T-6 vs. T-37 (which program is better)

[T1bubba]

Now THATS funny...

It's not an exaggeration either. One of my friends got to explore the off-road handling characteristics of the tweet- after all, who wants to wait for a taxiway on rollout, right? The jet was fixed that night and flew the next day.

T1bubba

 

[Abe_Froman]

I know this is off topic, but...

T1bubba,

How is it that you've flown the T-34, T-1, T-44, and E-6?

Are you a navy ip that instructed in the tone? But if that's true, then how can you get an E-6 out of the -44?

Just curious,
Thanks.

 

[Hugh Jorgan]

my guess:

He selected E-6's out of T-44's when it was still an option in 1995, then got shore duty as a T-1 IP. How'd I do, Bubba?

 

[T1bubba]

Abe,

Nice handle.

Hugh, you're right on except for the year.

Joint pilot training didn't start until 1994. Before that all E-6 drivers were trained in the T-44. I missed the chance to be the first Navy T-1 student and guarantee myself an E-6 by a week (I had just started T-44 ground school when they asked for volunteers). I ended up flying E-6's anyway, then T-1's on my second tour.

All the joint stuff is fun, I've definitely gained a new appreciation for some of the stuff the AF does. Guess that's one of the reasons I'm joining the ANG.

Now back to your regularly scheduled topic...

T1bubba
soon to be C-130J driver

 

[Mud Eagle]

Re: Owning a Tweet

I would love to own a Tweet. I imagine the AF will sell them cheap soon. What would I do with it, I would put new engines and avionics in it. It would have a perfect weekend plane to pull Gs and fly into small, out of the way airfields.

Unfortunately even owning a Tweet would be too expensive for the average professional pilot. Not what we get paid these days. But that's a different topic, isn't it.

That could be an excellent business for someone. Buy the T-37s, modify them as I described, then sell them.

That would be cool -- the J85 engine out of the T-38 (less the burner section) nearly bolts right into the Tweet without modification. It makes it a much better flying airplane and reduces operating costs significantly over the "$85,000-dollar fuel control" J69 that's in there now.

Plus, the entire avionics package would need to be sh*t-canned -- probably more expensive than buying the airplane itself!

A wicked idea, but.....

A few friends I know in the warbird businees are telling me that current DoD regs do not allow outright sale of anything -- Tweets included -- to civilians.

Apprently all of the Tweets and T-38s that are currently operating on the civil registry came from out-of-country sales or are rebuilds from wrecks sold off for scrap.

 

[Mud Eagle]

Mud... where do you fly the E model out of?

Shady J in beautiful Goldsberry, er, Goldsboro, North Carolina.

 

[TgrPlt]

Tweets for everyone

I'm hopping they use some of the "old" Tweets to bring back an A.C.E program. I could really use some more Tweet time. I loved that noise maker.

I hear they are planning to use the grounded T-3s for the UAV boys. At least give us bomber boys the tweet!