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Navy jet with 2 crew members missing off Texas [Update at #32]
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| Oct 28, 2009
| Yahoo
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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TOPICS: News/Current Events; US: Texas
KEYWORDS: crash; mexico; nascorpuschristi; navair; navy; notajet; t34cturbomentor; t34mentor; texas
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To: Ready4Freddy
Praying they got out and are safe.
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posted on
10/28/2009 5:00:18 PM PDT
by
Trueblackman
(Posting a 100% of the time without the help of a teleprompter)
To: Trueblackman
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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posted on
10/28/2009 5:05:23 PM PDT
by
Ready4Freddy
(Everyone knows there's a difference between muslims & terrorists... no one knows what it is, though.)
To: magslinger
To: Ready4Freddy
The aircraft in question...
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posted on
10/28/2009 5:08:10 PM PDT
by
OldDeckHand
(Obamacare - So bad, even Joe Lieberman isn't going to vote for it.)
To: Ready4Freddy
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posted on
10/28/2009 5:08:46 PM PDT
by
Jet Jaguar
(A mob of one.)
To: Ready4Freddy
Obviously, it’s not a jet.
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posted on
10/28/2009 5:09:35 PM PDT
by
OldDeckHand
(Obamacare - So bad, even Joe Lieberman isn't going to vote for it.)
To: OldDeckHand
Thanks, ODH, I was just getting ready to post that pic!
AP has corrected their description of the T-34 as jet-powered.
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posted on
10/28/2009 5:11:27 PM PDT
by
Ready4Freddy
(Everyone knows there's a difference between muslims & terrorists... no one knows what it is, though.)
To: OldDeckHand
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.
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posted on
10/28/2009 5:14:17 PM PDT
by
ebshumidors
(vet, rifleman, 'nuff said.)
To: ebshumidors
The C models are turboprops. Very dependable.
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posted on
10/28/2009 5:15:39 PM PDT
by
ebshumidors
(vet, rifleman, 'nuff said.)
To: Vroomfondel; SC Swamp Fox; Fred Hayek; NY Attitude; P3_Acoustic; Bean Counter; investigateworld; ...
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posted on
10/28/2009 5:18:04 PM PDT
by
magslinger
(No matter how bad it gets, no matter what happens... don't let them eat my dog.)
To: Ready4Freddy
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posted on
10/28/2009 5:18:29 PM PDT
by
PERKY2004
(Proud Military Wife -- Please pray for our troops!)
To: Ready4Freddy
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.
To: ebshumidors
'Good, forgiving acft. Good chance of escape." 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.
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posted on
10/28/2009 5:21:53 PM PDT
by
OldDeckHand
(Obamacare - So bad, even Joe Lieberman isn't going to vote for it.)
To: AggieMom x 3
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.
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posted on
10/28/2009 5:25:06 PM PDT
by
Ready4Freddy
(Everyone knows there's a difference between muslims & terrorists... no one knows what it is, though.)
To: Ready4Freddy
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.
To: Ready4Freddy; RC one; DirtyHarryY2K; GOPsterinMA; woerm; bert; altura; bunster; waterhill; ...
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posted on
10/28/2009 5:40:06 PM PDT
by
SwinneySwitch
(Prayer - beyond your expectations!)
To: OldDeckHand
Not quite. That picture is a T-34B with a piston engine. They’ve been all T-34Cs with turboprops for 30 years.
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posted on
10/28/2009 5:57:29 PM PDT
by
SampleMan
(No one should die on a gov. waiting list., or go broke because the gov. has dictated their salary.)
To: Ready4Freddy
AP has corrected their description of the T-34 as jet-powered.
The MSM could screw up the report on a one car funeral.
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posted on
10/28/2009 6:02:48 PM PDT
by
Don Corleone
("Oil the gun..eat the cannolis. Take it to the Mattress.")
To: Ready4Freddy
Prayers for these guys. Bless them.
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