troschi Posted April 10, 2022 Share Posted April 10, 2022 (edited) What about a sheet for the recently announced 72nd scale Sword kit. Lots of interesting schemes including FAA and Sweden. Edited April 10, 2022 by troschi Quote Link to post Share on other sites
KursadA Posted April 10, 2022 Share Posted April 10, 2022 (edited) This came up in the future subjects thread a couple days ago - I am definitely going to do a T-39 sheet as soon as the kit is released. Edited April 10, 2022 by KursadA Quote Link to post Share on other sites
troschi Posted April 10, 2022 Author Share Posted April 10, 2022 That’s good to hear. There is a lot of possible scheme inspiration with the various RVHP boxings. And I personally like this one here although this particular aircraft was lost in an accident: Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Dutch Posted April 14, 2022 Share Posted April 14, 2022 Based on the kits, T-39 A-F can be built. Es had three windows per side, so may require a window decal. Tons of possibilities! Quote Link to post Share on other sites
bashace Posted April 15, 2022 Share Posted April 15, 2022 (edited) I have fond memories of my day with a T-39. The FAA was flight checking one of our TACAN's, I was lucky enough to get a ride with them while they did orbit checks, we landed so they can park over the TACAN ground check point (DME) to take a reading, it was pretty close to the edge of the runway, as they did a hard turn to get the antenna over the point they got a main wheel off into the soft soil at the runway edge. This is where I hopped out from my ride anyways, my coworker was standing by on the nearest taxiway with the truck to snag me. As I was walking away, the T-39 pilot decided he had enough of the stuck main wheel and nailed the throttle, looked like a farmers manure spreader doing it's thing, grass and mud flying everywhere from the engine thrust! He got unstuck and the flight check finished without further incident. The FAA retired the T-39 shortly after that and replaced it with King Airs, was the end of an era! This particular FAA T-39 was Blue and White. Edited April 15, 2022 by bashace Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Collin Posted April 15, 2022 Share Posted April 15, 2022 NAS Pensacola VT-86 T-39's need to be part of the mix. Every Naval Flight Officer that tracked Jets/E-2's in the late 80's to the early 2000's flew these in the training track. Lots of good (and some bad) memories of cross countries, low level navigation, and some pretty boring racetrack overwater surface search flights. She was a safe and smooth aircraft (even on those hot Summer days at 500ft). Cheers Collin Quote Link to post Share on other sites
sierrascale Posted April 15, 2022 Share Posted April 15, 2022 Here's a pretty VA-122 T-39D, which I shot at NAS Lemoore, CA in mid-1980s. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
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