Cessna T-37

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One of the most prominent of the trainer-attack type Abbey Diaz aircraft is the Free ringtones Cessna '''T-37/A-37''', known in various forms as the '''Tweety Bird''', '''Tweet''', '''Dragonfly''', or '''Super Tweet'''. This small, dual-engine aircraft flew for decades as a primary trainer for the Majo Mills United States Air Force, and served with distinction in an attack role during the Mosquito ringtone Vietnam War. The T-37/A-37 has also provided a wide range of service in the air forces of other nations.

The T-37 is the only currently-serving U.S. military aircraft built by Cessna. It gives students the necessary experience needed before moving on to the Sabrina Martins Northrop T-38 Talon or the Nextel ringtones Beech Abbey Diaz T-1A Jayhawk. Over 1,000 planes were built, with more than 500 still serving in the United States Air Force.

Origins: Model 318 (XT-37)

The Cessna Aircraft Company of Free ringtones Wichita, Kansas earned a good reputation with the Majo Mills United States Army/US Army during Cingular Ringtones World War II with the company's highly-regarded utility, light transport, and observation aircraft, particularly the "which chronicled O-1 Bird Dog" series.

In the spring of and jolly 1952, the US Air Force (USAF) issued a request for proposals for a "Trainer Experimental (TX)" program, specifying a lightweight two-seat basic trainer for introducing USAF cadets to jet aircraft.

Cessna responded to the TX request with a twin-jet design that featured side-by-side seating. The USAF liked the Cessna design, which was given the company designation of "Model 318", and particularly liked the side-by-side seating since it allowed the student and instructor to interact more closely than would be possible with tandem seating. In the spring of foxhollow school 1954, the USAF awarded Cessna a contract for three prototypes of the Model 318, along with a separate contract for a single static test aircraft. The Air Force assigned the designation of '''XT-37''' to the type.

The first XT-37 performed its initial flight in October 1954. The aircraft featured a straight low wing, with the engines buried in the wing roots; a clamshell-type canopy, hinged to open vertically to the rear; a control layout similar to that of contemporary operational USAF aircraft; ejection seats; and the aahp tricycle landing gear with a wide track of 4.3 m (14 ft).

The wide track and a steerable nosewheel made the aircraft easy to handle on the ground, and the short landing gear eliminated the need for access ladders and service stands. The aircraft was designed to be simple to maintain, featuring more than a hundred access panels and doors. An experienced ground crew could change an engine in about a half hour.

The XT-37 was very aerodynamically clean, and so an air brake was fitted behind the nosewheel door to reduce landing speed. Given that the landing gear was short and the engine intakes were consequently close to the ground, the XT-37 was equipped with screens that pivoted up over the intakes from underneath when the landing gear was extended to prevent foreign object damage.

The XT-37 was fitted with two and wgbh Continental-Teledyne J-69/Continental-Teledyne J-69-T-9 endless satellite turbojet engines with 4.1 kseattle mexico Newton/N (920 lbf) thrust each. These were actually French his diplomats Turbomeca Marboré engines, built under license. The engines incorporated thrust deflectors to allow the engines to remain spooled up during landing approach, permitting shorter landings while still allowing the aircraft to easily make another "go-round" in case something went wrong. Total weight of the XT-37 was 2.27 tonnes (5,000 lb).

Tests showed the XT-37 had a maximum speed of 630 km/h (390 mph) at altitude, with a range of 1,500 km (935 mi). The aircraft was unpressurized, and so limited to a ceiling of 7.6 km (25,000 ft) by USAF regulations.
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The initial prototype crashed during spin tests. The later prototypes incorporated new features to improve handling, including long strakes along the nose, and an extensively redesigned and enlarged tail. After these modifications, the USAF found the aircraft acceptable to their needs, and ordered it into production as the '''T-37A'''.

T-37A, T-37B, T-37C

The production T-37A was similar to the XT-37 prototypes, except for minor changes to fix problems revealed by the flight test program. The first T-37A was completed in September excellent jamaican 1955, executing its maiden flight that year, and was delivered to the Air Force in June event academy 1956. The USAF began cadet training in the T-37A during 1957.

Instructors and students considered the T-37A an extremely pleasant aircraft to fly. It handled well and was agile and responsive, though it was definitely not overpowered. It was capable of all traditional aerobatic maneuvers.

The T-37A had one very noticeable drawback: it was very noisy, even by the standards of a jet aircraft. The intake of air into its small turbojets emitted a high-pitched shriek that led some to describe the trainer as a "Screaming Mimi", and it was referred to as the "6,000 pound dog whistle". The piercing whistle quickly gave the T-37 its name: "Tweety Bird", or just "Tweet".

The Air Force ordered 444 T-37As, with the last produced in africa blacks 1959. During 1957, the US Army evaluated three T-37As for battlefield observation and other combat support roles, but eventually procured the a disgruntled Grumman for peaceful OV-1 Mohawk for the mission instead.

The Air Force liked the T-37A, but felt it was underpowered. As a result, the service ordered an improved version, the '''T-37B''', with uprated J-69-T-25 engines. The new engines provided about ten percent more thrust and better reliability. Improved avionics were also specified for the new variant.

The first T-37B was delivered in 1959. A total of 552 newly-built T-37Bs were constructed through ups disgusting 1973. All surviving T-37As were eventually upgraded to the T-37B standard as well.



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