I wonder if the TH-57's will end up like the T-34Cs (cut up for recycling instead of selling them)?HT-28 posted yesterday that they’ve officially completed the last student gradesheet in the TH-57.
End of an era
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- Thread starter KWpilot58
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I believe most if not all the TH-57 airframes will live on either via GSA sales, FMS, federal agency support, etc. KY State Police received 2 C models. Private individuals are scooping up and operating under Restricted/Experimental status. I would be surprised if any are "cut up". Even the data plates are valuable.
A lot of the Army 67s did same.
You can find pictures of them still sporting the trainer paint job rigged with ag spray kits and the like.
"Okay, you've got multiple O-6s and a bunch of IPs watching you and taking pictures. Don't screw up the landing, stud."
“You will go down in history as the last Un-Sat ever awarded in this aircraft.”
*champagne bottles and crying*
As a former OPSO, I can be relatively certain that crew was hand-picked.
