Fri Oct 19, 2007 12:41 pm
Who said the T-28 was never the biggest single engine airplane on the ramp?
Nice
Fri Oct 19, 2007 12:52 pm
As for nice things about a T-28; I am thinking guys, I really am, it has only been two days. Something will come to me. As for Reno, does anybody have race speeds for the winner of the 28 class? And how does it contrast with winning T-6 speeds which I think are around 228 or so?
Fri Oct 19, 2007 1:28 pm
If memory serves it was in the 300 area.
Fri Oct 19, 2007 1:36 pm
If I remember correctly, a T-28C at 65% power has the same speed and fuel burn as a P-51 at 65 % power !
Fri Oct 19, 2007 1:53 pm
Roger Cain wrote:Obviously none of you nay sayers ever had a chance to see the T-28s race at Reno a few years back, it was a great display and was unfortunately dropped for another class type. The Trojan Horsemen put on a good display too.......
That was also my nickname in college, but for other reasons.
Fri Oct 19, 2007 2:49 pm
Are you telling us your nickname was T-28 or naysayer?
Mudge the amused
Mudge the amused
Fri Oct 19, 2007 4:17 pm
mustangdriver wrote:Roger Cain wrote:Obviously none of you nay sayers ever had a chance to see the T-28s race at Reno a few years back, it was a great display and was unfortunately dropped for another class type. The Trojan Horsemen put on a good display too.......
That was also my nickname in college, but for other reasons.
Your nickname was Reno? No sh*t! I knew a stripper named Reno once.
Fri Oct 19, 2007 4:17 pm
mustangdriver wrote:Roger Cain wrote:Obviously none of you nay sayers ever had a chance to see the T-28s race at Reno a few years back, it was a great display and was unfortunately dropped for another class type. The Trojan Horsemen put on a good display too.......
That was also my nickname in college, but for other reasons.
Your nickname was Reno? No sh*t! I knew a stripper named Reno once.
Fri Oct 19, 2007 4:44 pm
One thing that's good about the T-28 is that at 6' 4" tall, It's one of the few warbirds that I can fit in comfortably.
Besides, years ago Coke Stuart invited me to become an "Upright Brother"! My given name as an Upright brother is , "Gen. Lee Upright, Trojan Driver"!!!
I do miss Coke a lot.
Jerry
Besides, years ago Coke Stuart invited me to become an "Upright Brother"! My given name as an Upright brother is , "Gen. Lee Upright, Trojan Driver"!!!
I do miss Coke a lot.
Jerry
Fri Oct 19, 2007 5:09 pm
T33driver wrote:mustangdriver wrote:Roger Cain wrote:Obviously none of you nay sayers ever had a chance to see the T-28s race at Reno a few years back, it was a great display and was unfortunately dropped for another class type. The Trojan Horsemen put on a good display too.......
That was also my nickname in college, but for other reasons.
Your nickname was Reno? No sh*t! I knew a stripper named Reno once.
No Trojan Horseman, but I was a stripper in Reno as well.
Fri Oct 19, 2007 6:30 pm
RickH wrote:If I remember correctly, a T-28C at 65% power has the same speed and fuel burn as a P-51 at 65 % power !
From Budd Davisson's 'Charlie' pirep at airbum.com:
In a few minutes the ground was 8,500 feet away and I was beginning to get a feel for Charlie, and I liked it. Nose level with power at twenty-seven inches and 2,000 rpm gave me an indicated speed of 203 knots (245 mph true). At that setting Ron says he usually burns about forty to fifty gallons an hour. If he pushes it up to sixty gallons an hour, which is also the economy cruise setting for a Mustang, he trues about the same as a Mustang.
Steve G