@25anddied asked “Seeing as the T-38 is being retired soon, is it possible 38s will be available to, probably very wealthy, civil pilotsâ?
If youâre adventurous and you have a few extra hundreds of thousands of dollars, you too could be a proud own of a T-38 Talon A model, just like I flew. Â Notice I didnât say millions. Â You donât have to be ridiculously rich, just really really rich to fly one of these. Â Also, youâre going to blow through about 3000 pounds of jet fuel in an hour, which is about 450 gallons, or $2300. Â And youâre not going to get much more than that each flight. Â I wouldnât even dare to venture into the cost of insurance but Iâm sure it puts your Maserati insurance costs to shame. Â
I do know a guy who is totally qualified to teach you how to fly your civilian T-38. Â Huggy (many will recognize the name) has a type rating in that (along with just about everything else). Â As for me, Iâll just relive it through videos like this, tearing it up over Mount Lassen.