tinyclark

Damn, I heard about that same one.

OK, I guess I got lucky. I missed out on the 1980 Kenya mud bog via a coin toss. DAMMIT!

"The investigation found that there was insufficient back pressure on the control stick of Thunderbird #1 during the loop." That sounds like the joystick actuator to me.

Can't help you there, but I still think they were the best Thunderbirds.

Even though I hated picking up Comm/Nav maintenance for the 435th OMS Enroute, it was nice working a C141 with the APU running and heat on it during the winter months.

Any TDY with the 7th SOS blackbirds from Rhein Main was good.

That's pretty much it Archie. I can't believe what they've done/are doing to my Air Force. I could give the CSAF an ear full.

At least it didn't go across your chest!! Usually, you're OK if that doesn't happen. Yea, I hated working on that thing, but I like to think I raised the reliability rate on the RT289 in Europe quite a bit while I was there. I basically overhauled them when they came in. Tube checks, new PFN, TR tube, ATR tube, thyratron, magnetron, etc. They were always bitching about what we spent on our bench stock though.

Hey, this is the more kind, more gentle Air Force.

That is a funny site, run by men. Do a search for woman, or girl.

There aren't any A/C inlet plugs down inside the intake, are there? While at the 'Dorf, we had two aircraft we got from somewhere over in the far east that had plug covers inside the fight deck A/C intake. One of them had two sets. "What the hell is happening to my covers? Someone must be stealing them..."

We got sucked into the ACC program when that command took control of the C130s back in 1992, and then promptly gave them back to AMC as soon as they woke up and decided they may have to chew their arm off to get away from the old girl. We're the red-headed step children of the program. We are deployable, but haven't as of yet, since we don't send a full squadron as the fighters do. Not that I don't want your respect, but I can't take credit where it isn't due.

APQ175 was X band and Ka band. The replacement for the APQ122 had to be form/fit/function. They had to put a lot of crap into that system that wasn't necessary, just to meet the "guidelines". Ku band is only 12-18 GHz. From the shop manual: Frequencies (SRGM) (nine selectable channels) 32.2 GHz +/-50 MHz 32.3 GHz +/-50 MHz 32.4 GHz +/-50 MHz 32.5 GHz +/-50 MHz 32.6 GHz +/-50 MHz 32.7 GHz +/-50 MHz 32.8 GHz +/-50 MHz 32.9 GHz +/-50 MHz 33.0 GHz +/-50 MHz 70.8 kW peak min at RT/antenna interface flange

I don't know what the saying was. It was heavy, and I was big, so they ball and chained me to that RADAR mockup. We used to sneak up behind people working on it, and this included me, with some bubble wrap, packing tape to rip a big piece off, or an end bell to drop to scare the crap out of person working the bench.

That would probably be an APN59 RT, which I am very familiar with, especially being shocked. There was a capacitor on the transmitter deck that would charge up real good if the thyratron tube didn't fire (or if I took off the top cap of the thyratron). Turning off power and shorting it to ground would sound like a .22 going off.

I have very little experiece with the A/C system, but is it possible you are losing some bleed air via the aux vent valve or the floor heat shutoff valve? What about the cargo compartment/flight deck diverter valve? Also, is the air recirculation fan on, and is it operating the way it should be? This is what was in Volume 16, No 2, Lockheed Service news: If flow is weak, or if there is no flow, check the position of the flow control valve. The position indicator on the side of the valve should indicate about one-third to one-half open. The valve operation is affected by ambient conditions and bleed air system pressure; therefore the exact position may vary somewhat, depending on operating conditions. Be sure to check for system leakage at duct joints, especially at the water separator. Visual inspection will usually pinpoint this type of trouble. A failed cooling turbine will also result in reduced airflow; however, this condition will also be accompanied by an inability of the system to provide adequate cooling.

my sincere condolences

Is there a plug number on the inside of the aircraft for those two cannon plugs, or a wire number or two you can give me??

Wow, I bet there is a buttload of spare LRU's for her!!!!!!!!!!!!!

I believe that was the one, are you sure it was a 37th crew? Hell, could have been a regular AWADS bird too, I've slept since then. They called me late that night and asked me if I was sure I red X'd it.

It'd take some money coming my way before I was caught driving that damn thing.

Speaking of radome bolts... I opened the radome on Talon 1 at Rhein Main, and red x'd it of course. The aircraft took off and landed at another base, and they noticed the radome was loose. Turns out the guy that signed it off from the truck had a 3 level go make sure the bolts were installed in the radome. They sure were, well, at least the dummy bolts on the outside edge were. He never looked inside at all.

I thought it was the band-aid panel. Either way, it covers the hinge point.

How do you take the world's ugliest modern automobile, and make it even uglier??? Easy... Ta-Daa!!

I fried my ass a bit on F4 leading edge bleed air, getting off the aircraft on a red ball.