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The Northrop T38 Talon |
| The T-38 Talon is a twin-engine, high-altitude, supersonic jet
trainer used in a variety of roles. It is designed with economy of
operations and ease of maintenance in mind. It is used by
undergraduate pilots for pilot instructor training. Air Combat
Command, Air Mobility Command and NASA also use the T-38 in various
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In use since the 1960s
as a military jet trainer, the T-38 has
been used as a tool for helping pilots
to learn supersonic techniques,
aerobatics, night and instrument flying
and cross-country navigation. |
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The Talon can climb to 30,000 feet in one
minute. The T-38 has also been used as a
spaceflight readiness trainer for NASA
astronauts and as a chase aircraft during test
flights and space launches. |
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Several very interesting videos
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Recommended System Specs |
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Microsoft Flight Simulator 2004
required. |
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Dual
Core microprocessor or
higher with 2 GHz MHz + speed and 2 MB RAM minimum. |
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Windows
10, 8, 7, Vista or XP. 32 or 64
bit. |
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Nvidia or ATI Radeon based 3D accelerator video
card with full antialiasing and T&L lighting capability and a
minimum of 512 MB onboard RAM. |
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SoundBlaster Live or equivalent
128-bit DirectX sound device. |
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Up-to-date DirectX video and sound drivers. |
| Obviously, higher end systems with
quad-core
processors and 3.0 GHz+ speed
CPU, 4+ GB system RAM and 1024+ MB or preferably video RAM will perform
much better. |
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Premimum Design for FS 2004 |
The T-38 has swept-back wings, a streamlined
fuselage and tricycle landing gear with a
steerable nose wheel. Two independent
hydraulic systems power the ailerons, flaps,
rudder and other flight control surfaces.
The instructor and student sit in tandem on
rocket-powered ejection seats in a
pressurized, air-conditioned cockpit. The
Talon first flew in 1959. More than 1,100
were delivered to the Air Force between 1961
and 1972 when production ended.
Approximately 562 remain in service
throughout the Air Force. The T-38 maintains
an exceptional safety record to this day.
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| Features |
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Custom model built for Flight Simulator 2004
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Takes advantage of all animation
and texturing effects available to each version of
the simulator. |
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Ultra-realistic flight modeling,
with user selectable realism. |
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Full 2D panel/virtual cockpit
systems and switch integration. |
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Realistic panel lighting
features. |
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Full system modeling. |
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Cabin pressurization. |
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Paint Scheme Manager. |
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9 additional paint schemes available |
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Complete documentation and checklists.
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