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Warbirdnerd
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I think they look more like T-28 wings...
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T-28 wings are only about 5 ft. long so don't think so.
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Obergrafeter wrote:
T-28 wings are only about 5 ft. long so don't think so.



5 ft long?
lol

this will be interesting
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Obergrafeter wrote:
T-28 wings are only about 5 ft. long so don't think so.

Think you mean T-38 wings are 5ft long.

T-28 Trojan wings are quite large.

On another note..Curtiss P-47 wings....wrong company and and wrong type..lol. Someone was not too sure what they were doing when they posted that.

Oh well.

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Obergrafeter wrote:
T-28 wings are only about 5 ft. long so don't think so.

Think you mean T-38 wings are 5ft long.

T-28 Trojan wings are quite large.

On another note..Curtiss P-47 wings....wrong company and and wrong type..lol. Someone was not too sure what they were doing when they posted that.

Oh well.

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Didn't Navy trainers use the last three digits of the BuNo as the fuselage/wing code? If so they might be from T-28B 138229; the "2W" code comes up as NAS Miami. Trouble is, 138229 was sold to Thailand, so... :?:

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martin_sam_2000 wrote:

On another note..Curtiss P-47 wings....wrong company and and wrong type..





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This is getting fun!

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Kind of look like North American T2 Buckeye wings to me.
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T-2 Buckeye wings?
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martin_sam_2000 wrote:
Think you mean T-38 wings are 5ft long. T-28 Trojan wings are quite large.


Been waiting for someone else to pipe in here on this. Nope I mean T-Twenty-Eight wings are only about 5 feet long,,,,,,,,,,maybe six on the outside.
The majority of the lifting surface of a T-28 is a Center Section with two stub wings on the ends.
Should know as I had five of them sitting by my hangar for years.
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Definitely not P-47 wings. They are painted in the old Navy white and high visibility orange scheme. P47 wings are also elliptical.

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warbird51 wrote:
T-2 Buckeye wings?

You may be right; might be two starboard wings because neither one has a landing gear well. I spent a while last night looking for a photo showing the top of a Buckeye wing to match the skin/rivet patterns; best match I could find was an image of an MPM model kit!

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martin_sam_2000 wrote:
Obergrafeter wrote:
T-28 wings are only about 5 ft. long so don't think so.

Think you mean T-38 wings are 5ft long.

T-28 Trojan wings are quite large.

On another note..Curtiss P-47 wings....wrong company and and wrong type..lol. Someone was not too sure what they were doing when they posted that.

Oh well.

Sean


Curtiss did build P-47's, that's where the P-47G's came from. :)

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After looking at the photos again and our T2 this morning, I'm going with T2 wings. Here's a photo of our wing for comparison.


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Could someone buy them and then sue to actually be given real P-47 wings from some dark corner? J/K.

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