas as well.
Too bad it's going away. It was a blast to fly. It must have been really fun to do BFM with for those IPs in NFO land.
Indeed. They all loved it.
And so did we. BFMs were pretty fun.
Never experienced the wobble. However, watching the compass card drift out of alignment was always fun.
Is it like a Cessna where you have to align it to the mag compass every so often?