North American T-28 Trojan Low Pass Fly-By and Landing in Nelson, British Columbia, CZNL. Love that sound from the old radial engine roaring past! Really nice display of a sideslip approach and landing as well!
We had a guy in Syracuse, Kansas who kept one of these at his farm north of town as a Guard unit. Once a month he’d get it out and buzz town from all four corners and as a teenager I could pick out the sound of that radial engine and come running to watch the show! Sad day when the military came and got it for duty in SE Asia.
That must have been an awesome sight to see, I would definitely be running out to see it every time I hear it flying over as well. Nothing quite compares to the sound of a big radial ripping overhead!
A Hmong fighter pilot, who had only 6 months of flying experience, flew more than 5,000 missions on a CIA supplied T-28 during the war in Laos, for about 2 years. RIP Lee Lue...always a hero to the HMONG.
Loved flying the T-28 with VT-6 out of Whiting when I was in flight school at Pensacola....stable as a Harley on take offs and landings and cross wind landings was a breeze.
@@TheHDAviation They did sound pretty raucous and were a great aircraft. I remember seeing a few when I was in the Navy. Not too many though as I was never at a training facility.
I was about to comment - HEY! that looks like Nelson airport - then I read the description - tough airport to land at and this guy did it like a pro! Nice video - enjoyed the airplane and the scenery!
Never got a chance to fly one of these. They were removing them from service just as I started Primary and going over to the T-34C. They had the last flight in the last squadron that had them (VT6?) as I was starting in VT2. It looked like a really cool plane to fly.
What's that noise just as he's picking up ground effect...is that the flaps slamming down? You can see the grass blow just after it happened. The guy drops I'm guessing 800 feet while side slipping and ends up in the perfect position, drops the flaps and greases the landing, so perfect. This video should always be the first return when anyone searches T28, and then every other 5 videos until they watch it.
I hate to be picky, but this is technically a forward slip, not a side slip. In a side slip, the aircraft's longitudinal axis remains parallel to the runway centerline, with one wind banked downward to counteract a crosswind. In a forward slip, as in this case, the nose of the aircraft points away from the direction of flight, causing increased drag and a higher descent rate without picking up airspeed. Great video and great sound. Thanks for not wrecking it with music - that big Wright 1820 is music enough.
These are tough little birds. During the 60s I saw VNAF student pilots, at Keesler AFB, heap unbelievable abuse on these aircraft and they just kept flying.
Hello guys, did anyone see tha that he hit the fence at the end of the runway. Right around 1.30 to 1.34 turn up the volume you can hear it and see the short fence flex. He is a good pilot and that is a cool plane, but the fence did suffer. LOL
I love slipping, it scares the crap out of people on the ground. You have to be careful to keep the speed up because you are cross controlling. Get close to stall and you can get in big trouble, fast.
I would like to know what happened to the T-28 which once formed the haitian "air force" - by the time I lived there (1976 - 1980), they where just standing around, only the T-6, the Beechcraft and the Cessna "push-pull" were used, and the DC-3 for commercial flights.
So uhh, how much did you pay for this awesome display? lol Very nice video, that's just so cool! And I think the person beside you @0:28 thought the same thing. Well filmed, too. :)
Hi there, I was wondering if I could use this plane in a top 10 video about airplanes that im creating for my youtube channel? If so that would be much appreciated.
ANYONE: Will this plane be able to land on 600 feet of dirt? And will it be able to take off from 600 feet? Been looking for an answer everywhere. Great video. My favorite plane in the world!
600 feet? Not a hope. This airplane is not considered an STOL type (1500 ft landing roll). This was used as a military trainer and the only way it would see numbers like you're suggesting would be with a tail hook and arresting wire, which was only intended for aircraft carrier landings.
