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AT-6 Texan (and cool story!)

4,175 thefalkenreich  5.3 years ago

today is special, since instead of a history of this fine aircraft a little story from my father...

Story!!!

It was a normal day back in the 80s, I assume my dad wasn't expecting anything to interesting, when he was told he'd get a joyride in a AT-6 Texan and he was only my age! the pilot was a friend of my great-godfather, who was going to by a fighter pilot but he was to tall and wouldn't survive the ejecting process. he was given a parachute despite not knowing how to use it and he flew up, riding in the back seat. the pilot obviously pushed the plane to the lifts doing stalls and loops and as my dad said "I was trying so hard not to puke to enjoy it". to coumarate the funny and awesome family story, my model has the same postwar USAF paint job the one had that my dad flew in.

Features

  • Accurate arms (2x fixed .30 cal machine guns and rockets)
  • Post war trainer color
  • ROCKETS!!!

Controls

  • Normal plane controls
  • AG-1 to fire a full salvo of rockets
  • VTOL for flaps

HAVE FUN!

General Characteristics

  • Created On Windows
  • Wingspan 62.4ft (19.0m)
  • Length 43.9ft (13.4m)
  • Height 15.8ft (4.8m)
  • Empty Weight 8,724lbs (3,957kg)
  • Loaded Weight 16,661lbs (7,557kg)

Performance

  • Horse Power/Weight Ratio 0.6
  • Wing Loading 44.3lbs/ft2 (216.1kg/m2)
  • Wing Area 376.4ft2 (35.0m2)
  • Drag Points 9450

Parts

  • Number of Parts 63
  • Control Surfaces 7
  • Performance Cost 332
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    great story!

    5.3 years ago
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    cool! this honestly reminds me of a Random username post, probably the color.

    5.3 years ago
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    106k Hedero

    Yep!@thefalkenreich

    5.3 years ago
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    13.7k Shnippy

    No problem @thefalkenreich

    5.3 years ago
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    @Shnippy @Hedero thanks

    5.3 years ago
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    106k Hedero

    Very neat story!

    5.3 years ago
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    13.7k Shnippy

    That is a pretty cool story!

    5.3 years ago