Northrop T-38A Talon
Target for the Northrop T-38A Talon
100 to 200fpm
Full marks for descent rate up to 200 fpm; under 100 fpm the coach says the touchdown was softer than this aircraft is normally flown.
- Vref reference
- 155ktat 4,173 kg
- Tail-strike limit
- 12°the category's
- Ideal touchdown zone
- 150 to 460mpast the threshold
- G-force
- 1.10Gfull marks, the category's curve
Two-seat supersonic trainer with two afterburning GE J85 turbojets, the world's first and most-produced supersonic trainer, in US Air Force service since 1961.
Roundout scores this aircraft with the Military Jet Trainer category's curves and touchdown-zone window. The figures it uses are below.
How its touchdown is scored.
The score at each point of its curves. Between the points, scores fall in a straight line; the full method is in the scoring methodology.
No shared landings or board for this aircraft yet. Its figures appear once pilots with a public profile have shared 5 graded landings in it, and a board once at least 5 opted-in pilots have flown it 10 or more times each. See the boards there are.
For reference.
Aircraft data
- Manufacturer
- Northrop
- Model
- T-38A
- Variant
- Talon
- FAA approach category
- D
- MTOW
- 5,485 kg (12,092 lbs)
- Vref in flight
- Adjusted to the weight you land at
- MSFS source
- Payware (Blackbird)
- Category
- Military Jet Trainer
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