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Description
| Notes: Upgraded T-2B. | |||
| Manufacturer: | North American (Rockwell) |
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| Base model: | T-2 | ||
| Designation: | T-2 | ||
| Version: | C | ||
| Nickname: | Buckeye | ||
| Designation System: | U.S. Tri-Service | ||
| Designation Period: | 1962-Present | ||
| Basic role: | Trainer | ||
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Specifications
| Length: | 38' 3" | 11.6 m | |
| Height: | 14' 9.5" | 4.5 m | |
| Wingspan: | 38' 1.5" | 11.6 m | |
| Wingarea: | 255.0 sq ft | 23.6 sq m | |
| Empty Weight: | 8,115 lb | 3,680 kg | |
| Gross Weight: | 13,177 lb | 5,975 kg | |
| Max Weight: | 13,190 lb | 5,981 kg | |
Propulsion
| No. of Engines: | 2 | ||
| Powerplant: | General Electric J85-GE-4 | ||
| Thrust (each): | 2,950 lb | 1,337 kg | |
Performance
| Max Speed: | 530 mph | 853 km/h | 461 kt |
| Climb: | 5,900 ft/min | 1,798 m/min | |
| Ceiling: | 45,500 ft | 13,868 m | |
Operators (Past and Present)
| USN | VF-43 | Oceana | VA |
| USN | VF-126 | Miramar | CA |
| USN | VT-4 | Pensacola | FL |
| USN | VT-10 | Pensacola | FL |
| USN | VT-19 | Meridian | MS |
| USN | VT-23 | Kingsville | TX |
Known serial numbers
Examples of this type may be found at
| Museum | City | State |
| Arkansas Air Museum | Fayetteville | Arkansas |
| Texas Air Museum | Slaton | Texas |
| USS Lexington Museum On The Bay | Corpus Christi | Texas |
T-2C on display
Texas Air Museum | USS Lexington Museum On The Bay |
Recent comments by our visitors
| J. Anderson Yankton, SD | I worked in Air Frames/Maintenance Dept., At VT-23 During the Late 70's & Early 80's. These pic's really bring back some fond memories of good times and friends at Kingsville, Tx. As A ground pounder I did get the rare oppurtunity to take a flight in a T-2 and was certainly a highlight of my time in the navy! 06/29/2008 @ 22:14 [ref: 21723] |
| Todd Sudick Priest River, ID | I flew brand new T2-Cs at VT-4 in Pensacola from April 1972 to August 1972. Fun times, especially in the gunnery pattern over the water. The "squirrel cage" around the banner got out of sequence once and awhile. 03/27/2008 @ 11:42 [ref: 20251] |
| lou castro wichita, KS | it was a sad day when we launched the last of our T2C thunder chickens from VT-26 at NAS CHASE FIELD,,I an AD AT AIMD THEN VT-26,,till we shut down ..i think it was late 91..wonderfull years 01/04/2008 @ 10:36 [ref: 19146] |
| pete allen reno, NV | Great pictures,
I flew T-2c's in kingsville (vt-23) from late 90 till 94,just over 1000 hrs. (Guns,CQ,OCF,form,NATOPS). It was a great airplane to instruct in! I also helped Rich with his Buckeye, it's a great airplane. It didn't have much flight time ,and wasn't bent (probably wasn't spun) They did a superb job restoring it! 12/13/2007 @ 22:48 [ref: 18910] |
| pete allen reno, NV | Great pictures,
I flew T-2c's in kingsville (vt-23) from late 90 till 94,just over 1000 hrs. (Guns,CQ,OCF,form,NATOPS). It was a great airplane to instruct in! I also helped Rich with his Buckeye, it's a great airplane. It didn't have much flight time ,and wasn't bent (probably wasn't spun) They did a superb job restoring it! 12/13/2007 @ 22:46 [ref: 18909] |
| Stan Meyer Waxhaw, NC | Congrats Rich S. on such a great performance at Reno!
In 1991, when I was assigned to help start an aircraft rebuild program at Nadep Jax, Fla., I thought I'd been relegated to aircraft hell. (I wanted to continue working with the Blue Angels and F18 conversions). Then it was confirmed, tired old Buckeyes and equipment, including wing rebuild fixtures last certified in 1956!! I thought my career was over. Then, when we handed the books over to the logroom and our first test flight was performed, it sent chills up and down! What a great little aircraft! Proud to have been associated with T2 Buckeyes and more proud that Rich Sugden pulled a 489.454 for the win!! 09/21/2007 @ 03:26 [ref: 17981] |
| Steve Chatfield San Diego, CA | What I remember most about this bird was what a quantum leap in performance it was over the single engine T2As we were flying in VT7 and 9 at NAS Meridian, MS. The "A" had a J34 that was supposed to have 4300 # of SL thrust at STP. On a summer day in Mississippi, in those old birds that was probably 3000# and the engine idle to full rpm runup was something like 15.5 sec! The standard "A" climb schedule was maybe six or seven minutes to 10,000 ft with airspeed progressively down from 250 to about 240 and had you over Philadelphia, MS about 20 miles away. The Charlie would accelerate to full MRT as fast as you could advance the throttles, you'd hold 250 all the way up, turn south at 10,000 and you'd still be over the field! That first transition flight was elbows and assholes for me as a student. I think the Charlie would outclimb a Phantom to 10,000 and at full thrust on the deck, it would start skidding forward even with the brakes locked up. 09/18/2007 @ 10:30 [ref: 17954] |
| Rich Sugden Jackson, WY | For you Buckeye fans, we'll be racing our T-2B at Reno in September! 07/15/2007 @ 08:57 [ref: 17120] |
| Andy Wagstaff Peru, IN | We have a T-2c at grissom Air Museum here in Indiana BuNo 158583, can anyone gove me any info on this airframe, or can anyone de-cipher the monthly activity sheets I got from the navy regarding this airframe as they are very confusing...Most of all would like to know how many carrier landings and Cat shots she made, and if poss from which carriers..Would also love to hear from anyone who flew this aircraft during their careers. 07/13/2006 @ 11:26 [ref: 13721] |
| Glenn M. Cassel, AMH1(AW) Retired Wichita, KS | In VT-26, February 77-December 78. We did up to 5-6 phase inspections on mids.
I remember you Uwe. I saw Bobby Mann at Lemoore in 89. He was and LDO LT. If you remember Danny Morman, I ran into him at Alameda in early 98. Retired in 93. 07/12/2006 @ 20:38 [ref: 13716] |
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