Class 25-60 Marcad. Winged Dec 1961. My T-28 memories consist mainly of the instrument training “under the bag”. It was a real boost to my ego whenever I made a good approach and the instructor would tell me to pop the bag and take a look see at what my result was at minimums. Hated the “hood” training but it really paid off in my flying future. Lots of memories here. T-28 was a sweet flying aircraft from which I continued on to TF-9J’s at Kingsville. Never got CarQual due to the carrier being in dry dock at the time. 1st trap was in the F9F-8B. Would sure like to be back in the cockpit again and feel that power surge on takeoff..Ahh, the memories!!
@Ponga1636 жыл бұрын
Ah, memories! I went through T-28 training with VT-2 & VT-3 at Whiting field in ‘62-‘63. Later, after a tour in Vietnam I went back to Whiting as a TPA instructor with VT-3. I loved flying the T-28!!
@KutWrite5 жыл бұрын
What did you fly in 'nam?
@johncarlson30613 ай бұрын
My father was based at Whiting field in 62,as part of Traron Two. He was part of Training squadron 6. He also was up in Argentina. In the late 90s He took my mother and siblings down to vacation in FLA. I was told that they went to the base where dad was stationed, and we're given V.I.P. treatment by the base commander. Many of the buildings that dad worked out of we're going to be raised,and the S.P. escort allowed them access to all sorts of areas,I have VHS of the visit.
@suecobandito89543 жыл бұрын
VT-6 1981. USMC. One of the last to fly it. Still remember all of this. See it in my dreams. Like our DI at OCS. Now I fly DCS since I am retired. Still get the thrill vicariously flying the Mustang and Spitfire. The Trojan being a sister ship to the Mustang, but with a round engine. Each share the dorsal fin and similar performance. The Trojan had a speed brake which helped slow it down in the carrier break. And don’t forget those cowl flaps…air cooled engine vs water-cooled in the Mustang.
@imagrasshopper95103 жыл бұрын
You and I were probably there at the same time. I checked in to North Field late Jan or early February '81 and finished about June then to the HTs. Winged Oct 6 1981.
@suecobandito89543 жыл бұрын
@@imagrasshopper9510 Winged Oct 82.
@imagrasshopper95102 жыл бұрын
@@suecobandito8954 Weaver, Buzzfield two of the '28 Marine instructors I remember. Fun flying with them.
@kleenk84 ай бұрын
VT-6, USMC Winged December 79' Last of the Trojan Drivers is on my coffee mug I still have. VT-6 Our Mission is Attrition . Oh the memories!
@jeffwalther39354 жыл бұрын
It was memorable first seeing this film, already ancient, just prior to doing it all for real personally very much as shown here days later. Then we did it in the clouds and at night too. This is definitely flying at its finest. What's most astonishing is these student pilots, by the hundreds throughout the years for decades, with little or no time between first being able to fly at all, much less these high performance aircraft, suddenly need to fly just a few feet apart, requiring absolutely mistake-free complete control throughout the flight. Fly Navy.
@dennisshaffer45282 жыл бұрын
I was stationed at VT -2 from 1967-1969. Was plane captain,then into check crew. Good duty station
@jeffwalther39354 жыл бұрын
What an unprecedented opportunity, treat, and sheer delight to see this special video decades later is and must be for T-28 alumni! In the training process, formation flying T-28's and ALL aircraft comes only a few scant months and training flights after the student pilots have taken their first flights in any aircraft. There's nothing like learning to fly in highly congested airspace, filled with many different types of high performance aircraft, each of many other aircraft nearly independently and loosely organized as necessary, executing the most difficult maneuvers in aviation, whereupon just seeing another aircraft from miles away is to be instantly avoided by all parties; is as terrifying as Freddie Kruger suddenly popping up outta the dark. Nonetheless, lining these aircraft up with such tiny separation is absolutely jarring in its suddenly COMPLETELY DIFFERENT demands and stress. Almost everybody comes away from their first few formation flights drenched in sweat, often head-to-toe, regardless of the temperature, what happened or their metabolism. Fly Navy.
@bernardanderson37582 жыл бұрын
The T-28 B model is the most powerful ones as well as the C model
@johncarlson30613 ай бұрын
Dad would love to see this.. he had a stroke last year, and I don't know if he'd remember any of this.
@billturville157 жыл бұрын
Went thru VT-3 in 1970 and spent 30 more years in the NAV...I don't recall ever seeing any movies about any aspects of the T28 syllabus........but maybe I was asleep......now I know what I should have been doing.
@samuelcox64087 жыл бұрын
Bill Turville I was an Airframes mechanic in VT3 in 1969.
@KutWrite5 жыл бұрын
I went through Basic at VT-3 in 1971. I didn't get to Form, so didn't see that one, but I did see some other flicks. I saw the one on bailout.
@64wing6 жыл бұрын
Holy eardrums Batman!!
@suecobandito89543 жыл бұрын
Yeah, I can hear the instructor screaming as if it was yesterday…
@bobmillman90337 жыл бұрын
MY INSTRUCTOR WOULD HAVE BEEN ALL OVER ME IF I WASN'T TUCKED IN CLOSER THEN THOSE GUYS.
@dang252725498 жыл бұрын
Not so easy.....
@xboxice20057 жыл бұрын
Yeah looks hard as hell :)
@samuelcox64087 жыл бұрын
Junior Ellis I was in VT3 from 66 to 69 . I worked in Airframes. I changed a lot of tires.S Cox...