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T-34C Sundown Patches
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707guy
"You can't make this shit up..."
The logo on the back looks like a panel of death when it comes to sweating in the South Texas heat. I predict that sucker will cause a huge sweat patch on your back.
the A4 barely had enough space for a pilot.....It sure looked like you would break both legs if you had to eject.....they would make good drones....Yeah right, I just don't know how in hell I survived two combat deployments during the "most brutal" two years ('66-'67), of strike ops over NVN... WITHOUT A "BACK-SEATER"!
Although the above is a friendly 'poke'; in retrospect, on countless occasions I could have used that additional assist in flt planning, pre-flight, nav, wpns sys op, lookout, inst/glide slope monitoring (night/IFR), comms, emerg assist , and much, much more. I believe A-4 losses would have been reduced significantly with an NFO aboard.
The only downside to having a "hitch-hiker", was that every time we lost a F-4J "Pfantum", A-6A "Intruder", or RA-5C "Viggie", we had 2 shipmates down in extremis, instead of one!
*A-4C Modex 604 & A-6A Modex 406 (below), both downed same day w/ both Pilots rescued, 406s B/N KIA
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BzB
or just another "NAVY GOOD DEAL"........just keep on smiling......
707guy
"You can't make this shit up..."
Some pics from the last T-34 formation flight:
150428-N-LY958-108 CORPUS CHRISTI, Texas (April 28, 2015) Ensign James Butz (left) and 1st Lt. William Parker, Training Squadron (VT) 28 Student Naval Aviators, receive a traditional "watering down" by fellow students after completing the squadron's and Navy's final formation flight in the T-34C Turbomentor primary training aircraft. The T-34C Turbomentor came into operational use in 1977 as the Navy 's Primary Training Aircraft and has been replaced by the new T-6 Texan II. (U.S. Navy photo by Richard Stewart/Released)
150428-N-LY958-065 CORPUS CHRISTI, Texas (April 28, 2015)Ensign James Butz and 1st Lt. William Parker, Training Squadron (VT) 28 Student Naval Aviators, taxi after completing the squadron and Navy's final formation flight in the T-34C Turbomentor primary training aircraft. The T-34C Turbomentor came into operational use in 1977 as the Navy 's Primary Training Aircraft and has been replaced by the new T-6 Texan II. (U.S. Navy photo by Richard Stewart/Released)
150428-N-LY958-082 CORPUS CHRISTI, Texas (April 28, 2015) Ensign James Butz (right) and 1st Lt. William Parker, Training Squadron (VT) 28 Student Naval Aviators, complete the squadron's and Navy's final formation flight in the T-34C Turbomentor primary training aircraft. The T-34C Turbomentor came into operational use in 1977 as the Navy 's Primary Training Aircraft and has been replaced by the new T-6 Texan II. (U.S. Navy photo by Richard Stewart/Released)
From left to right Capt. John Kelsey Commodore TAW4, Ens James Butz, 1stLt William Parker students Training Squadron (VT) 28, and CDR James Sultenfuss XO VT-28 pose for a picture after completing the squadron and Navy's final formation flight in the T-34C Turbomentor primary training aircraft.
150428-N-LY958-108 CORPUS CHRISTI, Texas (April 28, 2015) Ensign James Butz (left) and 1st Lt. William Parker, Training Squadron (VT) 28 Student Naval Aviators, receive a traditional "watering down" by fellow students after completing the squadron's and Navy's final formation flight in the T-34C Turbomentor primary training aircraft. The T-34C Turbomentor came into operational use in 1977 as the Navy 's Primary Training Aircraft and has been replaced by the new T-6 Texan II. (U.S. Navy photo by Richard Stewart/Released)
150428-N-LY958-065 CORPUS CHRISTI, Texas (April 28, 2015)Ensign James Butz and 1st Lt. William Parker, Training Squadron (VT) 28 Student Naval Aviators, taxi after completing the squadron and Navy's final formation flight in the T-34C Turbomentor primary training aircraft. The T-34C Turbomentor came into operational use in 1977 as the Navy 's Primary Training Aircraft and has been replaced by the new T-6 Texan II. (U.S. Navy photo by Richard Stewart/Released)
150428-N-LY958-082 CORPUS CHRISTI, Texas (April 28, 2015) Ensign James Butz (right) and 1st Lt. William Parker, Training Squadron (VT) 28 Student Naval Aviators, complete the squadron's and Navy's final formation flight in the T-34C Turbomentor primary training aircraft. The T-34C Turbomentor came into operational use in 1977 as the Navy 's Primary Training Aircraft and has been replaced by the new T-6 Texan II. (U.S. Navy photo by Richard Stewart/Released)
From left to right Capt. John Kelsey Commodore TAW4, Ens James Butz, 1stLt William Parker students Training Squadron (VT) 28, and CDR James Sultenfuss XO VT-28 pose for a picture after completing the squadron and Navy's final formation flight in the T-34C Turbomentor primary training aircraft.
very cool!....congrats to all!!.....I would love to see someone make a T34 model sundowner ...did they do anything when the T28 was retired??.... serious amounts of history in the books.....
I still have my original VT1 (TRARON ONE).patch from 1971.
The Beechcraft T-34 Mentor is a propeller-driven, single-engined, military trainer aircraft derived from the Beechcraft Model 35 Bonanza. The earlier versions of the T-34, dating from around the late 1940s to the 1950s, were piston-engined. These were eventually succeeded by the upgraded T-34C Turbo-Mentor, powered by a turboprop engine. The T-34 remains in service more than six decades after it was first designed.......(quoted from wikipedia)
they sure were fun to spin.....but not as much as the T28.......I miss the smell of the 115/145 av gas.
thanks again!
I still have my original VT1 (TRARON ONE).patch from 1971.
The Beechcraft T-34 Mentor is a propeller-driven, single-engined, military trainer aircraft derived from the Beechcraft Model 35 Bonanza. The earlier versions of the T-34, dating from around the late 1940s to the 1950s, were piston-engined. These were eventually succeeded by the upgraded T-34C Turbo-Mentor, powered by a turboprop engine. The T-34 remains in service more than six decades after it was first designed.......(quoted from wikipedia)
they sure were fun to spin.....but not as much as the T28.......I miss the smell of the 115/145 av gas.
thanks again!
Chip Kelsey, nice to see one of the good ones make it that far (fellow VQ/VAQ'r).
Sounds familiar, the then new T-34B was also the first ever flight for Da' Bee.
NAVCAD B. Bee on the wing at the Saufley Field flight line... thus the 2S on the tail. Taken halfway through primary in March 1957.
N/C BzB
agree...what a fun aricraft....loved TPA....then BI, RI, Form, Nightflight.......it was all great experience....when I went to Lemoore, they had one at the A7 RAG. I got to know the RAG instructors and would go flying with them ...they would show me how they rolled in on a target in the A7...... I never really picked it up good...but the RAG guys could really put the nose on the target.....very fun and great memories....
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