T-45 Down in Swamp near KTLH; Both Safe
12-29-2010, 02:50 PM
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T-45 Down in Swamp near KTLH; Both Safe
Navy T-45 from Pensacola crashes near Tallahassee | pnj.com | Pensacola News Journal
From VT-86; Local news showed old file-footage of T-2s.
From VT-86; Local news showed old file-footage of T-2s.
12-29-2010, 03:14 PM
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Navy T-45 from Pensacola crashes near Tallahassee | pnj.com | Pensacola News Journal
From VT-86; Local news showed old file-footage of T-2s.
From VT-86; Local news showed old file-footage of T-2s.
In any case - I'm glad the aircrew are safe.
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12-29-2010, 03:39 PM
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The T-45 Goshawk is a small Naval jet used for aircraft carrier landing training. The first T-45 aircraft arrived at Pensacola NAS in 2008 as replacements for the aging T-2 Buckeye aircraft that previously filled the carrier training role.
"It’s very unusual," Nichols said about a T-45 crashing. "I really don’t remember one in quite a while."
"It’s very unusual," Nichols said about a T-45 crashing. "I really don’t remember one in quite a while."
Glad they both got out.
01-05-2011, 10:37 AM
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As near as I can remember 86 hasn't had anything with a tailhook in a few years. They got rid of their A-4s and T-2's a long time ago, and just recently start flying T-45's as a future replacement to the T-39 (which they have lost recently). I could be way off...
01-05-2011, 12:31 PM
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I don't know what the syllabus looks like now, but the T-39s and their predecessors were used for navigation and air-air radar training. The studs finished in the A-4, T-2, and now, apparently, the T-45, to get them used to a G-suit, mask, and tactical jet before they were sent on to the FRS. There might have been a gap when they tried send the newly minted NFOs to the FRS straight from the T-39. It's been a long time for me and I could be off as well.
01-07-2011, 02:42 PM
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I got the word about what happened, not for public consumption though. Glad they both got out.
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