Posted on 10/28/2009 4:57:31 PM PDT by Ready4Freddy
CORPUS CHRISTI, Texas – A Navy T-34 jet trainer with two people aboard has gone missing off the Texas gulf coast. U.S. Coast Guard officials said an air traffic controller at Corpus Christi's naval air station lost contact with the crew about 3:20 p.m. Wednesday. The single-engine T-34 was last reported near Port Lavaca. The Coast Guard has dispatched a helicopter, jet and boats to search for the jet. Port Lavaca is about 75 miles northeast of Corpus Christi.
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Praying they got out and are safe.
Me too, Tbn. Don’t know what the weather was like there earlier today.
Search for more info pulls up only 3 instances of this short AP article.
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Prayers up.
Obviously, it’s not a jet.
Thanks, ODH, I was just getting ready to post that pic!
AP has corrected their description of the T-34 as jet-powered.
Good, forgiving acft. Good chance of escape. I used to fly a B model with the MNFC in the ‘80’s. Prayers for the servicemen.
The C models are turboprops. Very dependable.
Click on pic for past Navair pings.
Post or FReepmail me if you wish to be enlisted in or discharged from the Navair Pinglist.
The only requirement for inclusion in the Navair Pinglist is an interest in Naval Aviation.
This is a medium to low volume pinglist.
Prayers up!
The winds were about 35 knots earlier today. My son is stationed there and passed his pre-solo check flight this morning. He said the winds were pretty tricky while he was landing. But he doesn’t have any info on the missing plane.
It's certainly forgiving and it absolutely wants to return to straight and level flight. The only troubling thing is it doesn't have ejection seats. Depending on the attitude of the aircraft, it may be impossible to exit.
I remember right around 99 or 2000, two were killed in the aircraft, a navy flight instructor and a student.
Thank you, AGx3! Wasn’t expecting weather 411 from the base itself.
And thank your son for his service. And you, I know that this kind of stuff can’t be easy on you.
Thanks. I’ll admit my heart has done a tumbling routine this afternoon. Prayers up for those involved and their families. They are a group of very special young men.
Prayer ping!
Not quite. That picture is a T-34B with a piston engine. They’ve been all T-34Cs with turboprops for 30 years.
The MSM could screw up the report on a one car funeral.
Prayers for these guys. Bless them.
“SONOBUOY PING!”
Okay, now that’s just funny, I don’t care WHO y’are!
Colonel, USAFR
Tell him congratulations! And thanks for his service.
Colonel, USAFR
Wings Over Houston Air Show Saturday, October 31, Sunday Nov 1st. Could be part of this.
http://www.kemah.net/EVENTS/
When I started the naval aviation ping list, it was pretty much inevitable.
How?
Corpus Christi Caller-Times says they were both instructors.
Search continues for Navy instructor pilots and training plane
http://www.caller.com/news/2009/oct/29/navy-instructor-pilots-and-training-plane-not/
Thanks, SwinneySwitch.
According to a local navy representative, relatives of the two pilots have been notified.
http://www.kztv10.com/news2005/viewarticle.asp?a=9758
Amen to that.
Missing Pilot Instructors Identified
Updated: Oct 30, 2009 12:58 PM CDT
http://www.kristv.com/Global/story.asp?S=11415195
CORPUS CHRISTI - Officials at Naval Air Station-Corpus Christi have just identified the two instructor pilots lost in the Gulf since Wednesday Afternoon. They have been identified as Lt. Bret Travis Miller, 40 from East Troy, Wisconsin and Lt. John Joseph Houston, 29 from Houston. Both are instructor pilots from with Training Squad 28. They were doing a routing training mission when they’re jet disappeared.
The Coast Guard is searching an area from Port Aransas to Port O’Connor. We’ll have the latest on Six News at Five and Six.
Has anyone noticed that in the past week a lot of aircraft are going down. I find this odd, especially the helo- plane accident this morning.
It passed through my mind, with these two incidents one day apart, they could be being shot down. The reason for that is I recall we had law enforcement (maybe Border Patrol?) helos “crash” at the border earlier this year and never heard follow through on cause. We do know mexican drug wars have heated up and spilled over deep into the U.S. Also, we’ve heard about increased traffic of illegals coming from mexico to U.S. via boat.....
Breaking News U.S Coast Guard finds body in Gulf of Mexico
Body is one of pilots of Navy plane that went missing Wednesday
http://www.caller.com/news/2009/oct/31/1-navy-pilots-body-found/
Coast Guard suspends search for Navy pilot
http://www.caller.com/news/2009/nov/01/coast-guard-suspends-search-navy-pilot/
Missing Navy plane found
Divers were unable to determine if missing pilot was in plane
http://www.caller.com/news/2009/nov/16/missing-navy-plane-found/
Navy finds body with downed plane
http://www.caller.com/news/2009/nov/18/navy-finds-body-pilot-plane/
Officials believe it is Lt. John Joseph Houston found in wreckage
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