Northrop T-38C Talon Advanced Trainer Airplane Wood Model Regular for Sale

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Northrop T-38C Talon Advanced Trainer Airplane Wood Model Regular For Sale

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Northrop T-38C Talon Advanced Trainer Airplane Wood Model Regular:
$324.88

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This pre-sale model is Made-to-Order,which has a production period of 1 month. Production will start uponreceipt of confirmed order and payment. Please buy only if you can waitfor 1 month production and 2-3 weeks shipping time from Manila,Philippines. Our warehouse inventory is fast moving so we may havestocks for immediate shipment. if not, since we have our own factory,we can make one for you in a month.This magnificent and Museum-Quality craftedT-38C TALONAIRPLANE WOOD MODELis finely handmade from kiln-dried Wood Mahogany and skillfully hand-painted by gifted artists.

It is 11.50" in Length, with 6.20" Wingspan, weighing 0.44 pounds, and a package weight of about2.20 pounds.

The picture shown in this listing is part of a set of photos we are using as reference for the production of the models. Each model comes with a wooden stand.

Direct from our highly gifted Craftsmen & Artists, Each model is Individually Sculptured and Painted by hand, Not Mass-produced and there is !

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Brief Info:

T-38 TalonT-38 Talon
Typeadvanced trainerManufacturerNorthrop CorporationMaiden flight10 March 1959Introduced1961PrimaryuserU.S. Air ForceProduced1961-1972Number built1,187

The Northrop T-38 Talon is a US-built supersonic jet trainer for military pilots and NASA astronauts. It was the world’s first supersonic trainer and remains in service as of 2006. It is considered to have an exceptional safety record for a supersonic jet.

History

The T-38 was designed in the mid 1950s as the trainer variant of a lightweight fighter project (the N-156 project) by the Northrop Corporation (today part of Northrop Grumman). Although the United States Air Force had no need for a small fighter at the time, it became interested in the trainer as a replacement for the Lockheed T-33s it was then using in this role. The first of three prototypes (designated YT-38) flew on March 10, 1959. The type was quickly adopted and the first production examples were delivered in 1961, officially entering service on March 17 that year, complementing the T-37 primary jet trainer. When production ended in 1972, 1,187 T-38s had been built. Since its introduction, it is estimated that some 50,000 military pilots have trained on this aircraft. The USAF remains one of the few armed flying forces using dedicated supersonic final trainers, as most such as the US Navy use high subsonic trainers.

The T-38 is of conventional configuration, with a small, low, long-chord wing, a single tail fin, and tricycle undercarriage. The aircraft seats a student pilot and instructor in tandem, and has intakes for its two turbojet engines at the wing roots. Its nimble performance has earned it the nickname white rocket—in 1962, T-38s set four climb records.

U.S. Air Force Thunderbirds flying T-38 Talons in formation.

Most T-38s built were of the T-38A variant, but the USAF also had a small number of aircraft that had been converted for weapons training. These aircraft (designated AT-38B) had been fitted with a gunsight and could carry a gunpod, rockets, or bombs on a centreline pylon. In 2003, 562 T-38s were still operational with the USAF and are currently undergoing structural and avionics programmes (T-38C) to extend their service life to 2020. Improvements include the addition of a HUD, GPS, INS (Inertial Navigation System), and TCAS as well as PMP (a propulsion modification designed to improve low-altitude engine performance). All USAF variants (T-38A and AT-38B) are being converted to the T-38C standard.

The USAF Strategic Air Command had T-38 Talons in service from 1981 through 1991.

Besides the USAF, other T-38 operators include the German Luftwaffe, the Portuguese Air Force, the Taiwanese Air Force, the Turkish Air Force and the US Navy. It is also flown by NASA and Boeing, who use the type as a chase plane. NASA also uses the plane as a jet trainer for its astronauts; its fleet is housed primarily at Ellington Field in Houston, Texas, though there were some notable fatal accidents in the 1960s. There are also a very small number of them in private civilian hands.

The fighter version of the N-156 was eventually selected for the US’s