First Survivor of a T-28 Bailout?

[Yofuri]

http://www.billingsgazette.com/index.php?tl=1&display=rednews/2004/09/06/build/local/32-navy-pilot.inc

[WaltBJ]

Didn't chase down the URL but a classmate of mine bailed out of a T28A
some time around Jan 54. Night jump - the Wright (John Deere)
7-cylinder engine decided it wasn't going to run any more. This was at
Big Spring TX. ISTR between the engine quitting and the prop going to
low pitch a lot of cadets jumped out of the pig, beginning (probably)
the first day it entered training service. I do remember seeing a
whole hangar floor covered with props, a flightline with a lot of 28s
minus props, and the prop man and the Wright man slanging each other.
Around this time some mech managed to start a 28 with the prop nut not
installed. That was real interesting for a few seconds until the prop
came to rest way out in front of the plane.
Walt BJ

[Dale]

In article >,
(WaltBJ) wrote:


> some time around Jan 54. Night jump - the Wright (John Deere)
> 7-cylinder engine decided it wasn't going to run any more.

I would have jumped also since the Wright 1820 is supposed to have nine
(9) cylinders. <G>

--
Dale L. Falk

There is nothing - absolutely nothing - half so much worth doing
as simply messing around with airplanes.

http://home.gci.net/~sncdfalk/flying.html

[Bill Kambic]

"Dale" wrote in message

> (WaltBJ) wrote:
>
> > some time around Jan 54. Night jump - the Wright (John Deere)
> > 7-cylinder engine decided it wasn't going to run any more.
>
> I would have jumped also since the Wright 1820 is supposed to have nine
> (9) cylinders. <G>

Indeed.

If he were driving a B, C, or D.

But what about the A? It had a Wright R-1300; I don't know the number of
cylanders on that one.

Still, the B/C was a hoot to fly; if I win anybody's lottery I just might
have to have one! ;-)

Bill Kambic

Mangalarga Marchador: Uma raça, uma paixão

[Peter Stickney]

In article >,
"Bill Kambic" > writes:
> "Dale" wrote in message
>
>> (WaltBJ) wrote:
>>
>> > some time around Jan 54. Night jump - the Wright (John Deere)
>> > 7-cylinder engine decided it wasn't going to run any more.
>>
>> I would have jumped also since the Wright 1820 is supposed to have nine
>> (9) cylinders. <G>
>
> Indeed.
>
> If he were driving a B, C, or D.
>
> But what about the A? It had a Wright R-1300; I don't know the number of
> cylanders on that one.

7 jugs. Think of it as half of a B-25's R2600.
If anything, it clatters even more than an R1820.
Since Walt and his classmates were Air FOrce, I'd say an A-Model is a
sure bet.

If yo want one, though, be prepared to pay to maintain it - a T-28's
actually a fairly complicated airplane, with pretty serious hydraulic
and electrical systems. In some ways' keeping one flying is more like
the care & feeding of a Learjet than, say, a T-6.

--
Pete Stickney
A strong conviction that something must be done is the parent of many
bad measures. -- Daniel Webster

[Jack & Bev Biagini]

"Peter Stickney" > wrote in message
...
> In article >,
> "Bill Kambic" > writes:
> > "Dale" wrote in message
> >
> >> (WaltBJ) wrote:
> >>
> >> > some time around Jan 54. Night jump - the Wright (John Deere)
> >> > 7-cylinder engine decided it wasn't going to run any more.
> >>
> >> I would have jumped also since the Wright 1820 is supposed to have nine
> >> (9) cylinders. <G>
> >
> > Indeed.
> >
> > If he were driving a B, C, or D.
> >
> > But what about the A? It had a Wright R-1300; I don't know the number
of
> > cylanders on that one.
>
> 7 jugs. Think of it as half of a B-25's R2600.
> If anything, it clatters even more than an R1820.
> Since Walt and his classmates were Air FOrce, I'd say an A-Model is a
> sure bet.
>
> If yo want one, though, be prepared to pay to maintain it - a T-28's
> actually a fairly complicated airplane, with pretty serious hydraulic
> and electrical systems. In some ways' keeping one flying is more like
> the care & feeding of a Learjet than, say, a T-6.
>


Just saw one for sale in an old trade-a-plane. $175,000!!
Initial investment stiff.

Jack

[WaltBJ]

RTFMessage. I said 'T28A'. Yup, Wright R1300, with 7 humongous
cylinders. Two of them would make a hell of a V-twin bike, with 371
cubic inches/6000 cc. Kickstart that baby! And it made a very
unmistakable sound since 3 stacks were on one side and four on the
other. Flew nicely but not as much fun as the T6/SNJ. Never flew the
28-B or C - wish I had one now!
Walt BJ