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Description
| Manufacturer: | Convair | |
| Base model: | T-29 | |
| Designation: | T-29 | |
| Version: | A | |
| Designation System: | U.S. Air Force | |
| Designation Period: | 1948-Present | |
| Basic role: | Trainer | |
Specifications
| Not Yet Available |
Known serial numbers
Examples of this type may be found at
| Museum | City | State |
| Museum of Aviation | Warner Robins AFB | Georgia |
| Pima Air & Space Museum | Tucson | Arizona |
| Sheppard AFB Air Park | Sheppard AFB | Texas |
| Strategic Air Command Museum | Ashland | Nebraska |
T-29A on display
Sheppard AFB Air Park | Strategic Air Command Museum |
Recent comments by our visitors
| Bert Fletcher Port Angeles, WA | Ronald K. Meyers: I was one of the original cadre at the 7625th Operations Squadron at the Air Force Academy from April 1957 thru October 1959. I started out on B-25's there and then the T-29C's started showing up in force. I did periodic maintenance on them for the last 2 years I was there. I was 43151A afsc. E-3. It was good duty and NO KP for any of the Academy personnel. What was your friend's name? 01/12/2012 @ 15:58 [ref: 51950] |
| j Payne , SC | I was stationed at shaw AFB,1961-1964. We had two T-29s. One went down out West in the snow and wasn't found 'til after I was discharged . Anyone know the details. Crew chief was a great guy. I think his name was Fairly ? 08/29/2011 @ 08:21 [ref: 48237] |
| Ronald K. Meyers Hudsonville, MI | I was an aircraft instrument specialist, stationed at Harlingen AFB from 1955 to 1959. I found an old airman friend recently and met with him and his wife yesterday, July 6, 2011. I had not seen him since 1958. When some of our T-29's left for the Air Force Academy, he went with them that year. Thanks for the pictures, sure brings back a lot of memories. Ron Meyers 07/07/2011 @ 05:55 [ref: 39909] |
| Ted St.Mars Sr. , WA | I'm trying to locate anyone who may have a little history on the T-29 assigned to Mountain Home AFB in 1974 ( Base Flight ). I worked on it as engine man for one year before being transferred to Alaska. There was a "Base Flight" sign next to the hanger and a picture of a flying pig (Arnold), our beloved T-29. I'm hoping someone has a picture of the sign or knows something about it. T St.Mars, MSGT, USAF Retired 06/09/2011 @ 19:02 [ref: 39343] |
| Gary Barnes Livingston, TX | I was dispatcher with the 3511 Instrument Pilots Instructor School Randolph AFB San Antonio TX. 61 - 63. We had T-29, T-33, T-38 and the first T-39s. The T-29s had Training aids for navigators and bombardiers. Fun to play with while flying cross country. Our commander was LC Victor M. Mahr. I enjoyed reading the blog.
Thanks to all, Gary Barnes Oh yea I finish service in 3511th Flight Service Squadron Chateauroux, France. 02/04/2011 @ 11:15 [ref: 35931] |
| Dan Cook Coquitlam, BC | Hi, I ran the engine shop for Sikorsky CH-37s, from June of 1967 to Dec of 1968, in Nellingen Germany. I used to go over to Echterdingen Air Base and help the Air Force guys on the T-29s on occasion. They had the same engine, R-2800, so I would swap parts and use my M-246 wrecker to hang the engines on the T-29s when they needed help. Always stayed for lunch and got some of that good AF chow. Used to work with a Sgt. Cousins a lot, think he was e-8, had a bunch of stripes anyway. Got some pictures of my wrecker and the T-29s at this site http://www.billybils.de/fotogalerie.html check foto's and then bottom of page. 01/03/2011 @ 10:43 [ref: 35138] |
| Donald R, Berry Millinocket, ME | Wow, was I surprised to see the picture of 00190, I was fortunate to crew this particular T-29 while stationed at Ramstein Germany, I was there from Sept. 1958 to Jan. 1961. While there I also crewed L-20s and a VC-47. I wonder when 00190 was brought back to the states? We not only supported Ramstein but also the surrounding bases. Oh by the way, I was only A2/c at that time. Donald R. Berry Sr. 04/27/2010 @ 10:03 [ref: 26090] |
| Bert Fletcher Port Angeles, WA | The T-29C that RONALD P. BARRETT mentions in his post, which is at HILL AFB, Utah, is 52-1119. I pulled the cowling off the number 2 engine many times(Periodic Maint.) I think the C/C was an A/1C Hudson, but not sure. That was at the PRE-Colorado Springs Air Force Academy at Lowry AFB, Colorado, 1957-1959. NCOIC of that section was Master Sergeant Robert Beecher. Our maint. dock boss was T/Sgt. Oren P. Hyden. 03/12/2010 @ 14:40 [ref: 25875] |
| David Steiner Denver, CO | I was in 58-06N at Harlingen, and instructor there until 1961. I eventually acquired 6,200 hours, 1000 or so in combat and retired as a Lt.Col. in 1983. I had earned a Ph. D meanwhile and taught at CU, Boulder for the next 23 years. The T-29 was a nice plane and fortunately I'm not subject to airsickness, as we had lots of students who were and some INs couldn't handle that. I had almost 2000 hours in C-141s, which was a beautiful plane, and a bunch in WC-130s, sturdy, flying into typhoons, 99 penetrations from Guam. But my favorite was the EC-47 in SEA. I had 400 hours in that plane in combat and it was and still is, in my humble estimation, the Queen of the Skies. The plane that would not die. Now that I'm old and fully retired I realize what a privilege it was to fly as far as I did, safely. Manned flight, particularly in combat, is an endangered occupation. Probably a good thing.
http://home.comcast.net/~davidesteiner/Home.html 03/05/2010 @ 17:08 [ref: 25823] |
| Bert Fletcher Port Angeles, WA | I spent 31 months working on T-29's at Lowry AFB, Colorado, having been assigned to the 7625th Operations Squadron of the orignal Air Force Academy. I feel like I'm 'horning in' here because ours were T-29C's, all of them. And we had one C-131 for Generals Harmon and Briggs. This was 1957-1959. Most all of our birds were less than 5 years old, having tail numbers beginning with 52 and 53. I probably spent 90 percent of my time on those Nash-Kelvinator engines. They were great! A jug seldom, if ever, failed. And the accessory section was definitely low-maintenance. The most thankless, knucklebusting job as I recall was changing an augmenter tube behind the engine. One of our pilots (a Captain) had missed a critical item on his preflight. The leading edge of the wing between # one engine and the fuselage was NOT screwed down. Naturally, it flopped up shortly after takeoff, making the plane a buckin' bronco. He made an emergency landing at Stapleton Airport. And...he was grounded for 30 days. I don't know where the C/C fit into this fiasco.
All problems and glitches aside, those were great days! 02/21/2010 @ 15:09 [ref: 25760] |
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