[Conspiracy Guy]

I want one of the T38s. I’ve had the good fortune of logging several hours in them with an instructor over the years. I’m a general aviation pilot with most of my 800+ hours in Cessnas, Pipers, and the 2 seat amphib I built in 95 from a kit, (sold it in 2000). The T38 is surprisingly easy to takeoff, fly and even land. Visibilty is great and as long as you mind the numbers, she’s a joy. They can have their new trainer gimme the old one, plus fuel and maintenance for life, (when you wish wish big).

[ops33]

All that plus it is a beautiful aircraft. The only downside to the T-38 was its size. I was an air traffic controller in the USAF and in the tower the T-38 is a very hard aircraft to see.

[USNBandit]

Downside, besides operating costs, is that it isn't that much fun on a wet runway from what I have heard. I flew F-5s in the Navy which is a T-38 on steroids, lot of fun, much more maneuverable, but still sucked on a wet runway.

In other news, Textron just test flew a new airplane called the Scorpion today. The test pilot said it flew really well, but they all say that. Took two years from clean slate to flying version by using a combination of composites and Cessna business jet parts. Not great thrust to weight ratio, but would still be fun to have.