Are the Tweets all gone?

[LearLove]

exaf,

where/when did you fly the A-37? I remember my dad telling me the same thing about the seat in the A-37. Another A-37 guy once told me if life support wanted to get back at you for something they could position the flashlight in the seat pack so it would press into your tailbone or something like that. Is that true?

 

[ExAF]

CO2 Cylinder

exaf,

where/when did you fly the A-37? I remember my dad telling me the same thing about the seat in the A-37. Another A-37 guy once told me if life support wanted to get back at you for something they could position the flashlight in the seat pack so it would press into your tailbone or something like that. Is that true?

I flew them in Panama 88-90. Not a flashlight. The CO2 cylinder for the life raft in the seat pack was always a pain in the azz regardless of life supports wishes. We used to buy inflatable camping pillows and put them on top of the seat kit with about a 1/4 in of air in it. As you would climb the expansion would provide a modicum of relief. Just had to be sure to deflate in case of ejection.

 

[Huggyu2]

I hear ya, exAF! Just trying to stick up for the aircraft! I'm a sucker for "classic jets".
And was the Super Tweet ejections seat different? Or just the survival kit in the seat pan?
I know a couple of guys in Miami that are finishing up their A-37's and will have them flying within a year, hopefully.

Hey, if you flew the Super Tweet (which I wish I'd have gotten a flight in before Edwards quickly retired the fleet), you must know Tripp Stallings and Coconut Grove.

Finally: nope, I wasn't a Tweet FAIP. Close though,... T-38 FAIP. Hand-picked, you know (yeah right,... "hand picked" like a booger!).

 

[ExAF]

And was the Super Tweet ejections seat different? Or just the survival kit in the seat pan?

Same seat. No seat pan...just a canvas bag around the survival kit and raft. Think lumpy hard cushion instead of padded seat pan.:crying:

Hey, if you flew the Super Tweet (which I wish I'd have gotten a flight in before Edwards quickly retired the fleet), you must know Tripp Stallings and Coconut Grove.

I know them both very well. Ask them about "Gator."

Finally: nope, I wasn't a Tweet FAIP. Close though,... T-38 FAIP. Hand-picked, you know (yeah right,... "hand picked" like a booger!).

My last gig in the AF was T-38 grey beard. Probably adds a little to my disdain for the venerable tweet!:laugh:

I don't hate the tweet. I just won't miss it and I'm glad to see the next gen get something a little more advanced and COMFORTABLE. Cheers.

 

[Huggyu2]

I got an orientation sortie in the new T-6. Great performance,... it just sips the JP-8,... flies like a jet,... lots of fun,... way better air conditioner.
Other than the cost and the fact it won't last 50 years, I love it.