In the 60s-70s, I had dozens of these as die cast toys. It is still my favorite aircraft in 2023. A fantasy, to see an SR71 to scale to that of the T38.
Amazing!! T-38 holds an impressive record, very beautiful and great plane ...and what a tremendous suprise for the old Thunderbirds pilot ...even I would be so happy to take a ride in a T-38!!!!
I was assigned to 68-8177 in July of 85 and worked the demod from Thunderbird configuration to standard training configuration at 478 TTW. She was my baby till she FCF’d in early 86.
after graduating tech school in 1969, my first duty station was Laredo AFB where I was a crew chief on T-38s. I worked on those for about a year until I went to Vietnam and worked on F-100s and F-4s. I'm surprised these planes are still in service.
My question has always been about the impressive j-85 turbojet. All the famous turbojets of that time were replaced in the early 1970s by turbofans that, for the same thrust, were lighter, smaller, but I don't see a 3,500 lbf (16 kN) thrust dry, 5,000 lbf (22 kN) turbofan. kN) with afterburner and weighing 690 lbs (310 kg). Greetings from Patagonia Argentina.
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In the 60s-70s, I had dozens of these as die cast toys. It is still my favorite aircraft in 2023.
A fantasy, to see an SR71 to scale to that of the T38.
One of the sexyist aircraft ever built
Wow! What an incredible experience that must have been. Thanks again for sharing your experience!
1961- 1965 Randolph AFB Head Quarters ATC . One sweet aircraft.
Wow! Just a flood of sweet memories!! Beautiful, sleek plane in the sharp Thunderbird paint scheme and markings.... tears in my eyes.
Amazing!! T-38 holds an impressive record, very beautiful and great plane ...and what a tremendous suprise for the old Thunderbirds pilot ...even I would be so happy to take a ride in a T-38!!!!
I was assigned to 68-8177 in July of 85 and worked the demod from Thunderbird configuration to standard training configuration at 478 TTW. She was my baby till she FCF’d in early 86.
Worked on t=38 talon in 1969 -1972 jet engines at Webb a,f b at big springs Texas ( now closed ) loved it
after graduating tech school in 1969, my first duty station was Laredo AFB where I was a crew chief on T-38s. I worked on those for about a year until I went to Vietnam and worked on F-100s and F-4s. I'm surprised these planes are still in service.
Perhaps you remember Capt. Ford - Laredo 38 IP from 68 through 72
My question has always been about the impressive j-85 turbojet. All the famous turbojets of that time were replaced in the early 1970s by turbofans that, for the same thrust, were lighter, smaller, but I don't see a 3,500 lbf (16 kN) thrust dry, 5,000 lbf (22 kN) turbofan. kN) with afterburner and weighing 690 lbs (310 kg). Greetings from Patagonia Argentina.
What a beautiful plane!
I said those exact words out loud... created in the 50s... wow
It looks fun to fly!
A good video, but I was definitely not astonished.
It can't be replaced. They should retool and build 5000 more.
LJ
Great video, great aircraft what a wonderful gesture..kudos to Thunderbirds..thanks for sharing
I’m 60.
55, almost there, lol
Q+ Z XI = 🤔👍