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T-6 Texan trainer crashes in Texas; pilots eject safely
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| 9/19/2018
| Oriana Pawlyk
Posted on 09/20/2018 11:20:51 AM PDT by Excuse_My_Bellicosity
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Thanks, by the way, for the cool picture. Does anyone have any idea why they would give it the same name as the WW2 plane? (I am asking sincerely, not looking for trouble! LOL)Air Force likes recycling names of former successful aircraft for procurement purposed.
F-35 Lightning II etc.
To: Snickering Hound
Thank you for your honest and considerate answer.
One can learn so much on FR.
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posted on
09/20/2018 11:57:52 AM PDT
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left that other site
(For America to have CONFIDENCE in our future, we must have PRIDE in our HISTORY... DJT)
To: Snickering Hound
Thanks for the pic. Now the crash requiring an ejection seems more mysterious. Probably pilot error. Must have gotten the plane into some unrecoverable spin resulting in overstress and structural failure, or possible a fire in flight.
That’s a PT-6 turbine engine. I have over 2000 hours flying PT-6 turbine engine aircraft, and they are very reliable. The PT-6 either works very well, or it just doesn’t at all. And if the engine quits (turbine or gear box failure), they generally have a really good glide ratio and good engine out landing characteristics (note the straight wing and medium camber). Its actually pretty hard to imagine an ejection scenario, other than major failure or fire, given the PT-6 reliability.
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09/20/2018 12:00:34 PM PDT
by
Magnum44
(My comprehensive terrorism plan: Hunt them down and kill them)
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The Navy does it too.
They stopped naming nuclear attack submarines after fish decades ago.
And started naming aircraft carriers after politicians at the same time.
To: Excuse_My_Bellicosity
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posted on
09/20/2018 12:04:39 PM PDT
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wardaddy
(I donÂ’t care that youÂ’re not a racist......The Hill just zotted me for saying libtard)
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It happens. The P-47 was the Thunderbolt and the A-10 in the Thunderbolt II.
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posted on
09/20/2018 12:07:51 PM PDT
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Mr.Unique
(The government, by its very nature, cannot give except what it first takes.)
To: Snickering Hound
Yep I prefer the radial
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posted on
09/20/2018 12:11:43 PM PDT
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wardaddy
(I donÂ’t care that youÂ’re not a racist......The Hill just zotted me for saying libtard)
To: Mat_Helm
Yes my first thought precisely
Not a routine ejection
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posted on
09/20/2018 12:13:11 PM PDT
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wardaddy
(I donÂ’t care that youÂ’re not a racist......The Hill just zotted me for saying libtard)
To: wardaddy
Last American tail dragging bomber was the B-17.
And tail dragging jets only makes the runway building contractors happy.
To: Mr.Unique
Looks like the AF is now using these in place of the venerable Tweet. Wonder what the spin characteristics are like.
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posted on
09/20/2018 12:19:57 PM PDT
by
linear
(The truth brooks no arbiters.)
To: Snickering Hound
My dad had a T28 privately. Maybe a D model
He was a Tac fighter pilot 55-62
I think he trained in the T6 too
We always had planes for business
That was his only fun plane
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posted on
09/20/2018 12:21:10 PM PDT
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wardaddy
(I donÂ’t care that youÂ’re not a racist......The Hill just zotted me for saying libtard)
To: Mat_Helm
That’s true, it’s not the old WWII T-6s that you see at airshows.
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No, the modern T-6s have ejection seats.
To: All
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09/20/2018 12:24:57 PM PDT
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smokingfrog
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I’ve kinda wondered that myself. I guess Texan “II” is the distinction but still...
To: Magnum44
Local San Antonio newspapers (like the one linked in #1) are saying that the cause is engine failure, I don’t know how they know that, what info they’ve received, from who, etc.
To: smokingfrog
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posted on
09/20/2018 12:28:31 PM PDT
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smokingfrog
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👍
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posted on
09/20/2018 12:39:38 PM PDT
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Garvin
(The tree of liberty must be refreshed from time to time with the blood of patriots and tyrants.)
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To: Excuse_My_Bellicosity
I live here. It is not 30 miles. More like 5 miles from Rolling Oaks Mall.
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posted on
09/20/2018 12:47:00 PM PDT
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burndoubt
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