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fleet has been destroyed in fatal accidents. The T-3's typical spin entry was a snap roll with the aircraft going completely inverted during the first turn which was very disorienting for new pilots. The aircraft would not recover from a spin if you released the flight controls--it would actually wrap up and spin faster with the nose even lower than normal. The T-3 did spin very nose low--so low you had to look way up to see the horizon. It also spun very fast. It was nothing like the T-37 spin, nothing at all. The T-3 spun so fast that at spin recovery your eyes would go into nystagmus (your eyeballs bounce back and forth). The high altitude of
Academy spin training--we entered all spins between 11,500 to 12,000 feet above mean sea level--did affect the way the aircraft spun and recovered. The thinner the air the less the flight control surfaces have to work with during a spin recovery. I believe this is one of the reasons all the spin accidents occurred at the Academy.
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the US media claimed the aircraft was to blame after four aircraft were destroyed in accidents, no engine stoppages or vapour-lock problems with the fuel system were found during very thorough tests at
Edwards AFB. All three instructors killed in the accidents came from the C-141, a large-transport aircraft. Their only prior aerobatic experience was in Air Force pilot training in the T-37 and T-38 jet trainers. This, combined with lower air density at the higher altitude of the Academy airfield and training areas, meant spin recovery was delayed and/or improper spin prevent/recovery techniques were used. Parachutes were not worn on the first fatal accident but were worn on the second and third fatal accidents. Both of these accidents were caused by low altitude spins. Following the three fatal accidents and an engine failure in the Academy landing pattern the fleet was grounded in 1997 and stored without maintenance until being destroyed in 2006.
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Commonwealth pilots through Joint Elementary Flying Training School until late 2010.
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The T-3 was a relatively unforgiving aircraft that would snap roll (flick) with very little rudder displacement accompanied with ANY stall buffet. This and the very nose low/high spin rate spin mode are the primary reasons the
Slingsby T67M/T-3A has such a terrible safety record--over 14% of the T-67
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aircraft for a role as a military trainer. The T67M has a 160 hp (120 kW) fuel-injected
Lycoming AEIO320-D1B and a two-blade Hoffman HO-V72L-V/180CB constant-speed propeller, single piece canopy, fuel in firewall tank. The fuel-injected engine with inverted fuel and oil systems allowed the
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Certified on 11 November 1993, the T67M260 added even more power with the six-cylinder 260 hp (190 kW) Lycoming AEIO540-D4A5 engine, three blade constant speed prop. Unusually for side-by-side light aircraft, the T67M260 was built to be flown solo from the right-hand seat to allow student
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Certified on 15 December 1993, the last military version of the T67 family was the T67M260-T3A, of which the entire production run of 114 was purchased by the United States Air Force, where it was known as the T-3A. The T-3A was basically the T67M260 with the addition of air conditioning. Although
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First flown on 16 April 1981 and certified on 18 September 1984, the T67B was effectively the T67A made, like the T67M, in glassfibre reinforced plastic, but without the up-rated engine and propeller. O-235 118hp engine, 2 blade fixed prop, fuel in firewall tank, single piece canopy. A total of 14
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stood down the entire T-3A fleet in July 1997 as a result of uncommanded engine stoppages during flight and ground operations. A major factor driving the decision were the three T-3A Class A mishaps. Three Air Force
Academy cadets and three instructors were killed in these T-3A mishaps. The US Air
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Certified on 15 December 1987, the T67C was the last of the "civilian" variants, based on the T67B with an uprated 160 hp (120 kW) Lycoming O-320 engine, but without fuel injection and inverted-flight systems found on the T67M variants. Two blade constant speed prop. Two further
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Certified on 20 December 1985, AEIO-320 fuel injected 160hp engine, 2 blade constant speed prop, inverted fuel and oil systems. The T67M MkII replaced the single-piece canopy of the T67M with a two-piece design, and the single fuselage fuel tank with two, larger tanks in the
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It has been used as a trainer aircraft by several armed forces, as well as civilian operators. In the mid-1990s, the aircraft became controversial in the United States after three fatal accidents during US Air Force training operations. The
Firefly has poor
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Hoffman propeller, inverted fuel and oil systems. A total of 26 T67M-200s were
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Force has no replacement for this type, as it no longer provides training to non-fliers. The aircraft were eventually declared in excess of need in the early 2000s and disposed of by scrapping in 2006.
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aircraft. The aircraft are owned and operated under contract by a civilian company on behalf of the military. In the UK, it was under a scheme known as "Contractor Owned
Contractor Operated" (CoCo).
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to manufacture the design, but after only around 40 had been built, the exercise proved financially unviable, and he was forced to close down production. A four-seat version was under development by
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sub-versions of the T67C copied the two-piece canopy (T67C-2) and wing tanks (T67C-3, sometimes known as the T67D) from the T67M MkII. A total of 28 T67Cs were produced across the three versions.
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when the contract ended. The aircraft were owned and operated by
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recovery, and has been involved in at least 36 fatal accidents.
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AF link: Officials announce T-3A Firefly final disposition
1153:"Sadness as Yorkshire planes are scrapped by US Air Force"
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in Colorado. The type was meant to not only replace the
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6-cylinder horizontally-opposed engine, 260 hp (194 kW)
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by Army, Royal Navy and Royal Marines students, and at
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54 kn (62 mph, 100 km/h) (with flaps)
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354:Four-seat version of RF-6B built by Sportavia with
881:Brassey's World Aircraft & Systems Directory.
856:use 6 T67M Mk.II aircraft for formation training.
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1430:UK Type Certificate for the T67 Firefly family
1205:"Skyborne offers UPRT in Slingsby T67 Firefly"
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1402:Hoyle, Craig. "World Air Forces Directory".
1336:"Slingsby Firefly T67 – service and support"
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1608:Slingsby Sailplanes and Slingsby Aviation
1425:Official Canadian Forces T67 Firefly page
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720:Royal Hong Kong Auxiliary Air Force
626:Royal Hong Kong Auxiliary Air Force
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506:Belize Defence Force Air Wing
304:Slingsby Firefly T67C cockpit
145:, originally produced as the
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46:Trainer/tourer/sport aircraft
2859:Aircraft first flown in 1974
1318:"Flight School and Aircraft"
554:Dutch pilot selection centre
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1357:Taylor, M J H, ed. (1999).
1238:13–19 December 2011, p. 34.
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1020:0.10 hp/lb (0.17 kW/kg)
887:General characteristics
730:Hong Kong Aviation Club
685:United States Air Force
485:operates three T67M-260
236:Hondo Municipal Airport
1447:Retrieved 18 June 2012
1439:Retrieved 18 June 2012
1383:"FAS.org T-3A Firefly"
1064:"Slingsby T67 Firefly"
848:Cubair Flight Training
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758:North Shore Aero Club
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1236:Flight International
1179:"Profile T Cassells"
830:Cranfield University
604:Bombardier Aerospace
391:T67Bs were produced.
282:Cranfield University
143:Slingsby T67 Firefly
2744:1962 redesignations
2737:Alternate sequences
2506:1948 redesignations
1436:Marshall Slingsby's
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1127:usaf.aib.law.af.mil
939:Max takeoff weight:
440:T67M260-T3A Firefly
226:Operational history
38:General information
1293:"Slingsby Firefly"
1273:on 19 October 2008
1267:Auckland Aero Club
983:Never exceed speed
752:Auckland Aero Club
462:Military operators
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1674:T.14 Kirby Gull 1
1664:T.12 Kirby Gull 1
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1209:Pilot Career News
1185:on 1 January 2014
483:Bahrain Air Force
396:T67M MkII Firefly
328:Continental O-200
264:RAF Church Fenton
220:Slingsby Aviation
151:Slingsby Aviation
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68:Slingsby Aviation
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1779:T.49 Capstan
1769:T.45 Swallow
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2082:Tri-Service
1970:Kirby Tutor
1955:Kirby Cadet
1920:Grasshopper
1915:Grunau Baby
1714:T.26 Kite 2
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1263:"The Fleet"
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1103:17 February
957:Performance
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244:Cessna T-41
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1865:Cadet TX.3
1860:Cadet TX.2
1855:Cadet TX.1
1824:T.61 Falke
1759:T.42 Eagle
1624:T.1 Falcon
1277:2 November
1163:28 January
1137:12 January
1050:References
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663:Grob Tutor
652:Royal Navy
600:Grob G-120
273:, and the
2637:T-41 (II)
2010:Skylark 4
2005:Skylark 3
2000:Skylark 2
1995:Skylark 1
1950:King Kite
1895:Falcon II
1829:T.65 Vega
1789:T.51 Dart
1699:T.23 Kite
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878:Data from
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619:Hong Kong
457:Operators
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335:RF-6B/120
292:courses.
159:Yorkshire
117:1974–1995
2632:T-41 (I)
1990:Sedbergh
1900:Falcon 4
1890:Falcon I
1734:T.34 Sky
1644:T.6 Kite
1505:aircraft
1388:10 April
1344:Archived
1322:FTEJerez
1302:29 April
1036:PAC CT/4
1025:See also
780:FTEJerez
296:Variants
104:> 250
57:Fournier
2536:T-13B/D
2084:systems
2035:V-Liner
2030:Venture
2015:Swallow
1985:Prefect
1980:Phoenix
1945:Kestrel
1940:Hengist
1910:Firefly
1875:Dagling
1870:Capstan
1848:By name
1074:18 June
925:Airfoil
912:Height:
900:Length:
476:Bahrain
326:-built
163:England
109:History
2692:T-48TS
2677:OT-47B
1975:Petrel
1935:Gull 3
1930:Gull 2
1365:
1234:Hoyle
991:Range:
795:Turkey
710:
675:
638:
616:
582:Canada
579:
542:
522:Jordan
519:
499:Belize
496:
473:
400:wings.
74:Status
2687:YT-48
2683:T-48
2672:T-47A
2668:T-47
2628:T-41
2531:T-13A
2527:T-13
2488:PT-27
2483:PT-26
2478:PT-25
2473:PT-24
2468:PT-23
2463:PT-22
2458:PT-21
2453:PT-20
2448:PT-19
2443:PT-18
2438:PT-17
2433:PT-16
2428:PT-15
2423:PT-14
2418:PT-13
2413:PT-12
2408:PT-11
2403:PT-10
2340:BT-17
2335:BT-16
2330:BT-15
2325:BT-14
2320:BT-13
2315:BT-12
2310:BT-11
2305:BT-10
2214:AT-24
2209:AT-23
2204:AT-22
2199:AT-21
2194:AT-20
2189:AT-19
2184:AT-18
2179:AT-17
2174:AT-16
2169:AT-15
2164:AT-14
2159:AT-13
2154:AT-12
2149:AT-11
2144:AT-10
1905:Falke
1885:Eagle
1565:RF-47
1560:RF-10
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894:Crew:
773:Spain
349:RF-6C
317:RF-6B
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198:Tours
194:]
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2724:T-54
2719:T-53
2714:T-52
2709:T-51
2704:T-50
2699:T-49
2664:T-46
2659:T-45
2654:T-44
2649:T-43
2644:T-42
2624:T-40
2619:T-39
2614:T-38
2609:T-37
2604:T-36
2599:T-35
2594:T-34
2589:T-33
2584:T-32
2579:T-31
2574:T-30
2569:T-29
2564:T-28
2548:T-19
2543:T-17
2523:T-11
2398:PT-9
2393:PT-8
2388:PT-7
2383:PT-6
2378:PT-5
2373:PT-4
2368:PT-3
2363:PT-2
2358:PT-1
2300:BT-9
2295:BT-8
2290:BT-7
2285:BT-6
2280:BT-5
2275:BT-4
2270:BT-3
2265:BT-2
2260:BT-1
2242:BC-3
2237:BC-2
2232:BC-1
2139:AT-9
2134:AT-8
2129:AT-7
2124:AT-6
2119:AT-5
2114:AT-4
2109:AT-3
2104:AT-2
2099:AT-1
2025:Vega
1880:Dart
1814:T.58
1809:T.57
1794:T.53
1774:T.46
1694:T.21
1689:T.20
1555:RF-9
1550:RF-8
1545:RF-7
1540:RF-6
1535:RF 5
1530:RF 4
1525:RF 3
1520:RF-2
1515:RF-1
1390:2007
1363:ISBN
1304:2010
1279:2008
1217:2022
1191:2022
1165:2024
1139:2022
1105:2022
1076:2012
947:1 Ă—
387:T67B
366:T67A
290:UPRT
254:The
183:RF-6
181:The
171:spin
141:The
43:Type
2802:T-7
2797:T-6
2792:T-5
2787:T-4
2782:T-3
2777:T-2
2772:T-1
2756:T-2
2751:T-1
2518:T-7
2513:T-6
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