April 22, 2007 at 10:02 pm
in the following video?
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zCTJmXrgsFg
Currentlky I see : an Fj Fury, A-4c(?) Skyhawk, F-11f Tiger, F-8 Crusader and a F-14 . Can anyone ID the short nose white twin seater ?
By: Bager1968 - 22nd April 2007 at 23:01
I’m not sure, but I think I see F4D Skyray, the one with the short nose and a flat windscreen-center behind & to the right of the piano player.
I believe I also see a TV-1/TV-2/T2V-1 (USN T-33 Shooting Star trainer) behind & to the left of the piano player:
The US Navy used the T-33 as a land-based trainer starting in 1949. It was designated the TV-2, but was redesignated the T-33B in 1962. The Navy operated some ex-USAF P-80Cs as the TO-1, changed to the TV-1 about a year later. A carrier capable version of the P-80/T-33 family was subsequently developed by Lockheed, eventually leading to the late 1950s to 1970s T2V-1/T-1A SeaStar.
The T2V-1 never worked well, and the USN ordered a large number of 2-seat trainer versions of the swept-wing F9F-8 Cougar, designated F9F-8T (later TF-9J). The F9F-8T was a two-seat trainer version of the F9F-8.
Work on a two-seat trainer version of the Cougar began in November of 1953 under the company designation of Design 105. This was a company-initiated project intended to meet anticipated future Navy requirements for a combat-capable two-seat trainer to serve in fleet squadrons alongside single-seat Cougars. It was anticipated by Grumman that the two-seat Cougar could also serve as a carrier-landing trainer and as a trainer to familiarize crews with inflight refuelling. It was to retain the same armament as the single-seat version.
Initially, the Navy envisaged no requirement for the Grumman Design 105, believing that the Lockheed T2V-1 SeaStar would fill all its requirements for a carrier-capable two-seat trainer. Nevertheless, Grumman was authorized to complete an F9F-8 airframe (BuNo 141667) as a two seater under the designation YF9F-8T. To provide space for the second cockpit, the forward fuselage was extended by 34 inches. The two crew members (student in front, instructor in rear) sat in tandem under a large rearward-sliding canopy. An auxiliary windshield was provided internally ahead of the instructor’s seat, which enabled the aircraft to be flown with a partially-open canopy. To save weight, two cannon were removed and the ammunition capacity was reduced. The first flight of the YF9F-8T took place on April 4, 1956.
In the meantime, the T2V-1 Sea Star had run into lots of problems with its boundary-layer control system, a feature which was in the mid-1950s still a relatively new innovation. In addition, the T2V-1 was unarmed and could not be used as a weapons delivery trainer. This led the Navy to take a fresh look at the two-seat Cougar, and they eventually acquired 399 production F9F-8Ts between July 1956 and February 1960.