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Post subject: Introduction Posted: 04 Apr 2017, 23:14 |
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Joined: 04/02/17 Posts: 5 Post Likes: +1
Aircraft: T-34B
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I have not flown in 35 years, but I'm on a mission. My happiest times in the air were in a Navy T-34B in VT-5 at Saufley Field in 1976. I can't go back in time and relive those days, that's true, but I'd like to have a detailed model to remind me, and to share with family since I don't have enough money right now to buy or rent the real thing.
I'm going to work with a custom model builder and the model has to be identical to one that I actually flew. My first choice is "Triple Nickel", a T-34B in orange and white that had 555 painted on the nose.
Since I don't have the Navy Bu number (which of course will be painted on the a/c) I have been searching for the actual plane or at least a photo of it. Does anyone have either or is there a assignment list of the VT-5 numbers (500-560)?
Any help would be appreciated.
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Post subject: Re: Introduction Posted: 04 Apr 2017, 23:32 |
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Joined: 08/26/15 Posts: 9542 Post Likes: +8779 Company: airlines (*CRJ,A320) Location: Florida panhandle
Aircraft: Travel Air,T-6B,etc*
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Welcome, Bill! Here is a link that is not exactly what you're looking for, but it might be helpful. http://www.joebaugher.com/navy_serials/ ... ies17.htmlThe T-34B BUNOs seem to start at 140667 with remarks for many of them, including some that went to VT-5, although the remarks don't have a solid cross-reference between BUNO and MODEX.
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Post subject: Re: Introduction Posted: 05 Apr 2017, 07:10 |
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Joined: 07/17/08 Posts: 21609 Post Likes: +10520 Location: North Texas
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Bill, didn't the Ops bubbas put the BuNo in your logbook? Every command I was in did. I know they probably wouldn't have put the nose/tail number in, but you could check the BuNo with the link Jim posted and go from there. You never know what you'll find. And, welcome to BT!
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Post subject: Re: Introduction Posted: 05 Apr 2017, 19:29 |
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Joined: 04/02/17 Posts: 5 Post Likes: +1
Aircraft: T-34B
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I do have all the Bu numbers in my logbook, but no mention of the side number (nose number). Unfortunately the link given above uses the Bu numbers but likewise gives no reference to the side numbers (nose numbers).
If I only had a list of VT-5's side number assignments, but I sure haven't been able to find one.
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Post subject: Re: Introduction Posted: 05 Apr 2017, 20:02 |
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Joined: 08/26/15 Posts: 9542 Post Likes: +8779 Company: airlines (*CRJ,A320) Location: Florida panhandle
Aircraft: Travel Air,T-6B,etc*
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Username Protected wrote: I do have all the Bu numbers in my logbook, but no mention of the side number (nose number). Unfortunately the link given above uses the Bu numbers but likewise gives no reference to the side numbers (nose numbers). Ah... there are a lot of cryptic remarks with many of the BUNOs. I was hoping there there might be some useful correlation, but I guess not. What about the picture of the T-34B on Wikipedia? It is 557, VT-5, BUNO 140950. The joebaugher.com link says that 140667-140956 was assigned to a run of T-34Bs. Do you think the side numbers went in sequence with the BUNOs, i.e. 556 140949, and your 555 as 140948? https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Beechcraft_T-34_MentorWhat about any memorable flights in 555? Some singularly random thing like a very short hop aborted for weather, flying on your birthday, having a night emergency, something that might stand out in your logbook enough to give you some degree of confidence that the entry was likely 555?
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Post subject: Re: Introduction Posted: 05 Apr 2017, 23:46 |
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Joined: 04/02/17 Posts: 5 Post Likes: +1
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I have turned up a few matches of side number to Bu number, i.e. 140737=504 140868=552 140910=531 140919=500 140950=557 144090=562 If there's a pattern I don't see it. Am I missing it?
I think my flight in 555 just stands out because it was a glorious spring Pensacola blue sky with scattered clouds and everything I was doing just seemed to jive.
I'll keep looking just a little longer and then I may go with 500 or 557 since I flew both and have a photo of each. I didn't take the photos. Back then in 1976 there were no cell phones and I had no camera.
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