I was a flight instructor for years, and I agree with him fully. When a student has their eureka moment, it's the most gratifying feeling ever and I loved it!

In 2010 a relative, who is a marine, was waiting to start training at Pensacola NAS. He was offered a chance to start training early if he went to Vance and do primary with the air force in the T6 (UPT). He enjoyed the experience. They did a great job because he did well enough to go on to advanced tactical jets. Thanks for posting!

Something I noticed was that without oil pressure the prop is fully feathered. Must be a safety feature so that if you lose power the prop goes into it's most aerodynamic position. Beautiful plane.

Thanks again Hasard! Excellent insight for the ground based fans among us. My son trained on the PC9 in Australia. They are now using PC21.

Thank you, Major, for sharing your story with we, the family of a current student, in Mississippi! It’s reassuring to see that the instructors are embracing this huge responsibility with an irreplaceable love of what they do! Our grandson is “stoked” too!

The Major really knows his aircraft. What a great representation of The USAF, and pilots in general. Really enjoyed this video.

I have the pleasure of working with these tex2’s every day at work! Super cool watching you guys in the MOA’s!

Great video hasard!! It's great to see you back! Waiting for more amazing content!!

Love ur videos, the best quality only never seen a bad video from you!

This is awesome! My father Lt. Col. Dave Leazer retired one of the versions of the Texan II some years back, I can't find the article online anymore and was the Lt. Col. of flight operations at either this base or Sheppard AB (can't remember which one he retired from) until a few years back, when he retired. He's now a captain with United Airlines.

you explain more than I knew to ask. lifetime curiosity about these trainers. seen them frequently. thank you.

That is a VERY cool little plane!! Kudos to the pilots and producers for a GREAT video!!

Great video, Hasard. Thanks !!

Great video. Thanks for posting!

Great to see you back Hasard!

GREAT JOB Major! As a PPL, I feel like I have a decent overview comprehension of the T6 now….I would LOVE to fly one.! You’re all GREAT Americans! Thank you for your service!👍🏼🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸

I really like him, not a nerd, just an erudite lad who is really good at breaking down information into digestible language. A true professional.

Anyone that flies out of Randolph AFB flies over my house. I will never complain about your noise - come closer to the deck sometimes :). Thanks for your work and your service (From a former Navy guy).

Welcome back Hasard greetings from Egypt🇪🇬

Dope video, thanks bro!

During my pilot training many years ago the biggest thrill was the opportunity to fly with a friend in his AT-6. Of course, it was a WWII vintage plane so you get to see the control cables and hear all of the squeaks and pops as we maneuvered. Now I see these modern AT-6 TEXAN II aircraft and I fell in love all over again.

@TheAlmostHarmless

2 жыл бұрын

The Texan II carries on the legacy of being all cables and pulleys! Each one does have it's own personality too, in terms of pops and squeaks.

They fly over my house almost daily. I live so close to the base. Love the video.

What a cool job. I'm an old Cessna 172 driver and would have loved becoming a jet fighter pilot, but started way too late in life. I got my pilot's license at 45 years old.

@richardbell466

2 жыл бұрын

Never too late!👍

@unclelar53

2 жыл бұрын

@@richardbell466 Well, I'm 68 now so yeah, it's too late, lol. Thanks for your reply. I have the utmost respect for you guys. Stay safe and keep the blue side up.

@richardbell466

2 жыл бұрын

@@unclelar53 gotcha! Still you are one of the lucky ones!! Cheers

@heim1

Жыл бұрын

Your not missing anything. I’ve had 100x more fun in my Cessna than this thing. Doing it for a job with some guy screaming at you in the back makes it not fun at all

At last a video after a long time.

I live on the Northside of Sn Antonio and I frequently see the Talons and Texans flying over head...love it

It's nice to see you back! Greetings from France 🇫🇷

@HasardLee

2 жыл бұрын

greetings 🍻

Thank you for your service. Great walk threw and information. Would fly with you any time.

Really well done.

These aircraft have a good looking set of colors and graphics on them. The two tone color combination used works well on this aircraft.

Good to have ya back ol boy.

need more videos like these 🥰

Welcome back! its been a minute!

I spent about 4-5 months at Lackland Afb.(Language Institute) before I went to Ordnance school in Huntsville Alabama ,still very impressed every things there and wish to go back someday in the future.

I recently watched a podcast of former T-Bird Lead Solo, Major Michelle “Mace” Curran. She was asked which aircraft she’d love to keep flying in her civilian life. Without hesitation and with a huge smile she said, “The T-6! I’d love to own one!” Great video! 👍👍👍

pretty sure this is what we use down under here in NZ too! seen a few in person, really cool plane!

Jonathan Leetch was my IP at Columbus AFB in 2019 for my T-6 cross country, great guy and wonderful instructor. Good to see that he is training new IPs at Randolph!

I saw a pair of these doing a fly over in my home town yesterday. It was pretty cool. They were maybe a thousand feet above me. Pretty Cool sight and was quiet thrilled by seeing them fly past me.

I have these guys flying over my house all the time. Floresville, TX.

Wonderful ! 👍

Graduated from UPT in 1972, assuming this replaced the T-37….great video!

@HasardLee

2 жыл бұрын

Thank you. That's correct, it replaced the tweet in 2009. It's a great trainer

@freedomfan4272

2 жыл бұрын

@tippersteffi1 a new trainer is being tested currently ro replace the T6 for the USAF

@jaredhartman7088

2 жыл бұрын

@@HasardLee the tweet has to be the loudest aircraft known to man in my humble opinion

@unknownrider3071

11 ай бұрын

@@jaredhartman7088 Not only loud but high-pitched as well. IIRC it put out 135 decibels at the intake, which is close enough to your head that with the canopy open you can touch it with your hand.

The first thing that jumped out at me was the ejection seat safing was so far down the line of stuff to check. When I was in, '76 thru '82, F-106 and F4 D/E, the ejection seat safety pin was the first thing you checked. I saw crew chiefs and load crew go down the tubes for not checking, or out of sequence.

@JabbaTheYutt

2 жыл бұрын

we check the ejection seat safety pin, the CFS handle safety pin, and the ISS mode selector right as we open the canopy

I fly a PC-12 and the similarities between this and it is striking. Obviously, wish we had a stick and bubble cockpit but hey!

I fly my Cherokee 6XT out of KSKF (Joint Base Kelly Field) amongst the F-16s and C-5s, but often encounter the Randolph T-6s in the San Antonio area and at KCVB and KUVA. I've found the T-6 pilots to be extremely courteous and considerate around the GA traffic. They often stop for a burger at KUVA and leave all the doors and access panels open while they eat. I suspect its for heat dissipation, but would like to know for certain. Thanks for this video! (Last year while completing my biannual flight review with my CFI on board, I landed at KCVB. A T-6 was in the downwind and the instructor called out "nice landing". Made my day and evoked a laugh from my CFI)

@iONCEwasHEREtwice

2 жыл бұрын

Its for heat dissipation and preflight. If you have to quick turn flights off station and the engine hasnt cooled enough, you have to motor which kills the battery without a GPU. Low battery can cause a variety of start complications.

My brother works at Randolph and I live 5mins away from there. Cool to see you pop up in my recommend

Nice to see Randolph, my dad was part of PIT at the 99th FTS

Student pilot here… Loved this video!! What a plane 🤩 👍🏻 🇺🇸 makes me want to learn formation flying.

@oldlineaviation2830

2 жыл бұрын

What are you learning on?

The first T 6 Texans were made by North American, big radial engined trainer. Served the students well for many years. This new version built by Beech is incredible! Welcome to the jet aga!

Bro I literally live a few miles from y'all. It's cool to see yall fly

I recently got to fly the T-6 Texan II and T-38 Flight simulators. I work in the flight simulation industry so fly lots of different types of aircraft simulators plus have commercial/instrument GA license. BTW the T-6 is exceptionally fun to fly, but the T-38 was fantastic to fly aerobatics!

I worked the T-6A in Moody AFB before the BRAC. Now I work with the T-6B at Whiting Field.

Best teacher

They fly over my house every day. It's cool to see the details of the planes from another perspective.

wow y r so lucky to the the AT6II, i have been flying that plane for several hundres hours in FSX, its a great plane.

I love that trainer! I’d love to fly out one day.

Beautiful plane,I know of at least one navy student who went to Enid, OK. From there to McCann Field, Meridan

Welcome back sir ✌️

Nice video, I make all the VR training content for Randolph and AETC. Working on the AIC course now.

Great Instructor 👍

Awsome vid. Im trying to be a fighter pilot like you

@geoluc2357

2 жыл бұрын

Good luck and work hard!

@sealinerocket2479

2 жыл бұрын

Thank you

Great video!Could you please tell me how HOTAS on this trainer works, thank you!

Lucky dude! Dream job!!!

He's back!

Ok I’m ready to fly it now!

Long time no see Hazard, excellent video.

@HasardLee

2 жыл бұрын

thank you 🍻

Was stationed at RAFB for 6 years crewing the T37. Great assignment. The T6 was just coming on line when I PCSd out.

@markg7963

2 жыл бұрын

I was a Tweet IP about then. Thanks for being there with me. I miss those days! Cheers!

@jimsublett9583

2 жыл бұрын

@@markg7963 Good times they were. Pretty good acft for it's age.

@markg7963

2 жыл бұрын

@@jimsublett9583 And really great people. Things have gotten really weird since then. I miss it but I don’t think I would like the modern version…. Hope all is well!

@jimsublett9583

2 жыл бұрын

@@markg7963 Yes it was my first assignment after FTD so ATC/AETC was my first impression of the AF. Much different than TAC for sure but I did enjoy it. After 22 years I retired in 07 from Beale AFB crewing the U2 then the RQ4. Also good assignments. I have since moved back to Texas (my home state), and have been enjoying the retired life. Cheers!

They fly over my house all the time love the sound

T6s come here to tulsa from Vance all the time for practice. Love the sound of them.

More fun than the Warrior II I started with ;)

I wish i could get a ride in one of those. I see some from my local AFB flying over all the time.

You are finally back.

cool if we could go through it with a mechanic. "Gotta fix this, this will break every other time they go up, this engine is great, the landing gear is full of suprises" That kind of thing. Thank you for the tour, sure was fun :)

Nice job on the video. What a great day at the office job. 🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸 p.s. My son was a T-6 FAIP at Vance.

seems like a real good guy and a good instructor. man the T6 is sexy awesome video mate

Nice video. Keeping the dream of flying from ancient Greece the Daedalus and Icarus! Thank you.

@RobertoLopez-zr7dk

2 жыл бұрын

Anyway, this training PLANE IS also in service with the HAF. 🇬🇷

I’m getting my PPL and joining the air national guard after college is that a good way to become an air national guard pilot? And thank you for your service

Hey Hasard!! Any chance we can get a video explaining hand signals like the ones at the start of this video? Thanks!!

@iONCEwasHEREtwice

2 жыл бұрын

0:04 Just waving to the crew chief that just marshalled him out of chocks 0:07 Helmet tap followed by upward four means change to preset radio channel 4, the canopy slap tells the wingman to go to route position from fingertip 8:55 Helmet tap is a preparatory cadence for the hed nod, when the chin hits chest, release brakes for formation takeoff

good job

Nice airplane, but there's still a soft spot in my heart for the venerable T-34C (I know, Navy not Air Force, but still). Talk about a workhorse!

I've been to that base a couple times.

Hazard! In phoenix for a few days. Any chance you could recommend a good time to visit the end of the runway at Luke airforce base to see some cool stuff? Love the videos!

Not sure if you are looking to do more reactions to DCS or if you will see this comment but there’s a pretty neat cinematic done by Adrián Caparzo called ELI 21 following a SEAD mission with F-16s (or at least I believe that’s what it was I’m still trying to learn this stuff.) Just found this channel and already really enjoying it.

What a great name...!!!!

got a ride in one of these !

Wow! It has a very World War II look on the outside but a very modern interior! I love it!

What are according to you the advantages/disadvantages of manned combat aircraft compared to unmanned combat aircraft(drones), which are controlled from the ground(so no AI)?

Good morning to all from SE Louisiana 20 Mar 22.

Cant wait to fly this plane in a couple of years!

@freedomfan4272

2 жыл бұрын

That's probably about time the new USAF T7 red hawk will be starting to replace the T6

@Byte_11

2 жыл бұрын

@@freedomfan4272 oh dang

@RobertoLopez-zr7dk

2 жыл бұрын

@@freedomfan4272 the Boeing Saab T-7A is intended as a replacement for the Northrop T-38 Talon.

Glad I flew the T-37 (Converter- converted fuel into noise) at UPT. Total blast.

@unknownrider3071

11 ай бұрын

Also known as a 6,000 pound device for converting kerosene into noise!

I saw this dude at KUVA a few weeks ago.

Hi I have a question with the f16 and the f35 you have a right hand joystick And on the left you have the throttle so I was wondering if you have to be right handed. I had just noticed it playing in a flight sim

Cool

Hey Hasard, I have a question. When ever your going on a roller coaster or ride with high G’s, does your fight pilot instincts ever kick in? Or are you more relaxed?

@brenttaylor4352

2 жыл бұрын

Nah, roller coasters are pretty tame. You can see when you're going to feel the 2-3 Gs because of the tracks. On top of that they don't last very long. Sustained Gs are more painful in the jet and you don't necessarily get to anticipate them all the time.

Awesome video! Just got a C-17 slot in the reserves, most likely going to UPT summer of 2023. I heard they are phasing out the T-1? What should I expect?

@AmendMD

2 жыл бұрын

The 2.5 syllabus is changing all the time so you won’t know till you get to your base. You will get wings after a longer T-6 course though

@HasardLee

2 жыл бұрын

Congrats. Lots of changes going on. Standby for the next video for a tour of Det 24's experimental program for the potential T-1 divestment

Great video! Vance 82-08. Loved theT38! I'm sure the T-6 isn't as noisy as the T-37 but does it spin as well?

@TheAlmostHarmless

2 жыл бұрын

It spins and recovers like a dream. Half the time, a hands off recovery is faster and more pleasant than a Studs attempt.

@gerardmoran9560

2 жыл бұрын

@@TheAlmostHarmless Good to hear. Enjoy it!

I was like, “isn’t that a PC-9?” and I was pleased when I realised it’s just a funky US renaming. I love getting daily air shows from my local PC-21s

I wanna be an airforce pilot when i grow up, I’m saving up for a dcs set up

Cool airplane but I’m glad I went through the T37 T38 era. (And that was when everyone when thru the same program including T38 Four ship.

@HasardLee

2 жыл бұрын

T-38 video is coming soon...

Does the PCL directly just adjust the pitch of the propeller ?

Love the Army Air Corps

Very interesting, thank you to all of our Nation’s war fighters for your service. God bless you and God bless the United States. 🇺🇸👍🇺🇸💪🇺🇸