movingtarget21 Posted July 10, 2015 Report Share Posted July 10, 2015 With answers like that, you should be the chief-moderator of these forrums. Clearly they have more than one fixed-wing aircraft. But I highly doubt they are using these pieces of sh*t. I am sure that the C-12 DH-7 UC-35 are all doing a lot of work, but I would bet strong money that the Army doesen't use all aircraft in that list. Your ignorance and bad attitude was yours to display. A simple "Does the Army really fly all the planes listed in the wiki?" would have shown humility and true willingness to learn. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CharyouTree Posted July 11, 2015 Report Share Posted July 11, 2015 (edited) Right, because the word "doubt" here, means that I know exactly what I'm talking about. Maybe I should try to find a military aviation forrum, and ask questions about this type of stuff before giving lectures on the subject. That was my bad.. This: Your ignorance and bad attitude was yours to display. A simple "Does the Army really fly all the planes listed in the wiki?" would have shown humility and true willingness to learn. When you grow up, maybe you'll learn that "I highly doubt..." translates to most people to "you have no idea what you're talking about", especially when it's surrounded by the rest of what you wrote. "Really? I didn't know the Army flew those" or something similar would go over much better. Edited July 11, 2015 by CharyouTree Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Velocity173 Posted July 11, 2015 Report Share Posted July 11, 2015 Even though most are divested... CASA 212's Cessna 182'sGrob G 120TPT-6C's Also an RFI out for 92 brand new FUA. Leaning Dash-8 and 350 at this point. (at least heavily worded for them) As mentioned Lear 35's In addition to still flying everything on that list.They get rid of the T-34s for T-6s? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
stearmann4 Posted July 12, 2015 Author Report Share Posted July 12, 2015 The T-34s will give way to the T-6Bs this summer. We only have them at Huntsville and at the Airborne Special Operations Test Directorate at Ft Bragg. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Velocity173 Posted July 12, 2015 Report Share Posted July 12, 2015 The T-34s will give way to the T-6Bs this summer. We only have them at Huntsville and at the Airborne Special Operations Test Directorate at Ft Bragg.Yeah, my friend (XP/160th) used to fly the one at Huntsville. He actually delivered a Navy one to the Beechcraft Museum. Used to have a T-34 at Cairns that the XPs used as well. Guess it's no longer there. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
stearmann4 Posted July 12, 2015 Author Report Share Posted July 12, 2015 Dave Ward? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Velocity173 Posted July 12, 2015 Report Share Posted July 12, 2015 (edited) Dave Ward?Nope. This was an H-60 guy when he was with 160th then went XP. Edited July 13, 2015 by Velocity173 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
USCav19D Posted July 12, 2015 Report Share Posted July 12, 2015 Forgive the ignorance, but what is an XP? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Velocity173 Posted July 12, 2015 Report Share Posted July 12, 2015 (edited) Forgive the ignorance, but what is an XP?Experimental Test Pilot. Not to be confused with Maintenance Test Pilot. One spends a year in a demanding school pushing the limits of aircraft. The other has the arduous task of trying to keep 8 aircraft FMC. XPs generally spend their time after Navy Test Pilot School at Huntsville but you will get a few assigned to line units every now and then. They're an excellent source of graduate level aerodynamics and engineering knowledge. We had one (MAJ) assigned to us in Afghanistan. While I was the PC and had probably twice his hours, he knew more about what keeps that aircraft airborne than I could imagine. I respected him immensely. Edited July 12, 2015 by Velocity173 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Velocity173 Posted July 12, 2015 Report Share Posted July 12, 2015 (edited) Dave Ward?Now that I think of it Dave might have flown it in but my friend was prepping it for display the day after. At the time (2013) he was flying T-34s at Huntsville. Mostly chase duties. Edited July 12, 2015 by Velocity173 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
USCav19D Posted July 13, 2015 Report Share Posted July 13, 2015 Experimental Test Pilot. Not to be confused with Maintenance Test Pilot. One spends a year in a demanding school pushing the limits of aircraft. The other has the arduous task of trying to keep 8 aircraft FMC. XPs generally spend their time after Navy Test Pilot School at Huntsville but you will get a few assigned to line units every now and then. They're an excellent source of graduate level aerodynamics and engineering knowledge. We had one (MAJ) assigned to us in Afghanistan. While I was the PC and had probably twice his hours, he knew more about what keeps that aircraft airborne than I could imagine. I respected him immensely. Oh, got it. Sounds like a hell of a job, and a hell of a resource. I didn't know that the Army had single seat turboprops. I suppose that makes a hell of a lot more sense than throwing someone with no fixed wing experience in the cockpit of a Gulfstream! Now, if only we could strap a few rocket pods and a machine gun to that sucker... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Velocity173 Posted July 13, 2015 Report Share Posted July 13, 2015 Oh, got it. Sounds like a hell of a job, and a hell of a resource. I didn't know that the Army had single seat turboprops. I suppose that makes a hell of a lot more sense than throwing someone with no fixed wing experience in the cockpit of a Gulfstream! Now, if only we could strap a few rocket pods and a machine gun to that sucker...T-6s and T-34s are two seaters but I suppose they fly it single pilot from time to time. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CharyouTree Posted July 13, 2015 Report Share Posted July 13, 2015 I didn't know that the Army had single seat turboprops. I suppose that makes a hell of a lot more sense than throwing someone with no fixed wing experience in the cockpit of a Gulfstream! I don't understand what you're saying here? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
highside7r Posted July 15, 2015 Report Share Posted July 15, 2015 Not going to happen since we don't use them for that role, although it would be pretty cool to match our sister services with one type of trainer. One will not come out of the current FWMEQC with 10hrs of C-12 time to go straight to G-IVs. It would be a cool gig as the T-6 looks pretty fun. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
stearmann4 Posted July 16, 2015 Author Report Share Posted July 16, 2015 With the exception of the Test Directorate at Ft Bragg, XPs are the only aviators flying the T-34s/T-6s. We did use to have a Pilatus Porter at the USASOC Flight Company until somebody ground looped it, and we got C-27s. I've also seen an Army owned Cessna Caravan at Yuma Priving Grounds. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lindsey Posted July 16, 2015 Report Share Posted July 16, 2015 I've also seen an Army owned Cessna Caravan at Yuma Priving Grounds.I see you are "privy" to such information. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
USCav19D Posted July 16, 2015 Report Share Posted July 16, 2015 I don't understand what you're saying here? Misspoke, I was thinking single-engined. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
apacheguy Posted July 17, 2015 Report Share Posted July 17, 2015 I've also seen an Army owned Cessna Caravan at Yuma Priving Grounds. We left a few of those in Iraq actually, they had hellfire racks under the wings. I sometimes wonder if they're still being flown or if they've launched any missiles on ISIS targets. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SuperJas Posted July 28, 2015 Report Share Posted July 28, 2015 First guy picked fixed wing during selection after primary for the 'fixed wing for life' program earlier this month 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Insights_STG Posted July 28, 2015 Report Share Posted July 28, 2015 So, I'll just go ahead and wrap up this entire thread for everyone. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_active_United_States_military_aircraft And if you aren't quite satisfied with that, you better watch out, because THIS guy will have a serious beef with you! Did you go in and edit it? Because the ones that are listed there are pretty accurate to my knowledge. And I just want to let you know CharyouTree, that if the list on wikipedia seems to be "pretty accurate" to YOUR knowledge, well than thats good enough for me!! "Pretty accurate to my knowledge." Thank you for your contribution. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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StockTrader Posted July 28, 2015 Report Share Posted July 28, 2015 Exactly what I was thinking Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lindsey Posted July 28, 2015 Report Share Posted July 28, 2015 So, I'll just go ahead and wrap up this entire thread for everyone. And if you aren't quite satisfied with that, you better watch out, because THIS guy will have a serious beef with you! And I just want to let you know CharyouTree, that if the list on wikipedia seems to be "pretty accurate" to YOUR knowledge, well than thats good enough for me!! "Pretty accurate to my knowledge." Thank you for your contribution. Check yourself. 5 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
crash Posted July 28, 2015 Report Share Posted July 28, 2015 Check yourself.Agreed Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
stearmann4 Posted July 29, 2015 Author Report Share Posted July 29, 2015 STG, You sound like a real peach to hang out with. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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