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The T-37 Trainer and Dragonfly
Tuesday Topics – Aircraft of the Month The T-37 Trainer was the unsung hero of US Air Force flight training for 52 years. In summary, the Cessna T-37 is a two-seat (the seats were side-by-side), twin-engine primary jet trainer. Designed … Continue reading
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Tagged air force, Cessna, Drragonfly, eject, flight training, jet, landing, Reese AFB, spin, T-37, Trainer
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Lockheed Constellation
Airplane of the Month Editor’s Note: This begins a new monthly series—Airplane of the Month (AOM). If you are interested in aviation or airplanes and would like to see a particular airplane featured here, add a comment to any AOM … Continue reading
Posted in Aircraft of the Month
Tagged air force, airplane, C-121, Constellation, L1049, L649, L749, Lockheed
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Thunderstorms – Never Again
Why I will never complain when a pilot makes the decision to detour around severe weather, even if it adds an hour to the flight. My First Operational Assignment After graduation from Undergraduate Pilot Training (UPT), I was assigned to … Continue reading
Posted in There I was...
Tagged air force, Convair 240, first assignment, Mather AFB, navigator, T-29, There I was..., thunderstorm, training, turbulence
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My First (and Maybe Last) T-38 Progress Check Flight
Air Force flight training was arranged around three phases, primary flight in the Cessna T-41 (Cessna 172), the Cessna T-37, and the Northrop T-38 Talon. I survived—actually passed—the first two phases. With six months to graduation, we transitioned to theT-38. … Continue reading
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Tagged air force, check ride, g-forces, g-meter, loop, Mach, T-38, There I was...
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Two Old Guys Trying to Recapture Their Youth – Part 2
(Continued from Part 1 – See) Day 4 – The Organization for Bat Conservation (OBC), Bloomfield Hills, Michigan Our first destination in Michigan was the OBC at the Cranbrook Institute in Bloomfield Hills, about 50 miles north of our campground. … Continue reading
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Tagged air force, Bat, Bloomfield Hills, campground, camping trip, Conservation, Dayton, Dearborn, dutch oven, Ford Museum, Greenfield, Indiana, Michigan, Monroe, museum, OBC, Ohio, Sterling, storms, Tennessee
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Renaissance Musings 