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Navy T-28B colors NAS El Centro 1970's
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Posted on 10/03/2019 4:48:55 PM PDT by pfflier

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I like to do 1/48 scale models for my friends and use the markings of their plane. If you have any pictures of the El Centro T-28B I would appreciate the help.

Internet searches haven't provided the answers. I'm sure a FREEPER out there will.

1 posted on 10/03/2019 4:48:55 PM PDT by pfflier
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Isn’t their nickname “cement mixer”?


2 posted on 10/03/2019 4:54:04 PM PDT by HighSierra5
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Go to that bases Facebook(or have someone do it for you) and they will probably provide a picture.


3 posted on 10/03/2019 4:55:17 PM PDT by devane617 (Kyrie Eleison, where I'm going, will you follow?)
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All kinds of pics on the internet.


4 posted on 10/03/2019 4:56:16 PM PDT by Bonemaker (invictus maneo)
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5 posted on 10/03/2019 5:06:15 PM PDT by PLMerite ("They say that we were Cold Warriors. Yes, and a bloody good show, too." - Robert Conquest)
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I found this:

http://sites.rootsweb.com/~kscomanc/nptr_aircraft.html

Cool hobby, by the way.


6 posted on 10/03/2019 5:08:35 PM PDT by Southside_Chicago_Republican (The more I learn about people, the more I like my dog.)
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5 seconds on Google:

U.S. Navy Aircraft at
The National Parachute Test Range
El Centro, California

T-28B Trojan
The tail of the De Havilland Otter, DHC-3 / NU-1B is at right in the photo.
Main Hanger, National Parachute Test Range, El Centro, California, circa 1976.
Photo by PHAN Pat 'Smitty' Smith.

7 posted on 10/03/2019 5:09:19 PM PDT by Yo-Yo ( is the /sarc tag really necessary?)
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Thanks to everyone who posted replies. As a bonus I even got the prop tip colors too.

Turns out the planes were all white with a fin flash. Now I've got to figure out yellow or red for the flash. Your pictures show both.

His notes said there were also Army T-28s there in all white.

8 posted on 10/03/2019 5:24:05 PM PDT by pfflier
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Yup.


9 posted on 10/03/2019 5:26:48 PM PDT by pfflier
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What was the color of the rear deck? Was it interior gray or anti-glare black?

Rear Deck? As in floor of the rear cockpit? I flew T-28B/C at NAS Pensacola in 1974 and I seem to remember the cockpits being good old "battleship gray". 45 years ago and the mind is fading...

Fun bird to fly, though. I really liked formation and Running Rendezvous. Acro was great, too.

10 posted on 10/03/2019 5:40:48 PM PDT by BwanaNdege ( Experience is the best teacher, but if you can accept it 2nd hand, the tuition is less!)
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Turns out the planes were all white with a fin flash. Now I've got to figure out yellow or red for the flash. Your pictures show both.

If you go to the link I provided above the pic, you will see several different types of aircraft at NAS El Centro, and they all have yellow tail flashes.

I believe the other pic with red flash is a civilian-owned aircraft because of the very small N registration on the rear fuselage. So the colors may not be period correct for the time frame you're looking at.

Here's the FAA registry: https://registry.faa.gov/aircraftinquiry/NNum_Results.aspx?NNumbertxt=N223E

11 posted on 10/03/2019 6:05:42 PM PDT by Yo-Yo ( is the /sarc tag really necessary?)
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The area I was trying to find information about was the area behind the back seater and under that massive canopy. Looks like it included a strobe light or position light dome but that would be strange.


12 posted on 10/03/2019 6:18:04 PM PDT by pfflier
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Nice, and it looks like you’re getting lots of good info.

A close friend of a close friend owns one. Through a lucky series of events, I got a nice ride for 30-40m. It was great!


13 posted on 10/03/2019 6:20:19 PM PDT by FreedomPoster (Islam delenda est)
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For those who may not know, that black stripe down the fuselage is to hide all the oil from the exhaust that streaks aft from that Wright Cyclone.


14 posted on 10/03/2019 6:34:23 PM PDT by FreedomPoster (Islam delenda est)
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Maybe this will help:

http://www.t28trojanfoundation.com/home-1.html

rwood


15 posted on 10/03/2019 6:55:18 PM PDT by Redwood71
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I worked with a WW2 aviator several years ago. He said one of the jokes back in the day is if you flew in formation, the aircraft in the back didn’t need oil because the ones in front threw enough oil to lubricate the ones following.


16 posted on 10/03/2019 6:58:59 PM PDT by wjcsux (The hyperventilating of the left means we are winning! (Tagline courtesy of Laz.))
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I used to do 1/48 scale Navy and Marine Corps aircraft models, and before Algore invented the internet, I used 'In Detail And Scale' and 'Colors And Markings' books for reference.

There was also a company that made very detailed decals, for just about any aircraft one could think of. Can't remember their name right now.

17 posted on 10/03/2019 7:21:15 PM PDT by real saxophonist (Yeah, well, y'know that's just like, uh... your opinion, man.)
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Does the name Microscale “ ring a bell? There are many more now but they led the way.


18 posted on 10/03/2019 8:42:53 PM PDT by pfflier
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I think that’s it!


19 posted on 10/04/2019 5:23:28 AM PDT by real saxophonist (Yeah, well, y'know that's just like, uh... your opinion, man.)
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First plane I ever flew and first plane I solo-ed in. I had no idea what I was doing. Good thing I had two great instructors; Tom Padden and J.P. Giguere (who was KIA 2 yrs later in Grenada).


20 posted on 10/04/2019 7:58:56 AM PDT by paddles ("The more corrupt the state, the more it legislates." Tacitus)
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