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Tim, awesome picture. Proof of the old axiom, the best way to service an aircraft engine is to stand it on end.

You could probably buy a T34 for a fair price these days due to all the trouble they have been having. Two inflight breakups with at the air combat schools with the wing separating led to a 152 Knot redline and +2.5g max load. Subsequently the feds said you could replace the spar with a Baron or Bonanza spar or put doubling straps on it as alternate means of compliance.

I wonder whether it's just the repeated high time and probable over-limit stress (The T34 has a +6G redline normally) on the air combat school airplanes that's responsible or if the fleet is just getting older.

Yeah, call me a safety nut, but I've done enough acro to know that altitude is your friend. Just doing the manuevers requires enough concentration without worrying about whether you have enough altitude for a recovery or whether you could exit the aircraft wearing a chute