T-28 Trojan Trainer Plane - a photo on Flickriver

February 2010

This was my first HDR that I did back in February 2010. I reworked it a bit to take away from the abomination that it was when I first started doing HDRs. Many would say that they still are "clown vomit" ugly HDRs that on occasion have caused blindness, but I digress ;) Everyone is entitled to their wrong opinion from time to time (including myself), LOL!

Today I would have done this differently. My fisheye causes a TON of CA, fringing, etc. that I removed (most of it anyway) in this version of the image. Believe it or not, I dialed the saturation way back in this version as well. I also realize that there is A LOT going on in this image. Too lazy to refine it any further...maybe I'll have a better version of this come the spring time ;)

Here is the T028 Trojan Trainer place at the Battleship Cove in Fall River, MA.

Some history from the museum's website:

"In the late 1940s, the North American Company designed and built the T-28 Trojan in response to the United States Air Force's need for a new training plane.

The T-28 was a replacement for the T-6/SNJ which had served the Air Force and Navy since the mid 1930s. Several versions of the T-28 were produced, but the early version was powered by an 800 horsepower Wright R-1300 engine, reached a top speed of 285 mph, and could climb to 29,000 feet. Later versions included performance and other modifications that made the T-28 suitable for combat operations. These "combat" models served in several foreign countries and were used by the USAF in Southeast Asia during the Vietnam War.

The T-28 on display at Battleship Cove was used as a carrier landing qualification craft at Pensacola (FL) for many years. In 1975, the plane sustained a crack in its main wing spar after a "hard" landing on the carrier Lexington and was judged no longer fit for carrier landings. The plane was eventually declared excess and place on permanent display outside Newberry Hall."

www.battleshipcove.com/aircraft-t28.htm

Taken in: United States / Massachusetts / Fall River / Fall River Station (show map)

Taken on: February 15, 2010

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