T-2 BUCKEYE more than just alive !
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Dutch
Aviation MEDIA BV 2009
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A
new article for the independent Dutch Aviation Magazine 'Piloot en
Vliegtuig' |
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SHOW YOU T-2 BUCKEYE AT KALAMATA AIRBASE |
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Here the 'Piloot en Vliegtuig' version of our BUCKEYE article |
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Interception
Greece also published about the T-2 Buckeye... |
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Please
join us in this photographic impression and read our article: |
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The
T-2 BUCKEYE is more than alive, as we have concluded at Kalamata AB in (south)
Greece |
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It
houses still the Cessna (Tweet) Converter, as we see here on the
platform... |
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and another trainer here is the North American T-6A Texan II in large
numbers. |
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Though
today our special guest is the Rockwell Buckeye |
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It
has definitely it's own 'looks', as it was called: 'A trainer with balls
!' |
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Unfortunately
this plane is hardly seen in our region, so we had to travel to Kalamata
AB |
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We
were able to meet this rare, but easy to handle and easy to fly bird |
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A
rather comfortable cockpit, the instructor a little higher in the backseat |
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The
Buckeye is easy to handel as it comes to maintainance, not only by male
technicians ! |
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Large
numbers on the platform in the heat of the morning sun. |
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Again
you can see how easy to specific parts can be reached for daily
maintainance |
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Kalamata
has it's own simulator and simulator trainingrooms... |
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where missions can be flown and influenced, to train the pilots as well as
possible. |
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We
were to see the SAR Bell-212, and many flying actions as from this
Hercules... |
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and even a small ceremony, which showed that Greek and Turkish Pilots can
be friends very well ! |
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A
PZL-M-18b 'Dromedar' came along, and it is said that even a secret agent
was here today.... !!? |
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Another
look at our flying Buckeye's... |
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who seem to cleave the clouds like delphins with wings. |
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As
you see making reportages is specific 'hard labour' ... Kees Otten in
conversation... |
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So
in the evening you need a good place to recover... as we did ! |
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you all who made this 'Greek-Week' and all visits possible for us !
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