My dad, who recently passed, was AOCS at Pensacola in 56. He was T-28 flight instructor and always said that the T-28 was the best flying airplane he ever flew.
My pops trained on the T-28C sometime in 1958 at Pensacola; wonder if your dad trained mine :) Then, he went on to fly P-2's during the Cuban Missile Crisis, then P-3's, as Navigator on the USS Ticonderoga (CV-14), three tours Vietnam, then CO of VP-46...he still loves the T-28C and said it was an absolute dream to fly.
AOC class 01-68, did carrier quals/FCLPs at Barin Field, then the real thing on Lexington from PNS just before Christmas break 1968. By far the most defining moment in my Navy flight training. Then did it again in the TS2-A in Corpus Christi in April, 1969 before getting my wings. Unforgettable memories.
...carqual at Barin Field, is one of the best memories, from the Naval Aviator pipeline. The T28C was a terrific aircraft, in every respect...and it was great fun to fly.
Just came back from a trip to Corpus Christi and had the opportunity to tour the Lexington (CV-16, CVT-16) with a T-28 on the flight deck as well as other naval aircraft from 50’s on. Great memories. I car-qualified on Lex in a T-28 back in ‘71. Really fun to fly!!
June 1965. CARQUALS. Six traps required to qualify. Had so much fun that after 5 traps, I declared a "rough runner" and bingoed to Barin Field. Went out the next day and successfully completed 6 more traps. We were directed to fly to Saufley. Tower instructed "Teenie Weenies hold short...real Naval Aviators turning final." BTW, the late Clyde Lassen was in that flight.
I was an instructor at Saufley, VT-1, in '69 to '71 where Clyde Lassen was a fellow instructor. He went on to skipper HT-8 at Ellyson. There is a destroyer named for him now.
Had a similar experience in Oct 66 when I had to RTB at Barin Field where tower had to remind me to apply the brakes as I approached the end of the runway….very happy to have landed. Completed CQ next day….VERY BIG FUN😇👨✈️
Sure looks like fun. We didn't carqual in the T-28s in 1959...my first traps were in the F-9 at K'ville. I loved doing break-up and rendezvous in the 28 at Whiting.
Ditto. VT-21. 1st time aboard was in backseat of TF-9J. Rationale was that we hadn’t carqualed in basic(T-28 field qual only)so we would have 1st look from back with instructor up front. No problem until instructor mentioned after our 1st trap then catapult that this was his trap/cat ever! And we had experienced a rudder shake on the 1st approach at the 90! I had my hand in close vicinity of ejection handles until we landed back at K’ville. My 1st trap was in the F9F-8B. That was a real thrill!
In 1964, I bolted on the first two hook attempts followed by six successful hooks. My airspeed indicator was off a little. The LSO radioed to reduce speed by two knots and it worked. I still wonder to this day how he knew that!!!???
Mother Burkley, that you? Joel Kmetz here, Pensacola 47-71 to VT-6 at Whiting to VT-5 at Saufley for T-28 CARQUAL on the Lexington, then to VT-21 for TA-4J at Kingsville and CARQUAL. I agree: like it was yesterday! Loved the T-28!
@@joelk9603 Yep! It's me - still hanging around - Am flying into Orlando 25 Sept to visit some of my 31-71 classmates - live near Idaho Falls, ID - I wonder just how many of us qualed in both prop & jet - my first 4 jet orientation flights were horrible, but the 5th was smooth as silk.
Great to hear from you, Mark! Those of us who carqualed in both the T-28 and TA-4J constitute a lucky minority, would not have it any other way. My first time in a jet was a late-stage ACM flight. I did not know how to put on the G-suit or torso harness, so it took a while to get me strapped in so I would not hurt myself. My instructor said "Don't touch anything but this little (intercom) button, and not very much of that, got it?". All went pretty well after that. Take care with Hurricane Dorian headed for Florida! Should be gone by the time you get there, so have a good visit.
@@joelk9603 Ditto on my 1st jet ride - made it to final approach, then whipped off my left glove and barfed into it -- my pilot had me attempt a barrel roll attack which I pooched big time - (name)@gmail
I left Whiting in 28 October '72. They still had vt-2 at north field and vt-3 at south field. Shortly after they moved vt3 to north field and brought in ht-8 rotary wing to south field where it is today. I remember fond nights at the ace-deuce club near north field.
I didn't make it this far in training. It's fun to imagine where I'd have gone if I'd continued. I still had a fine Navy career. Good times and learned a lot.
My NAVCAD Class in 61 started out with 32. Did 6 on the Antietum. In Advanced only 8 of us left. The flight program overloaded and only two that I know of made it. Tried to make the rest of us Navigators, but BUPERS said not on our contracts. Went Home !! Most of the AOC's made it. Had 20,000 Airline and Executive Pilot hours.
My dad, who recently passed, was AOCS at Pensacola in 56. He was T-28 flight instructor and always said that the T-28 was the best flying airplane he ever flew.
My pops trained on the T-28C sometime in 1958 at Pensacola; wonder if your dad trained mine :) Then, he went on to fly P-2's during the Cuban Missile Crisis, then P-3's, as Navigator on the USS Ticonderoga (CV-14), three tours Vietnam, then CO of VP-46...he still loves the T-28C and said it was an absolute dream to fly.
Great video! I remember it well from 54 years ago in VT-5, probably the most exciting thing I've done in my life!
I was at Whiting Field in Milton FL in VT-3 from June '69 thru October '72. We used to send the students to you guys in Corpus.
AOC class 01-68, did carrier quals/FCLPs at Barin Field, then the real thing on Lexington from PNS just before Christmas break 1968. By far the most defining moment in my Navy flight training. Then did it again in the TS2-A in Corpus Christi in April, 1969 before getting my wings. Unforgettable memories.
I was a link instrument instructor at Whiting from 69 thru 72. Spent 8 months at VT-3 in the avionics shop. Pensacola, best kept secret!
...carqual at Barin Field, is one of the best memories, from the Naval Aviator pipeline.
The T28C was a terrific aircraft, in every respect...and it was great fun to fly.
jim clare QA
Just came back from a trip to Corpus Christi and had the opportunity to tour the Lexington (CV-16, CVT-16) with a T-28 on the flight deck as well as other naval aircraft from 50’s on. Great memories. I car-qualified on Lex in a T-28 back in ‘71. Really fun to fly!!
June 1965. CARQUALS. Six traps required to qualify. Had so much fun that after 5 traps, I declared a "rough runner" and bingoed to Barin Field. Went out the next day and successfully completed 6 more traps. We were directed to fly to Saufley. Tower instructed "Teenie Weenies hold short...real Naval Aviators turning final." BTW, the late Clyde Lassen was in that flight.
I was an instructor at Saufley, VT-1, in '69 to '71 where Clyde Lassen was a fellow instructor. He went on to skipper HT-8 at Ellyson. There is a destroyer named for him now.
Had a similar experience in Oct 66 when I had to RTB at Barin Field where tower had to remind me to apply the brakes as I approached the end of the runway….very happy to have landed. Completed CQ next day….VERY BIG FUN😇👨✈️
Love it... no catapult, no huge crew... one guy checks the deck, then just mash the throttle and pray.
Did it the hardway as a NaVCad june 1962. Was the greatest thrill in my entire 32,000 hours of flying getting traps on USS Antietam At PNS
The Lexington for me in 81 out of Corpus Christi
What was your Class date. Mine March 61
Sure looks like fun. We didn't carqual in the T-28s in 1959...my first traps were in the F-9 at K'ville. I loved doing break-up and rendezvous in the 28 at Whiting.
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Ditto. VT-21. 1st time aboard was in backseat of TF-9J. Rationale was that we hadn’t carqualed in basic(T-28 field qual only)so we would have 1st look from back with instructor up front. No problem until instructor mentioned after our 1st trap then catapult that this was his trap/cat ever! And we had experienced a rudder shake on the 1st approach at the 90! I had my hand in close vicinity of ejection handles until we landed back at K’ville. My 1st trap was in the F9F-8B. That was a real thrill!
At Whiting from 69 thru 72.
I remember it well -1963!
In 1964, I bolted on the first two hook attempts followed by six successful hooks. My airspeed indicator was off a little. The LSO radioed to reduce speed by two knots and it worked. I still wonder to this day how he knew that!!!???
Pensacola 31-71 VT-5 on the Lexington - again later with VT-21 in the TA-4J Remember them like it was yesterday
36-81 .........Guuny Clark
Mother Burkley, that you? Joel Kmetz here, Pensacola 47-71 to VT-6 at Whiting to VT-5 at Saufley for T-28 CARQUAL on the Lexington, then to VT-21 for TA-4J at Kingsville and CARQUAL. I agree: like it was yesterday! Loved the T-28!
@@joelk9603 Yep! It's me - still hanging around - Am flying into Orlando 25 Sept to visit some of my 31-71 classmates - live near Idaho Falls, ID - I wonder just how many of us qualed in both prop & jet - my first 4 jet orientation flights were horrible, but the 5th was smooth as silk.
Great to hear from you, Mark! Those of us who carqualed in both the T-28 and TA-4J constitute a lucky minority, would not have it any other way. My first time in a jet was a late-stage ACM flight. I did not know how to put on the G-suit or torso harness, so it took a while to get me strapped in so I would not hurt myself. My instructor said "Don't touch anything but this little (intercom) button, and not very much of that, got it?". All went pretty well after that. Take care with Hurricane Dorian headed for Florida! Should be gone by the time you get there, so have a good visit.
@@joelk9603 Ditto on my 1st jet ride - made it to final approach, then whipped off my left glove and barfed into it -- my pilot had me attempt a barrel roll attack which I pooched big time - (name)@gmail
The T-28 has the C and B models they used also and I would love to be owning one
83 Knots approach. I bet it feels like forever getting there
They were phasing out the T28 when I got to Whiting. Only one squadron had them and it had its last flight not long after I arrived.
I left Whiting in 28 October '72. They still had vt-2 at north field and vt-3 at south field. Shortly after they moved vt3 to north field and brought in ht-8 rotary wing to south field where it is today. I remember fond nights at the ace-deuce club near north field.
so the odd looking black stripes down the side - are those for hiding the stains left by the exhausts on the side ?
Yes
I didn't make it this far in training.
It's fun to imagine where I'd have gone if I'd continued.
I still had a fine Navy career. Good times and learned a lot.
My NAVCAD Class in 61 started out with 32. Did 6 on the Antietum. In Advanced only 8 of us left. The flight program overloaded and only two that I know of made it. Tried to make the rest of us Navigators, but BUPERS said not on our contracts. Went Home !! Most of the AOC's made it.
Had 20,000 Airline and Executive Pilot hours.
AOC class 28-68 Got my first car qual on the day they landed on the moon.
Such an unsung Aircraft.
Jet trainer back then
I are one.
2 Dec 1966. Fun!
I was a plane captain in VT 3 . I preflighted lots & lots of T28 s every day.in 1966.-S.Cox USN.
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