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Sam Byrams wrote:
Okay, just supposing I hit the Powerball and do what any red-blooded American would, i.e. kiss up to Chuckie and cut him a three million dollar check. What do I have to do to get checked out in this beast? Can the average guy with the FAA required minimums, some decent aerobatic experience (not competition) and a willingness to pay attention handle this airplane? If you've got the attitude you can get the altitude. Thousands have. But remember not to exceed 50,000' without a pressure suit. Thousands have. Ooops, I wasn't supposed to say that. -- Jack "Cave ab homine unius libri" |
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Regnirps wrote:
Did you ever see anyone come back with a glove caught in the canopy? Nope. Especially not from 50,000'. ; 4 PSI isn't much, but it's all you've got. Jack |
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Byrams wrote: Okay, just supposing I hit the Powerball and do what any red-blooded American would,i.e. kiss up to Chuckie and cut him a three million dollar check. What do I have to do to get checked out in this beast? Can the average guy with the FAA required minimums,some decent aerobatic experience (not competition) and a willingness to pay attention handle this airplane? You can take lessons in an L-39. It will cost some bucks, but you don't have to hit the powerball to do it. -john- -- ================================================== ================== John A. Weeks III 952-432-2708 Newave Communications http://www.johnweeks.com ================================================== ================== |
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Okay, just supposing I hit the Powerball and do what any red-blooded
American would,i.e. kiss up to Chuckie and cut him a three million dollar check. I'm not sure who Chuckie is, but there are a few civilian owned T-38s. I'm not sure how much you would have to throw down to pry it away from the current owners though? Additionaly, you better hit the lottery for much more than the cost of the Talon because its going to cost quite a bit to fly and maintain it. What do I have to do to get checked out in this beast? To fly it VFR all you need is a multi-engine (centerline thrust) rating....I think? Can the average guy with the FAA required minimums,some decent aerobatic experience (not competition) and a willingness to pay attention handle this airplane? I'd get lessons from Ed or some other former IP. While I found the aircraft easy to fly, it could kill you if you don't have "UPT quality" training, particularly in the landing phase. BUFDRVR "Stay on the bomb run boys, I'm gonna get those bomb doors open if it harelips everyone on Bear Creek" |
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Lately the Feds are really frowning on the T-38.......dunno why, as they are
not bothering the Mig-21 crowd too much. Something to do with ex-US military possibly. VL |
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(BUFDRVR) wrote:
I'm not sure who Chuckie is, but there are a few civilian owned T-38s. Chuck Thornton owned one that was assembled from three wrecked T-38 airframes purchased surplus. He allegedly really torqued some people off over that since he had tried to buy one several times and been rebuffed. It was painted like an Agressor from Nellis, in a blue/white/gray scheme that would be hard to spot in the air. The gossip is that MiG 17s are more of a fun flyer, with fewer maintenance hours per flight hour, and an easy engine to deal with. I think spins in the MiG 17 are unrecoverable, though. |
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