Talk:T-45 Goshawk

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[edit] Navy aircraft with one engine?

The Navy usually wants aircraft to have 2 engines for carrier operations for safety over water. I would guess that is not important for the non-combat T-45 trainer. Any other ideas? -Fnlayson 20:05, 29 April 2007 (UTC)

  • It's not the first US Navy jet aircraft with one engine, remember F-16N or F-21A. All were used for training so your theory seems to be good. Piotr Mikołajski 20:08, 29 April 2007 (UTC)
  • Thanks. I wasn't aware of those two. Seems like there was a 1 engine fighter or attack jet back in the '50s or '60s used by the Navy, but I can't remember what it was called. -Fnlayson 20:20, 29 April 2007 (UTC)
  • Almost all US Navy carrier-based piston-engine fightes and bombers were single engined, as were the early jet fighters (F4D Skyray, F9F Panther/Cougar, F11F Tiger, F3H Demon, FJ Fury series, and of course the F-8 Crusader) and attack planes (A-4, A-7). THe only twin engine jets in that period were the FH Phantom, F2H Banshee, and F7U Cutlass, until the F-4 arrived, and the much-larger A-3 and A-5. THe A-7 was the last single-engine carrier-based planed produced fo the Navy. By that time, engines had become small enough and powerful enough that there wasn't as much of a weight penalty as with earlier types of engines. As to the T-45, it moslty operates in the Gulf of Mexico close to land, so the redundancy of two engines is not that big a factor. The twin-engine Alpha Jet was also a contestant for the T-45 program, but lost to the single-engine Hawk. - BillCJ 20:51, 29 April 2007 (UTC)
  • There were few older single engined jet aircraft - A-4 Skyhawk, A-7 Corsair II, F-1 Fury, F-3 Demon, F-6 Skyray, F-8 Crusader, F-9 Cougar, F-11 Tiger. Piotr Mikołajski 21:04, 29 April 2007 (UTC)
  • My pre-1970s knowledge is thin. Appreciate the info and lesson. The F-8 was one I had in mind. It was latest to retire from Navy service (there abouts). -Fnlayson 21:12, 29 April 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Expansion

I've added a short Operational history section and added some sentence to the Development section. Please review to see if it makes sense and doesn't skip needed details. Also, if you can add some details (sourced), that'd be great too. Thanks. -Fnlayson 20:13, 21 July 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Replacement for T-2 Buckeye?

My understanding is this was originally intended to replace all T-2 Buckeyes in the training role, yet I believe there is still one wing/ base for training using the T-2. Can anyone add some information as to why? 74.214.40.40 22:56, 1 August 2007 (UTC)

  • Could be a lot of things, like there's not enough T-45s yet or the T-2s are used differently. One thing is they can put a T-2 into a flat spin, while it's difficult to do in a T-45. In any event the T-2 is being phased out.[1] Maybe someone else knows more about this.. -Fnlayson 23:31, 1 August 2007 (UTC)