T2-D Buckeye, a legendary Jet of the Venezuelan Air Force / T2-D Un Jet legendario de la Fuerza Aérea Venezolana (Eng/Spa)

in #aviation7 years ago


I had the opportunity in 1985 to be assigned to the aerial training group (GEA), of the Military Aviation School (EAM), as a specialist in aircrew protection. There, I had the opportunity to work with the MENTOR T-34 aircraft and the beautiful T2-D jet. I still think it was one of the best planes I worked with. This jet was assigned to the training of the cadets after having passed his basic training in the T-34 Mentor.





When I was a teenager, I loved seeing them flying over the skies of Caracas, something that motivated me to join the Venezuelan air force. It was painted with white, red and black color, the same colors used in their country of origin USA, the color of naval aviation training aircraft, was designed to operate from aircraft carriers, here in Venezuela trained many pilots, I remember that it was a plane with two turbines very powerful, agile and versatile of two seats in tandem, a powerful landing gear, and with those jets an excellent aerobatic team was formed called "The Eagles"
Pleasant memories "Remembering is living"



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T2-D Un Jet legendario de la fuerza aérea venezolana


Tuve la oportunidad en el año 85 de ser asignado al grupo de entrenamiento aéreo (GEA), de la Escuela de Aviación Militar (EAM), como especialista en protección a tripulaciones aéreas.
Allí tuve la oportunidad de trabajar con los aviones MENTOR T-34 y los hermosos T2-D todavía pienso que fue uno de los mejores aviones con los que trabajé. Estaba asignado al entrenamiento de los cadetes luego de haber aprobado su entrenamiento básico en los T-34.
Me encantaba verlos surcar por los cielos de Caracas cuando era adolescente, algo que me motivó a ingresar a la fuerza aérea venezolana. Era llamativo su color blanco con rojo y negro, los mismos colores que usaban en su país de origen USA, era el color de la aviación naval para aviones de entrenamiento, estaba diseñado para poder operar desde portaviones, aquí en Venezuela entrenó a muchos pilotos, recuerdo que era un avión con dos turbinas muy poderoso, ágil y versátil de dos asientos en tándem, un tren de aterrizaje poderoso, y con esos jets se formó un excelente equipo acrobático llamado "Las Águilas"

Gratos recuerdos. Recordar es vivir...

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I love that you have shared this personal experience here, @pescalante63! And that you have included these old pictures! I love aircraft, and I do have to admit that I am also a little biased towards this article because of my own former military service.

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Yeah @minteb Those old pictures bring me beatyfull moments of my life. I decided to share this moments whit the world. You mean what I mean because you had military service.

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