Guest cobra935o Posted October 31, 2007 Share Posted October 31, 2007 I doubt Mactan has changed much since you were there in 67-68 either! Well at least the base anyway, the rest of the city, and Cebu I am sure have grown leaps and bounds. Nathan Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jim Farrar Posted October 31, 2007 Share Posted October 31, 2007 Muff, you are close. I was 34 when I got there. I had been flying in to Mactan since the early to mid 60s on C-124s before I got to C-130s. As far as Mactan now, There is a bridge to Cebu now and the field is now an international airport and the pristine beaches we knew now have tourist hotels. What a waste of Marigun beach. And what did they do with our drunken monkey? Jim Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Graywolf Posted October 31, 2007 Share Posted October 31, 2007 Muff Millen wrote: PS: I moved here to Smyrna Georgia this past June and I get to see and best of all hear the mighty Herk flying in the neighborhood out of Dobbins ARB love it. I\'m living just below the Florida/Georgia line. The C-130s out of Aero Corp. on test flights come right over the house low about 3 or 4 times a week. Nothing else sounds quite like a 130. Kinda miss it all ..... but not enough I would want to do it over again. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jim Farrar Posted November 1, 2007 Share Posted November 1, 2007 I live 3 miles from the back gate of The Rock. I am in the short pattern and hear 130s almost day and night. The only thing as good for me would be to hear those multi engine round motors again. I have lived in the sound of airplanes since I was 17, and will never get tired of it. By the way, The display airplanes here at the rock now include the C-119 (which I started flying on) the C-130 A and E and a C-123 that I flew on for three years in Alaska (that airplane). My history is following me. Jim Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mayor Posted November 1, 2007 Author Share Posted November 1, 2007 About twice a week, 130\'s from Little Rock come over to Fort Smith to practice approaches. I can\'t always see them because of the trees but the sound is unmistakable. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rivars Posted November 1, 2007 Share Posted November 1, 2007 the A model at the front gate is wearing 4 bladed props...couldn\'t they find a set of 3 bladed props? Blasphemy pure blasphemy Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jerry Hatfield Posted February 23, 2008 Share Posted February 23, 2008 Hi. My name is Jerry Hatfield. Maybe we crossed paths. I was a maintenance officer(Lt.)at Dyess from Sept. 1962 through May 1964. I remember we had some old blunt-nosed models, and a dozen ski birds. When we got in the new E models we loved how clean looking and clean smelling they were. Nice orange seat cushions and blue-green cockpit. People I remember: Sgt. Nelms of FMS, a very good electrician; Sgt. McKrell who drove our OMS expediter truck; Sgt. Tillery who ran Job Control; SMSgt Sosebee of OMS; SMSgt Vess of Aero Repair; other OMS Sgts. -- Willis, Gastonguay, Logan, Longmire, Fink, Gordon, Stamper, Pearce, Crosby, Maupin, Hill, Mays, Carpenter. OMS officers: Lt. Spurlin, Lt. Sansone, Capt. Avery, Capt. Hinkley, Major Miller, Major Davis, Major Pond. I\'m not sure, but I think the FMS commander was Lt. Col. Smith. Lt. Col. Burger was the DM -- boss of the Chief of Maintenance. When the 17th TCS was reassigned to Elmendorf, I PCSed with them, to take care of the 6 D-models and the 6 D-6 models. I PCSed to Maxwell AFB in Oct. 1965. I stayed in aircraft maintenance through 1977, and in logistics through my retirement in 1984. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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