bobdaley Posted October 23, 2016 Share Posted October 23, 2016 Been a long time but I flew a few of the 61's going through Sewart.The pump for the cargo door, the doors were all sealed, was also used to emergency extend the nose gear and so the pumps were kept operational. Bob Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fritz Wester Posted October 24, 2016 Share Posted October 24, 2016 All A's, B's and the first 16 or 18 E's had the FWD cargo door. The E's because they were actually ordered as B's and were converted to E's while still on the production line. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bobdaley Posted October 24, 2016 Share Posted October 24, 2016 Fritz is right, the first 16 E models all 1961. The Marine Herk with the open cargo door was a KC-130F which was a version of the B and they all had forward cargo doors. bob Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AMPTestFE Posted October 24, 2016 Share Posted October 24, 2016 21 hours ago, edlmann said: We had 61-2367 (3712) and 61-2372 (3717) at CCK in '71 to '73. Both had sealed forward cargo doors, but the hand pumps were still in place. Come to think of it, i think other early "E" models had the pumps installed, although the door had never been installed. Aircraft assembled by a committee? The forward cargo door hyd pump was also used to hydraulically extend the nose landing gear in case of utility failure, that's why we always checked the fluid level, even though the door had been sealed for decades. I'm not sure when the alternate NLG extension system was changed (maybe with the '62 series?), but I could see them deleting the door prior to redesigning that system. I was always told the reservoir didn't hold enough to get the nose gear extended fully, that you had to have a can or two handy. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DC10FE Posted October 25, 2016 Share Posted October 25, 2016 My very first TDY as a one-striper in 1963 was from Langley AFB to Sewart AFB to have a B-model's door sealed. I didn't even know that I had to file a travel voucher when I got back! Don R. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
donwon Posted October 25, 2016 Share Posted October 25, 2016 I was at Sewart when all the sealing took place. We may have crossed paths there. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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