CAPFlyer wrote:
LOL.
What's interesting was that there were more than a dozen TEMCO/Globes built while there was only one XSN2J and two XNQ-1s built and now only one Globe and one XNQ-1 remains (and thankfully both are airworthy).
I just wish we had an XT-45 still around. That would have been a great trainer had it been accepted (instead of the whole thing cancelled). Odd thing trainers - we seem to have a problem actually awarding contracts for trainers. We hold plenty of competitions and have plenty of good competitors, but then no one wins and all that money goes to waste (for the most part). It's sad, but at least we know it's not changed in 50 years...
??????XT-45, the T-45 is in current production/use, are you referring to the T-46?
The true primary training competitors to the T-34 were the Temco Model 33/58 Plebe and the Ryan Model 72. The T-31/XNQ-1 and T-35/TE-1 simply got lost in the transition from conventional to tri-cycle gear, as did the XSN-2J in the advanced training category.
The XNQ-1 would have been a GREAT sport plane, the R-680 is a fine engine but re-engined with a 985 or M-14 it would have been a performer.
And let's not forget the Beech T-36, two built never flown because the contract was cancelled hours before first flight.
Tom-
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It's the Grumman Duck 'replacement' the Columbia XJL-1.
