Comments on: Plane Pr0n: T-28 going over the top http://www.neptunuslex.com/2007/05/08/plane-pr0n-t-28-going-over-the-top/ The unbearable lightness of Lex. Enjoy! Fri, 10 Feb 2012 10:05:53 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: Bill C http://www.neptunuslex.com/2007/05/08/plane-pr0n-t-28-going-over-the-top/comment-page-1/#comment-75831 Bill C Thu, 10 May 2007 23:52:44 +0000 http://www.neptunuslex.com/2007/05/08/plane-pr0n-t-28-going-over-the-top/#comment-75831 One fine day in flight training at North Whiting I had a bored instructor ask me if I wanted to see how high our T-28B would go. He took control and after an hour and ten minutes we topped out at 30,250 feet(on O2 of course). Talk about the coffin corner of the VN diagram. One funny aside, about 29K a B-52 went by us about 1,000 feet above. I've often wondered what they had to say amongst themselves. One fine day in flight training at North Whiting I had a bored instructor ask me if I wanted to see how high our T-28B would go. He took control and after an hour and ten minutes we topped out at 30,250 feet(on O2 of course). Talk about the coffin corner of the VN diagram. One funny aside, about 29K a B-52 went by us about 1,000 feet above. I’ve often wondered what they had to say amongst themselves.

]]> By: Deborah Aylward http://www.neptunuslex.com/2007/05/08/plane-pr0n-t-28-going-over-the-top/comment-page-1/#comment-75741 Deborah Aylward Thu, 10 May 2007 16:00:37 +0000 http://www.neptunuslex.com/2007/05/08/plane-pr0n-t-28-going-over-the-top/#comment-75741 Dear Skippy-San: Please share what happened. I have great respect for all the Eagles on this site (no disrespect, but that's how I was raised to see Military Aviators). Dear Skippy-San: Please share what happened. I have great respect for all the Eagles on this site (no disrespect, but that’s how I was raised to see Military Aviators).

]]> By: Skippy-san http://www.neptunuslex.com/2007/05/08/plane-pr0n-t-28-going-over-the-top/comment-page-1/#comment-75585 Skippy-san Wed, 09 May 2007 21:27:17 +0000 http://www.neptunuslex.com/2007/05/08/plane-pr0n-t-28-going-over-the-top/#comment-75585 The problem with Howard AFB was that there really was no divert. If the weather was bad at Howard, it was just as bad at Panama City. In that regard it was just like being at the boat. I have my own story of holding for an hour waiting for the storm to move and then nosing around it at 800 feet so that we could land with less than a 1000 pounds remaining. The problem with Howard AFB was that there really was no divert. If the weather was bad at Howard, it was just as bad at Panama City. In that regard it was just like being at the boat.

I have my own story of holding for an hour waiting for the storm to move and then nosing around it at 800 feet so that we could land with less than a 1000 pounds remaining.

]]> By: Steeljaw Scribe http://www.neptunuslex.com/2007/05/08/plane-pr0n-t-28-going-over-the-top/comment-page-1/#comment-75584 Steeljaw Scribe Wed, 09 May 2007 21:21:51 +0000 http://www.neptunuslex.com/2007/05/08/plane-pr0n-t-28-going-over-the-top/#comment-75584 Deborah: Oh, indeed - but when the choice is ditching/bailout over the briny blue or penetrating to the only available airfield in Central America that night, you penetrate the storm...(BTW, we weren't doing CVOPS, otherwise the Marshall stack would've been *in* the clouds and the ship just on the edge of the storm) - SJS Deborah:

Oh, indeed – but when the choice is ditching/bailout over the briny blue or penetrating to the only available airfield in Central America that night, you penetrate the storm…(BTW, we weren’t doing CVOPS, otherwise the Marshall stack would’ve been *in* the clouds and the ship just on the edge of the storm)
- SJS

]]> By: Deborah Aylward http://www.neptunuslex.com/2007/05/08/plane-pr0n-t-28-going-over-the-top/comment-page-1/#comment-75579 Deborah Aylward Wed, 09 May 2007 20:43:10 +0000 http://www.neptunuslex.com/2007/05/08/plane-pr0n-t-28-going-over-the-top/#comment-75579 Dear SJS: I thought that the both the lightning and the wind prior and during a thunderstorm wrecked havoc with an aircraft? Heaven on earth = the sight and sound of an airplane amplified over a body of water on a clear June afternoon between 4:00 and 6:00pm. Preferrably a Spitfire or a P-51. Dear SJS: I thought that the both the lightning and the wind prior and during a thunderstorm wrecked havoc with an aircraft?

Heaven on earth = the sight and sound of an airplane amplified over a body of water on a clear June afternoon between 4:00 and 6:00pm. Preferrably a Spitfire or a P-51.

]]> By: Steeljaw Scribe http://www.neptunuslex.com/2007/05/08/plane-pr0n-t-28-going-over-the-top/comment-page-1/#comment-75528 Steeljaw Scribe Wed, 09 May 2007 16:39:00 +0000 http://www.neptunuslex.com/2007/05/08/plane-pr0n-t-28-going-over-the-top/#comment-75528 Speaking of thunderstorms, brings to mind Panama, wall to wall/horizon-to-horizon lightning & tops higher than a U-2 could fly (oh yeah, and fuel gauges going the wrong way after an already l-o-n-g over water mission). Hmm, guess I'll have to get to work on that one... - SJS Speaking of thunderstorms, brings to mind Panama, wall to wall/horizon-to-horizon lightning & tops higher than a U-2 could fly (oh yeah, and fuel gauges going the wrong way after an already l-o-n-g over water mission). Hmm, guess I’ll have to get to work on that one…
- SJS

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