Author Topic: Another T-34A down due to wing failure (Read 427 times)

CMC Airboss · « **on:** December 08, 2004, 01:17:26 PM »

I wonder how long before T-34A/B Mentors lose their airworthiness certification. Texas Air Aces lost another T-34A Mentor due to wing separation.

Sad day - that's my favorite ride.

http://www.aero-news.net/news/genav.cfm?ContentBlockID=0e072f54-03d2-41a9-995e-fdbf37e8d6ac

MiG

mora · « **Reply #1 on:** December 08, 2004, 01:31:54 PM »

Sad:(

It doesn't have ejection seats?

CMC Airboss · « **Reply #2 on:** December 08, 2004, 01:34:50 PM »

No ejection seats in T-34's. The forward and aft canopies can be jettisoned in flight. The crew is supposed to be wearing parachutes for aerobatic flights.

MiG

ra · « **Reply #3 on:** December 08, 2004, 01:35:24 PM »

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Originally posted by mora
Sad:(

It doesn't have ejection seats?

No, it's only a small plane similar to a Bonanza. And it was owned by a civilian so it can't have an ejection seat even if one was available.

ra

Dnil · « **Reply #4 on:** December 08, 2004, 02:05:22 PM »

civilians can have ejection seats, its just usually cost prohibitive.

mars01 · « **Reply #5 on:** December 08, 2004, 02:41:43 PM »

cost and weight prohibitive. Supposedly these poor bastards were only 1000 ft high.

I can't think they were performing high g manuevers that low. The plane was said to have had a used barron spar replacement, which is suppoed to fix the forward spar from failing. The rear spar could now be the problem.

T34s might be getting a bit cheaper soon.

Is true shame and the second T34 to lose a wing in a year or so. The owner of Texas Air Aces was killed in the first.

~~and condolences to the familys.~~

JB73 · « **Reply #6 on:** December 08, 2004, 02:46:12 PM »

what's a T34 look like? (i keep thinking of the dmn new tank in AH LOL)

Staga · « **Reply #7 on:** December 08, 2004, 02:55:41 PM »

http://www.history.navy.mil/planes/t-34c.jpg

JB73 · « **Reply #8 on:** December 08, 2004, 02:57:49 PM »

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Originally posted by Staga
http://www.history.navy.mil/planes/t-34c.jpg

thanks

looks like a p47 or something shape, only much smaller and a 2 seater

GRUNHERZ · « **Reply #9 on:** December 08, 2004, 03:11:40 PM »

mars01 · « **Reply #10 on:** December 08, 2004, 03:39:08 PM »

Nice those are the C models, PT6 turbine upfront give it a much longer nose.

A and B models had Continentals and most put in Lycoming IO540s.

http://www.shermanaircraft.com/cgi-bin/aircraft.pl

Great Link to a Formation Team that flys T34s in Airshows

Furball · « **Reply #11 on:** December 08, 2004, 04:03:04 PM »

Noobs never learn what not to HO.....

CMC Airboss · « **Reply #12 on:** December 08, 2004, 04:08:30 PM »

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Originally posted by Furball
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The T-34's are the ones on the left

MiG

mars01 · « **Reply #13 on:** December 08, 2004, 04:14:18 PM »

LOLH Airboss, Furball.

SunTracker · « **Reply #14 on:** December 08, 2004, 04:32:03 PM »

What plane looks like the T-34 but has a HUGE radial engine? Its also a trainer. Man that plane is loud.