I only got 90 hours in the T-28 (air force primary at Graham Air Base, Florida), but still have good memories; had a great instructor which helped. Then I went to jets T-33's,and instructed them at Laredo AFB. The T-28 had a tendency to sputter (as I remember) on over the top manuevers, scary to a new pilot. What a great site this is.

Big transition from the T-34 in Saufley to the T-28. Got all of my advanced basic including gunnery, tactics, instruments and carrier landings in this bird. Flying with the cockpit open getting ready for the carrier at some of those old WW-II fields west of Pensacola was a great memory. Got three touch and gos and five traps in one flight and came back to Saufley on the same tank of gas. Gunnery was fun and so was bombing. Big cockpit with a big powerful engine that had me landing one night after a couple of touch and gos because the flames from the exhaust came fling past the windscreen when I added full power to get in the air again. Not use to that since most of flying was in jets at the time. Made my last landing flying the T-28 in the Salton Sea. Just ran out of airspeed, altitude and brains at the same time. Never thought I'd fly the T-28 in my first and last years of my Naval career[21]. Loved this plane. Never had a problem with one. Not even a rough running engine. Just picked a poor time to get a wash job. Most room I ever saw in an airplane cockpit. The Navy added extra instruments on the panel to get pilots ready for the jets and it still had lots of room for more. Great flying plane. One you felt like you put on your back when you put on your chute before start up. Nice sounds too.

I flew the T-28B and C off and on for seven years. They were really good airplanes, very reliabe and fun to fly in all kinds of weather.

The aircraft carrier capable T-28 was the T-28C not "G". In addition to the arresting hook, the propeller was slightly smaller and there were some modifications to the landing gear.

I flew 250 hours of training in this aircraft as an intermediary vehicle to multi-engine fleet aircraft. It was a very powerful bird to fly with retractable gear and basic radio-navigational capabilities. Most enjoyable to fly and to become proficient as an aviator. Navy flight training was supurb. Call me 404-325-4866 cell in GA.

I flew 250 hours of training in this aircraft as an intermediary vehicle to multi-engine fleet aircraft. It was a very powerful bird to fly with retractable gear and basic radio-navigational capabilities. Most enjoyable to fly and to become proficient as an aviator. Navy flight training was supurb. Call me 404-325-4866 cell in GA.