North American T-28 Trojan

I also flew the T-28A at Greenville MS in Class 55C. Also joined the '0' airspeed club--often--as Chuck Jackwood explained. Don't remember Frank Simons, also in 55C at Greenville. Stayed on after graduation in '54 as an instructor in the T-28 and T-33 for several months awiting my next assignment.

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You Navy former T-28jocks may be surprised to know that the Army had T-28s. Three were assigned to the Airborne Test Board at Fort Brag where we used them to photograph (high speed film)what ever was pooped out of Air Force cargo aircraft (C-41's and C-130's). It was the only aircraft that could orbit around around a parachuted load (man, beast,or machinery)and follow it to the ground.When the DA was high she would shake like Elvis but she would still hang in there. I loved flying that damn thing.That growling radial would get every ones attention at Simmons Army Airfield and at Pope Air Force Base. After the mission debrief I would occasionally give big airplane jocks a chance to see if they could handle her. It was like a monkey trying to fornicate with a football. My favorite show off stunt was to get an okay for a high speed ,low altitude (and I mean 10 feet over the runway) pass with a 360 overhead approach to a full stop at Simmons. I would red line her, do a 4g pull up and as airspeed got tolerable in the inverted position pop the speed brake,gear, and full flaps and then I was on the ground quicker than an auto rotation in a helicapeter from pattern altitude. Got lots of other bs stories in that fine flying machine way back in the early 80's

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You Navy former T-28jocks may be surprised to know that the Army had T-28s. Three were assigned to the Airborne Test Board at Fort Brag where we used them to photograph (high speed film)what ever was pooped out of Air Force cargo aircraft (C-41's and C-130's). It was the only aircraft that could orbit around around a parachuted load (man, beast,or machinery)and follow it to the ground.When the DA was high she would shake like Elvis but she would still hang in there. I loved flying that damn thing.That growling radial would get every ones attention at Simmons Army Airfield and at Pope Air Force Base. After the mission debrief I would occasionally give big airplane jocks a chance to see if they could handle her. It was like a monkey trying to fornicate with a football. My favorite show off stunt was to get an okay for a high speed ,low altitude (and I mean 10 feet over the runway) pass with a 360 overhead approach to a full stop at Simmons. I would red line her, do a 4g pull up and as airspeed got tolerable in the inverted position pop the speed brake,gear, and full flaps and then I was on the ground quicker than an auto rotation in a helicapeter from pattern altitude. Got lots of other bs stories in that fine flying machine way back in the early 80's

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The most dangerous hop a Naval Aviator flew was returning to Saufley AFTER hitting the boat in the T-28C. I did it on the Lex in 1967 and was so stoked coming home I must have been plus or minus 300 feet in the brake. The three other guys in my flight were just as fired up. We sure thought we were cool walking into the O-Club that night.

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A correction to your write-up. "T-28G" should be "T-28C".
That was the name of the Navy's tailhook version.

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Check the Natops. You won't find a limit for oil consumpion. As long as she ran out of gas before running out of oil, it was an up gripe. Blindfold me and strap me in the cockpit of the T-28 and I could tell you what airplane I was in by the burnt oil smell. Great, great airplane.

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I flew the T28 in Class 55c in Greenville, Mississippi before moving on tho the T33. What a great plane .. I loved it. It had flaps that looked like barn doors.

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I trained in the T-28 at Moore AB, Mission, TX (1959-60. Instructed Vietnamese students at Randlph and Keesler from 1966 to 1970 in the bird. Trained Laos students and flew combat missions out of Udorn Thailand 1970-71 in the At-28D.
Great airplane. Logged over 2700 hrs in it.

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Great airplane! First airplane for many naval aviators to land aboard the "boat". I made my first arrested landings in a T-28C aboard the USS Intrepid off the coast of Jacksonville. Then came time for the deck launch! I still vividly remember approaching the bow of the ship without enough airspeed to fly and feeling the main struts extend after leaving the flight deck!

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I wasn't a pilot but a crew chief at Keesler 1971 to 1973 then worked the T28's in Udorn Thailand for a year. I really loved that plane and can still pick one out at an air show just by the sound of the engine.

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I made 8 landings on the Antietam flying the T-28.Actually ;4traps;4T /G's &2 misses.

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Flew the A model in Primary at Malden, MO, 60-F and loved the aerobatics. Great airplane. Instructor let me do the initial pitchout under the hood after instrument ride, then pop the hood and land from the back seat. What great memories.

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Upon graduation from Pilot Traing in 1954, I was assigned to Graham AB, FL, Graham Aviation as a Military Check Pilot. Initially in the T-6G and later in the T-28A. As a Military Check Pilot, I conducted Cadet /Stuent Officer check rides, Civilian Instructor annual check rides and any other Standardization evaluations that were rquired.
The T-28A was a great trainer and pleasure to fly. I accumulate about 1000 hours in the T-28A.

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Class 56-A. We were the first to fly the T-28 at Spence. Then another 45hrs at Williams before going into the T-33. I learned to keep a good grip on the stick in spins. If you let the large ailerons jerk the stick out of your hand, it would nearly beat you to death. It sure wouldn't recover by itself, like the T-34.

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Flew the T-28 B at Whiting in 1957. Did radio insruments and formation ...great airplane.

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I flew the B&C in training, enjoyed the gunnery(50cal)mostly. But it was still in the program at Test Pilot School in the early 60's where we really had fun. One clown claimed to have done a 35 turn spin, not great for the engine, but I am sure you remember that ALL pilots tend to lie alot. One of my tests required climbing above 36,ooo ft which was documented by an instrument "package". I remembered that fuzzy feeling I got because that diluter-demand O2 system was not up to the task, and I commented to our OP's people. They said they planned on taking the 30 /35 band out after the next class. It was tried one more time and the pilot passed out during the flight and crashed over on the Eastern shore of MD. As a student in the 50's I do remember an old time(wwll) instructor say that he would have been terrified in his day to have been put into 1500hp as we were after 12 hrs in the T34...

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Flew the '28, 58-G, StallingsAFB, Kinston, NC. Forty-five years later flew a friends '28 at Jenks Airport here in Okla. Same thrill, like riding a bike! Had runaway prop early in training, got rattled on final when unable to reduce airspeed ... unknown instructor radiod "drop your flaps, son" to help me out.

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I owned a T28B for 7 years...just loved it.. except for the fragility of the engine.. had 3 rebuilds, even after operating the engine exactly like the operation manual required.. the plane always drew a crowd, made incredible amount of noise upon start up which thrilled all the on lookers..for acrobatics it was a jewel. it would climb like and eagle, spin was quite the experience,loops, rolls are real treat.. I am very grateful to have owned one of these wonderful aircraft... Byron

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After receiving my wings in '68, I was plowed back to NAS Whiting for a year as an instructor. Got over 1,000 hrs that year. I can't thank the Navy enough for the experience. What fun. I'm a "Trojan Driver" forever!

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I flew the T-28 A and B models at Keesler AFB, MS from 1971-72 training Vietnamese students. My T-28 time was some of the best flying I had in my 20 year Air Force Career. I still get a thrill from watching the "Mighty Trojans" at airshows across the country.

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