Originally Posted by
rickair7777
The original T-34 was in fact piston, but the the T-34C used for decades before the T-6 came along) was a turboprop. We have used to have a piston T-34 at my local military flying club.
A few of those things are still hanging around. I think in the 90's, they had some really bad structural issues that led to a lot of retirements. Interesting that they are taking all the C's to AMARC and not selling them like they did the B's. I would think there would be a market for them other than spare parts, which is all they are going to be out in the desert.
I loved flying the Turbo Weenie. It was underpowered compared to most military planes, but very forgiving and a great trainer except that you couldn't see jack from the back seat.