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Published Jul. 26, 2009
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A while back you posted some airplane pictures.  I thought you might like this one.

 

This is a T-34C Turbo-Mentor.  One of those two planes is me.  I don't recall which one, but I suspect I am in dash 2 since it's a little acute and has too much seperation and I stunk at formation flying in fixed wing. I did a lot better with helicopters.  (The picture was taken by my flight instructors in a chase plane during a formation solo.)

 

The airfield below is NAS Corpus Christi.  My house is out there where the world ends and the Gulf of Mexico begins.

 

It was a great time.  If you weren't flying, you were doing what single guys with too much money and too much time did for fun.

 

Enjoy.

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Nice Pic!

Awesome OldSchool! I bet that was fantastic fun!

What an awesome shot. thanks for sharing

T designation is a trainer, right? Did you fly a fighter or change to helicopters? What a cool photo to have in your memoirs.

crew - Marine aviators go through Navy flight schools. We all start out in fixed wing and then, at the end of primary, select jets, transports or helicopters. There is a complex grade averaging system used so that not all the best pilots go to one or the other, but since the USMC need a lot of helo pilots, that's where most end up.

Oh, and yes - "T" means "trainer". The T-34 is a two seat tandem trainer with a turboprop engine. It is also fully aerobatic - the aerobatic solos were some of the funnest flying I've ever done.

Thank-you, sir, for your service!

Beautiful. Thank you sir.

Nice photo. As was said, thanks for your service to our country.

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