North American T-28 Trojan

Flew the T-28 (B & C) at Milton Field in 1962-63. Best instructor I ever had was a Marine Capt. Dawson, who had flown Crusaders before coming to the training command. Very patient and reassuring. Spent my life flying, but this was the most fun airplane of them all. Carrier quals aboard the Lex in July of '63 was the single greatest thrill of all; we damn near killed each other coming back to base, all 6 of us so high, adrenalin rushing. What an airplane! What memories! One of my proudest possessions is an exact replica of the C model I took out to the ship: tail number 140064; two touch and goes and six arrested. Forgot my shoulder harness on one and disappeared from view when the trap occurred. Instructor radioed and said, "Liston, when you get your head out of your ass, you owe me a bottle!" A debt I cheerfully paid.

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I was the VT3 east line petty officer 1961-1962. We carefully watched oil consumption and restricted length of flights. Wright engines larger than 9 cylinder are not the best,Pratt and Whitney is much better. Flew with the best
pilot ever, Capt Richard Gleason USMC. Went down Blackwater
river and nothing was closer to the water except maybe a boat. Pilots I remember; Kelley, Deneeve, Idzi, Limbaugh,
Barkovich, Petersen, Collins. There was never a dull moment
with "Tricky Dick". Everyone that knew him has lots of stories of his escapades.

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Pre-flight Class 19-65. Returned immediately after receiving my wings as a Sergrad and taught Basic Instruments in the T-28B for 12 months, flying four 1.3 hour hops per day as the Navy ramped up for Viet Nam. By the end of the 12 months it was like you were wearing a T-28. Very sweet airplane. Most memorable flight was my "gee whiz", first training flight for going aboard the boat. The instructor wanted to show me how safe the airplane was going aboard the ship at the really slow speed on final of 62 knots. To prove this be kept slowing the airplane down until it was flying at approximately 50 knots, (mostly on the prop). Returning to 62 knots seemed like the most comfortable speed in the world after that. Most fun airplane I ever flew.

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My first ever flight was with Lt Walker USN, who subsequently became the officer who brought the T28 into the training program in Pensacola, that was around September 1953. Our term (February 1953) were the last people to go through the training course on the SNJ Harvard and the F6F Hellcat, superceded by the T28 and the F9F

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I was stationed at Whiting Field 1962-1963. I am trying to track down anyone who may served there. In particular Lt. Sherman. If any one served there or knows about Lt. Sherman please drop me a line. Thanks, RR

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Gentlemen, please tell me where and why did they name the T-28B the "TRojan"? Thank you.

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I flew the T28B /C as a cadet in 1959. CarQual on Antietam OCT 59. Later flew B model an Barbers Pt. Great airplane. Too bad so few got to bring it aboard.

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Good aircraft, i love it. Do you should have the line drawing of the aircraft and more information for the review

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Good aircraft, i love it. Do you should have the line drawing of the aircraft and more information for the review

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T-28G???? what's that about? I remember Danny Dawson and can vouch for his seat and turn time. I was one of a handful of qualified outlying field mechs in both VT2 and VT6 - from Jan 68 thru April 71 - just about every day I got to fly back seat on NADEP acceptance flights, PMCFs and cross countrys to chase down and repair stranded aircraft. I recorded 236 flights and 496 hours, including one trap on the Lex in a VT5 bird, but not counting my tour as the turn guy in the Yellow Peril - the T-28 bail out trainer on a stick behind AMD. And did it for a whopping $40 a month in flight pay... Biggest problem with the T-28....every single-engine, high wing propster I've ever flown is a wallowing dog by comparison...

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I was stationed at whiting field 1962-1963. I was not attached to a squadron. I was attached to NAAS. (central hanger) We had 6 planes on the line. 3 T-28, and 3 SNB 5s.(Beachcraft) I was a plane captian on the beach craft. I got in a lot of flying time in T-28's though. I love that plane. Pilots let me fly.
Would someone please describe the duties of the plane captian. I am trying to convince people that I was not a pilot. My job was the care and feeding my plane. ABC maintenance. I sure would appreciate this. Even the VA doesn't know what a plane capt. is.

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Far and away the best prop' trainer ever in the USAF inventory. Swinging that two blade prop by the radial engine was a real feel of the horses at the end of the throttle linkage. The T-28 was more of a machine than any of the jets I flew afterward or bug smashers I've flown since. Thanks to all the maintenance crews that gave me such a safe and rewarding aircraft to fly.

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Far and away the best prop' trainer ever in the USAF inventory. Swinging that two blade prop by the radial engine was a real feel of the horses at the end of the throttle linkage. The T-28 was more of a machine than any of the jets I flew afterward or bug smashers I've flown since. Thanks to all the maintenance crews that gave me such a safe and rewarding aircraft to fly.

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Although I wasn't a pilot, but I've got tons of seat time in the T-28. I was an ADR working in check crew at NAAS Whiting Field from 1969 through 1973 in Squadrons VT-2 and VT-6. I was high power turn qualified and got to run them through their paces on the ground as well as seat time with the test pilots. I truely loved working on them. I've done so many high power runs back then I'll bet I can still fire one up today on the first try without a back fire....LOL

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I just got back from Corpus seeing my son who is in Primary flying the T34C. We went by the Hangar where I was in Primary in the T-28C in 1976. There was a T-28 on a flatbed trailer with quite a bit of corrosion. I was in the NIFTS syllabus. The Navy was transitioning from the T34-B to the T-34C, and didn't have enough, so they sent a bunch of us to Corpus for the NIFTS syllabus to fly the T-28. They said the only thing they would guarantee was that we wouldn't get Helos. I was the first in line. I will never forget taxiing across Ocean Drive with all the morning traffic stopped while I rumbled across on the way to the runway. PS: My son's comment when he saw the T-28 on the back of a flatbed at the Hangar..."That thing is huge."

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Class 58J or K at Bainbridge Air Base, GA. First solo Beech T-34A 29 April 1957. First solo North American T-28A
24 June 1957. About 140 hours both aircraft. T-28A was fun
to fly and response was terrific. Nostalgia sets in when
spotting a USAF or USN version.

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While working Line Crew with VT-3, I flew back seat (when empty, with an instructor) in the T-28C's back in 1966 though 1967 at NAAS Whiting Field. Got to fly a lot of cross county, after maintenance flights and weather hops, what a great aircraft. Left NAAS Whiting Field in 1968 to be reasigned to VP-9, NAS Moffett Field, Ca. to fly aircrew in the Lockheed P-3B, which a lot of pilots had been trained in the T-28's

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Flew the T-28 at Marana AB, Tucson, AZ in 1956, Class 57 November. Lots of solo time after the T-34. Great instructor Walt Smith taught me how to do snap rolls at the top ends of Lazy Eights. Really a great plane to start a lifelong love of flying.

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In 1957 I flew the T-28 at Cabiness Field, Corpus Christi. 100 hours in the back seat - never soloed. One day the instructor was teaching me to do spins - hold the nose just above the buble while rolling over. After about a dozen tries, I was ready to do more but he said that was enough and grabbed a barf bag. Great plan to fly.

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My brother was killed in a T28 crash in June 1970 while training pilots out of Pensacola Naval Air Station. His name was Capt. Earl R. Moore Jr. from Erwin NC. Does anyone remember him? He had recentely returned from Vietnam where he flew with the HMM-364 squadron. Thank you John Moore

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