I flew my first solo in a T-28 exactly 66 years ago at Whiting Field as a NavCad at age 21. I logged 120 hours in one. It was the adventure of a lifetime,
I loved flying the T-28…carrier qualified as a student and instructed years later in VT-27. Our airplanes had a different paint scheme and if I remember right we had Bravos and Charlies…Charlies had a tail hook. Great memories. Thanks for the video.
My father was AOCS at NAS Pensacola in 56 or 57. He started in the T-34, then flew the T-28, eventually becoming a flight instructor, and racking up over 2,000 hours in type. He always raved about what phenomenal aircraft the T-28 was. First time you get up close to one you will be amazed how damned BIG it really is.
During the Vietnam War the U.S supply the Royal Lao Airforce with alot of these T28. The Royal Lao Airforce pilots flew these T28 to bomb Communist targets in Laos. On July 12, 1969 Four Royal Lao T28 was on a urgent mission to attack Communist AAA gun position. 1 of the T28 was shoot down by the Communist that day. Royal Lao pilot Kham Phiou was one of the pilot that was on that mission that day in his T28. He told this story back in 1985 and I turn it into a little reading video with some small actual footage to pay tribute to them. ruclips.net/video/8hJvPhsdJzY/видео.html Royal Lao Air Force T28 Famous pilot Lee Lue en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lee_Lue
I flew this type aircraft as a starting Naval Aviator in 1962 and 63, fabulous aircraft the B model with the bigger propeller was very fast I had it to 340 knots in level flight. I was unlucky enough to have the engine blowup and had to dead stick into a farmers field with gear up, a way to celebrate my birthday that very day. At the LexingtonCarrier I watched in horror as the student behind me tried an aileron roll off the end of the carrier with the wheels down. he didn't make it.
I got a grand total of 36.0 hours in this beauty before moving on to the T-2C back in 1977 (where the Navy gave me 103.4 hours - they don't waste much time! At 275.6 hours total flight time, I had my first flight in the F-8J. GOD BLESS NAVAL AVIATION!)....Whiting Field, Florida. An instructor told me that at full power, the exhaust pipes put out 94 pounds of thrust. I have no idea if he was bullshitting me or not.
Never seen a Trojan operate from a grass strip! Sloppy flying though to leave the speed brake down when clearing the runway. (I flew these for about 1,000 hours as a VT-2 flight instructor in ages past at Whiting Field. One airframe I flew is now hanging from the ceiling of the museum in Pensacola. I verified this from my logbook during a visit to PNS two years ago.)
As a former USAF reciprocating engine aircraft mechanic this was the first aircraft that we train with at Sheppard AFB ,Texas , back in 1968. We later upgraded to the A1- SKYRAIDER at Pleiku AB, VN and at NKP. Miss working on these outstanding planes.
I was one of the last to fly the T-28 in the Training Command in VT-27 in Corpus Christi. It was a beast of an airplane to fly. At 30" of manifold pressure on run up at the beginning of the runway, you could barely hold the brakes. I was a proud member of the "300 mph club", something you never would have seen in the T-34!
In 1967-68 I was stationed at Whiting Field in Florida in VT-3 as a plane captain on T-28s. Awesome airplanes. A trainer with the performance of an early WW2 fighter. This is the same engine that was used in the B-17, Douglas Dauntless and some Wildcats, among others.
The T28 started my aviation career that is still going after 44 years and 24,000 hours. It still evokes fond memories seeing oil drips under the engine and the smell of avgas as another flight in the south Texas spring and summer.
Interesting that it has VT-5 and Lexington markings, but it's either a B or D model without a tailhook. I flew them as a Navy flight student in the early 70's. Love the engine sound! Great memories!
The good ole T 28 . They were even used for resupply to Army guys in the jungles of Laos & Cambodia . We called them Sweetie Pies . Two body bags full of food - cigarettes - medical - ammo and other lovely stuff - Tied together with cordage and "100 mph tape" / the original duct tape . Dropped using a small cargo chute . Lefty Cat
nice landing - so smooth it was hard to tell when it actually touched the ground. I like to watch RC aerobatics but so many of the landings are like a fish being thrown on top of a boat.
While at NAS Lemored I was assigend to VA122, the A7E RAG outfit we called our T28s Maytags becaise the way they sounded when sitting on the ramp idleing. I puked in the bag when I was in the back seat target spotting at NAF Centro I always like the Trojen and would have loved to work on them but alas no Fire Control techs needed. I did get the chance to work on on ounce. I was the last one with any experience on the ARC27 radio.Getting ready to fly back to Lemore one aerocraft lost its radio. I tested the radio and it was ok. Started looking at the cables and found the output cable to the antenna hadbeen pulled out friom the antenna. There was no cable or connectors avaible at NAS El Centro. So with the help of two RG58 to RG 8 adapters and a chunk of RG58 I got the radio to work. I told the Piolt not to use the radio to much as the power to the transmitter would burn up the cable. An Other T28 story. While at NAF Fallon, a friend was in the back seat spotting bombs. And one of best piolts I knew was sitting in the front seat. The conversation whent like this: My friend "Mr. Lair the metal in the oil sump light just came on" Mr Lair "I know the engine just stopped. Mr. Lair belley landed the T28 and they both walked away. The trucked the T28 back to NAS Lemore. They jacked it up did and inspection cleaned the sage brush out put a new engine and prop on and returned to service. One tough crew and one tough aerocraft What I did was Fire Contreol tech, AQ, on A7E.
Great video. That is definitely the closest thing airborne I've heard to a V -Twin Harley Davidson motorcycle engine. Gutsy little airplane. Thanks for sharing.
En la década de los 50' fue un digno sucesor del avión de entrenamiento avanzado North American AT -6 . También los usaron tanto la US AiR FORCE com la US NAVY . Fabricación bajo licencia por Francia existió un versión con motor turbo hélice fabricado por Taiwán. Este modelo tenía similitudes en sus instrumentos a los del Nortu American F-86 " Sabré" para un mejor transición del alumno piloto a ese avión jet. El vídeo hace justicia a un avión importante , usado en muchos países .
Yes, you are correct….picked up that detail in first thirty seconds. I hit the boat in Oct of 66 flying the C model with tail hook of course at VT 5. I’d love to do it again… and am presumptuous to think I could…..all you need is a good start at the 180, configured, airspeed, 25 degrees angle of bank descending turn at 82 knots….lineup, seatbelt locked….big smile. How lucky we were….big fun!👨✈️
At idle, the R-1820 sounds a lot like a Harley Davidson V Twin. Potato, potato, potato. Back in 1979-80 I worked on the US2B powered by two of those engines. That was with the Naval Air Reserve Unit, NAS Memphis. When it was taxiing in another member of the crew said, "Sounds like the plane is coming in." I replied, "Either that, or a pair of T-28's."
Look at the "original" Trojan right here: ruclips.net/video/edc1J7HJCg8/видео.html. Same engine. Very similar control surfaces. The 'Cat was the Navy's front line fighter from Pearl Harbor to the summer of 1943. At NAS Pensy in 1966, the Trojan was a 'Cat on steroids.
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They weren't trainers in that configuration though, they re-engined them when they worked out that they could be utilised very well for counter-insurgency. The cockpit layout is also very akin to the F-86 Sabre so it made for good training to get into those after the T28.
Nose wheel and powerful piston engine used on this trainer to prepare new pilots for the jets of the 1950's; so yes bigger is better. It did this so well that it continued in this role long after purpose built jet trainers entered service. The only thing "Typical" - attitude or otherwise - is the continued legacy of great design and engineering from North American Aviation. Just another example of those guys at NAA loosing their minds designing things like the T-6, P-51, B-25, F-86.......
I flew my first solo in a T-28 exactly 66 years ago at Whiting Field as a NavCad at age 21. I logged 120 hours in one. It was the adventure of a lifetime,
I loved flying the T-28…carrier qualified as a student and instructed years later in VT-27. Our airplanes had a different paint scheme and if I remember right we had Bravos and Charlies…Charlies had a tail hook. Great memories. Thanks for the video.
My father was AOCS at NAS Pensacola in 56 or 57. He started in the T-34, then flew the T-28, eventually becoming a flight instructor, and racking up over 2,000 hours in type. He always raved about what phenomenal aircraft the T-28 was. First time you get up close to one you will be amazed how damned BIG it really is.
During the Vietnam War the U.S supply the Royal Lao Airforce with alot of these T28.
The Royal Lao Airforce pilots flew these T28 to bomb Communist targets in Laos.
On July 12, 1969 Four Royal Lao T28 was on a urgent mission to attack Communist AAA gun position.
1 of the T28 was shoot down by the Communist that day.
Royal Lao pilot Kham Phiou was one of the pilot that was on that mission that day in his T28.
He told this story back in 1985 and I turn it into a little reading video with some small actual footage to pay tribute to them.
ruclips.net/video/8hJvPhsdJzY/видео.html
Royal Lao Air Force T28 Famous pilot Lee Lue
en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lee_Lue
I flew this type aircraft as a starting Naval Aviator in 1962 and 63, fabulous aircraft the B model with the bigger propeller was very fast
I had it to 340 knots in level flight. I was unlucky enough to have the engine blowup and had to dead stick into a farmers field with gear
up, a way to celebrate my birthday that very day. At the LexingtonCarrier I watched in horror as the student behind me tried an aileron roll
off the end of the carrier with the wheels down. he didn't make it.
I got a grand total of 36.0 hours in this beauty before moving on to the T-2C back in 1977 (where the Navy gave me 103.4 hours - they don't waste much time! At 275.6 hours total flight time, I had my first flight in the F-8J. GOD BLESS NAVAL AVIATION!)....Whiting Field, Florida. An instructor told me that at full power, the exhaust pipes put out 94 pounds of thrust. I have no idea if he was bullshitting me or not.
Never seen a Trojan operate from a grass strip! Sloppy flying though to leave the speed brake down when clearing the runway. (I flew these for about 1,000 hours as a VT-2 flight instructor in ages past at Whiting Field. One airframe I flew is now hanging from the ceiling of the museum in Pensacola. I verified this from my logbook during a visit to PNS two years ago.)
From R LAF.
As a former USAF reciprocating engine aircraft mechanic this was the first aircraft that we train with at Sheppard AFB ,Texas , back in 1968. We later upgraded to the A1- SKYRAIDER at Pleiku AB, VN and at NKP. Miss working on these outstanding planes.
I was one of the last to fly the T-28 in the Training Command in VT-27 in Corpus Christi. It was a beast of an airplane to fly. At 30" of manifold pressure on run up at the beginning of the runway, you could barely hold the brakes. I was a proud member of the "300 mph club", something you never would have seen in the T-34!
In 1967-68 I was stationed at Whiting Field in Florida in VT-3 as a plane captain on T-28s. Awesome airplanes. A trainer with the performance of an early WW2 fighter. This is the same engine that was used in the B-17, Douglas Dauntless and some Wildcats, among others.
Me entrenaron con el T28 una belleza clásica la burra porque si bota aseite
What's not to love? Very nice video displaying the T-28 Trojan. It's just one of those planes aviation fans love.
Ya gotta love the sound of the round!
The T28 started my aviation career that is still going after 44 years and 24,000 hours. It still evokes fond memories seeing oil drips under the engine and the smell of avgas as another flight in the south Texas spring and summer.
Amo este avión por su fortaleza un burro i pesado
Interesting that it has VT-5 and Lexington markings, but it's either a B or D model without a tailhook. I flew them as a Navy flight student in the early 70's. Love the engine sound! Great memories!
The good ole T 28 . They were even used for resupply to Army guys in the jungles of Laos & Cambodia . We called them Sweetie Pies . Two body bags full of food - cigarettes - medical - ammo and other lovely stuff - Tied together with cordage and "100 mph tape" / the original duct tape . Dropped using a small cargo chute . Lefty Cat
I grew up one mile away from NAS Saufley Field in Pensacola, FL at the height of the Navy's use of T-28's. I miss them flying overhead all day dearly.
Este avión es una belleza clasica
A t28 with spinner 🧐✈️ powerful beauty
nice landing - so smooth it was hard to tell when it actually touched the ground.
I like to watch RC aerobatics but so many of the landings are like a fish being thrown on top of a boat.
I saw one of these in Aus, they make a beautiful noise!
Mine only has 1425hp and is a T28B. I think that is a "D" which started out as an "A" that was modified for the South Vietnam Airforce.
You have a T28? Where are you located?
@@PaddyPatrone Louisiana
Wow! That sound! Just amazing :) Great video!
While at NAS Lemored I was assigend to VA122, the A7E RAG outfit we called our T28s Maytags becaise the way they sounded when sitting on the ramp idleing. I puked in the bag when I was in the back seat target spotting at NAF Centro I always like the Trojen and would have loved to work on them but alas no Fire Control techs needed. I did get the chance to work on on ounce. I was the last one with any experience on the ARC27 radio.Getting ready to fly back to Lemore one aerocraft lost its radio. I tested the radio and it was ok. Started looking at the cables and found the output cable to the antenna hadbeen pulled out friom the antenna.
There was no cable or connectors avaible at NAS El Centro. So with the help of two RG58 to RG 8 adapters and a chunk of RG58 I got the radio to work. I told the Piolt not to use the radio to much as the power to the transmitter would burn up the cable.
An Other T28 story. While at NAF Fallon, a friend was in the back seat spotting bombs. And one of best piolts I knew was sitting in the front seat. The conversation whent like this:
My friend
"Mr. Lair the metal in the oil sump light just came on"
Mr Lair
"I know the engine just stopped.
Mr. Lair belley landed the T28 and they both walked away.
The trucked the T28 back to NAS Lemore. They jacked it up did and inspection cleaned the sage brush out put a new engine and prop on and returned to service.
One tough crew and one tough aerocraft
What I did was Fire Contreol tech, AQ, on A7E.
what a nice sound!!!!
Brings back my flying memories from almost 60 years ago!
The piston planes are so awesome. 👍🏻🇺🇸
Suprisingly quick little thing
Super Film, wirklich toll gemacht, schöne Aufnahmen und toller Sound!
Great video. That is definitely the closest thing airborne I've heard to a V -Twin Harley Davidson motorcycle engine. Gutsy little airplane. Thanks for sharing.
You're right.
A Harley is a 2-cyl radial engine!
Perfekt gefilmt, toller Sound. Herrlich ;)
705547 hört man gern ;)
En la década de los 50' fue un digno sucesor del avión de entrenamiento avanzado North American AT -6 . También los usaron tanto la US AiR FORCE com la US NAVY . Fabricación bajo licencia por Francia existió un versión con motor turbo hélice fabricado por Taiwán. Este modelo tenía similitudes en sus instrumentos a los del Nortu American F-86 " Sabré" para un mejor transición del alumno piloto a ese avión jet. El vídeo hace justicia a un avión importante , usado en muchos países .
VT-5 as viewed on the side of the aircraft was the training squadron for carrier landings. But notice there's no hook !
Yes, you are correct….picked up that detail in first thirty seconds. I hit the boat in Oct of 66 flying the C model with tail hook of course at VT 5. I’d love to do it again… and am presumptuous to think I could…..all you need is a good start at the 180, configured, airspeed, 25 degrees angle of bank descending turn at 82 knots….lineup, seatbelt locked….big smile. How lucky we were….big fun!👨✈️
Just missed flying these at Whiting by about 3 months.
Just reading a book about the Ravens and Laotian pilots using these during the Vietnam era.
Awesome!
Incredible little airplane!!
I can imitate the sound of a radial engine with my trombone
Let's see
At idle, the R-1820 sounds a lot like a Harley Davidson V Twin. Potato, potato, potato. Back in 1979-80 I worked on the US2B powered by two of those engines. That was with the Naval Air Reserve Unit, NAS Memphis. When it was taxiing in another member of the crew said, "Sounds like the plane is coming in." I replied, "Either that, or a pair of T-28's."
We called it the "Trojan," not the "Nomad."
Nice video.
Ein Traum von einem Flugzeug 😉
Good sound in radial engine
Harley Davidson of the sky
Is this engine the same as the one on a DC-3?
The legend heroes of Secret war in Laos
Is that the right prop spinner?
No, they don't usually have a cone spinner on them.
That engine tho
The best planes for the. RLAF.
That plane ment business
This thing will out climb an F4 Phantom
Look at the "original" Trojan right here: ruclips.net/video/edc1J7HJCg8/видео.html. Same engine. Very similar control surfaces. The 'Cat was the Navy's front line fighter from Pearl Harbor to the summer of 1943. At NAS Pensy in 1966, the Trojan was a 'Cat on steroids.
I wonder if that Propeller Spinner makes it go any Faster
This is the T28 American brought to the war in Laos communist
My fav! ❤ For the $$$🤑
Sounds very rich almost fouling.
Tolle Maschine aber leider interessiert Sie niemand
Habe ich auch schon festgestellt. "Echte" Warbirds werden lieber geguckt. Sie ist halt "nur" ein Trainer.
Daran liegts. Der Sound ist Super !
Mittlerweile immer beliebter. Kenne viele die die trojan geil finden.
Und ich zähle dazu :)
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Typical american attitude; bigger is better. 1063 kW in training plane?! Someone lost his mind.
They weren't trainers in that configuration though, they re-engined them when they worked out that they could be utilised very well for counter-insurgency. The cockpit layout is also very akin to the F-86 Sabre so it made for good training to get into those after the T28.
Nose wheel and powerful piston engine used on this trainer to prepare new pilots for the jets of the 1950's; so yes bigger is better. It did this so well that it continued in this role long after purpose built jet trainers entered service. The only thing "Typical" - attitude or otherwise - is the continued legacy of great design and engineering from North American Aviation. Just another example of those guys at NAA loosing their minds designing things like the T-6, P-51, B-25, F-86.......
@@davidkiracofe644 Also used by 27 countries besides USA. Not bad for someone who lost his mind.
Hermoso sonido radial .. yo tengo escala hecho por mi
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Bailando rock