[simpits-tech] T-38 pics

[Chris Woodul]

Hi Brian,

I did look at your T-38 pics and they are nice. As for the sad news on the
old A trainers, alot of them went to Boeing Training and Simulation in St.
Louis Mo. I was there to discuss other types of systems and I got a tour of
the plant. They showed me a cage (large locked up area in the plant) that
was full of crap that was left over from their Simulator conversion program.
They were receiveing old Two place simulator cabs and CUTTING OFF THE REAR
COCKPIT! and then converting the front seat to C model standards. They had
piles of extra seats lying around and all the instrumentation and hardware
from the rear cockpit. I of course naturally started to drool. They send all
of that stuff back to the government who I think then sends it either to
scrap or to DRMO.
As for the T-38C it is a nice upgrade, but they need to find the money to
replace the Northrop Ejection seat, with the new Martin-Baker MK-16 that MBA
developed for NASA's T-38's. I know the money is hard to come up with, but
the rest of the plane is in the 21st centruy, why cant the escape system be?
Just my Opine.

Chris

----- Original Message -----
From: "Brian Sikkema" <hangr18@hotmail.com>
To: <simpits-tech@simpits.org>
Sent: Monday, December 30, 2002 6:48 PM
Subject: [simpits-tech] T-38 pics


> Well guys, I finally got around to uploading my current T-38 pics to the
> simpits file area, so have at 'em! I've got 20 pics of the Cockpit
> Familiarization Trainer, 2 of the Ejection seat, and 3 of an actual
cockpit.
>
> Oh, and I don't know if I've mentioned this yet or not, but seeing as the
> Air Force is moving over to the T-38C now (completely different cockpit
> layout), if you've got contacts in the military surplus business, tell
them
> to keep their eyes out for these things. Last year at Columbus they had I
> think 8, this year they had 4. It seems like I heard they had put them in
> storage, but I'm not sure on that, and even if they did, they wont for
long,
> these things will be on the market soon, I can almost guarantee it. And of
> course Columbus is just the first base to move to the C model, the others
> will follow shortly.
>
> Brian
>
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