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[Slap Stick]

The T-37 got its nickname, Tweet, due to the sound of the engine intakes.
There are two on display in Columbus, MS. One at the intersection of US Rtes 82/45 and on US 45 at the road leading to the main gate of Columbus AFB, where the T-37 was used until its retirement.
I wouldn't think the T-37 would work well as a civilian craft. One, it's small. Two, it's not pressurized, so the AF limited them to a ceiling of 25,000 ft. Actual service ceiling is about 35,000 ft.
They have an unusual stall/spin recovery technique.
IMO there are much better small jets out there.

 

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[Dipstick]

I read an article written by a pilot who flew them in Vietnam, which claimed the A-37 was incredibly effective because it was quiet. Perhaps he was throttled back?

Wikipedia says there were 6 latin American countries still flying the Tweet as of a few years ago, so perhaps a few will make it into civilian hands.

A lot of turbine aircraft are noisier at idle on the ground than in flight. Some former U.S. military aircraft come into civilian hands by way of foreign countries.
Here's a A-37 basket case for sale:

CESSNA A-37B For Sale in Rockford, Illinois

CESSNA A-37B For Sale in Rockford, Illinois at Controller.com

www.controller.com

 

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For the wealthy:

https://www.controller.com/listings/for-sale/north-american/ov-10-bronco/aircraft

 

[Photon440]

More on the Cessna jet noise:
From Harry Clements, an aeronautical engineer working on the design at Cessna in the 1950s:

Let me pause, though, and explain that there were several difficulties with the government-furnished jet engines, and it was easy to call them government-furnished engine problems. One was a very loud, high-pitched whine that came out of the inlets of the engines, which Air Force ground and flight crews identified with a dog whistle, and gave the airplane the endearing, and enduring, nickname of the Tweet.

And from an article by James Panter:

The Air Force’s made the decision to use the noisier of two government supplied engines to power the jet. Harry Clements, an engineer that worked on the T-37 design, says Cessna put vanes and sound proofing on the inlets that damped the noise to a tolerable level, but the Air Force felt the whistling was more acceptable than the loss of performance, so the noise limiting materials were discarded[3] much to the discomfort and hearing loss of a long line of Tweet pilots.

 

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I went to a "Wings and Wheels" car show recently that supports the restoration of vintage aircraft. The show was at Tillsonburg, Ontario airport, and the group concentrates on Harvards. This WW II trainer was known as the AT-6 Texan in U.S. They also have a Yale there. Basically a Harvard with smaller engine, and fixed landing gear. RCAF trainers were painted yellow and generally named for Universities.

 

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Yeah, that was a short lived version of the Starfire, after pilots noticed that firing those FFARs often meant that the rocket exhaust would cause an engine flame out.

 

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killed by friendly Flak

 

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