First Survivor of a T-28 Bailout?

http://www.billingsgazette.com/index...navy-pilot.inc

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

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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

"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

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"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

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"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

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