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To: Excuse_My_Bellicosity

I got my wings there. Later, I was an instructor in the T-38 at the Test Pilot School. It’s a beautiful plane, but one must watch the airspeed very carefully. Note that there ain’t much wing there and the stall characteristics are very subtle... small amount of shaking - normal, just a little more shaking - full stall. Final approach speed was 175 knots plus fuel wait (1 knot per 100 lbs over 1000 I believe). Final approach was 155 knots plus fuel. Go lower than those limits, and it’s a rock.


18 posted on 04/28/2008 6:10:51 PM PDT by Da Coyote
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To: Da Coyote

I’m a retired USAF air traffic controller. Because of their high speed on final T-38’s are not the easiest aircraft to learn how to do PAR’s. But then, I first learned on F-4’s and they weren’t any easier.


23 posted on 04/28/2008 7:13:10 PM PDT by ops33 (Senior Master Sergeant, USAF (Retired))
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