| Olympia Flight Museum is dedicated to the preservation of the memory of those who gave so much. The Olympic Flight Museum was founded with the goal of bringing people together to relive, recollect and learn about aviation history. Some of the aircraft displays that can be seen at the museum are BAE Lightning, T-28 Trojan and T-37B Tweety Bird. Widely known as the "Tweety Bird" or "Tweet", the XT-37 prototype made its maiden flight on October 12, 1954. The aircraft is first USAF jet conceived and designed originally as a jet trainer, rather than being modified from current jet designs to a trainer (as was the case of the F-80 becoming the T-33 trainer). Its flight characteristics enabled student pilots to transition into the faster T-38 "Talon" in the latter stage of flight training. With side-by-side seating, the T-37 allowed the instructor to observed and train the the student pilot easily. It was a universal trainer which facilitated training in the fundamentals of jet operations, instrumentation, and formation and night flying. |
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