pjvr99 Posted July 15, 2008 Share Posted July 15, 2008 Short a few hours of sleep, so it took me a few moments to realize where it was - ClubJed. Must have been a while ago, as the paint schemes have changed, and also the ramp layout:cheer: :cheer: :cheer: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jrkaegi Posted July 15, 2008 Share Posted July 15, 2008 The big bucks MS- 130 & VIP L100 had about 100 hrs ACTT: in 1988. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fräulein Posted July 22, 2008 Share Posted July 22, 2008 Yes it is Jeddah. The flightline and hangars were being prepped for a royal visit. The date was about 1996. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JamesWatkins Posted July 25, 2008 Share Posted July 25, 2008 Spent total of 5 years in Saudi, 3 in Jeddah and 1 in Riyadh, and 1 in PSAB. I worked on a MED Ship that in 1991 according to the flight log(USAF 781J)the last flight is in 12/23/89 for 3 hours. for a total of I think a little over 250hrs. all of this on an airframe that was over 10 years old.My wife was ticked off when I told her what type of equipment was on those planes. She was a respiratory tech at King Fahd Hospital, and most of their equipment was broke. Go figure. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Posted July 25, 2008 Share Posted July 25, 2008 This is all from memory---I wasn\'t directly involved, but followed what was going on... Lockheed-Ontario modified two brand new Hercs as hospital ships for Saudi. One was supposed to be just for the King (back in the 70\'s or 80\'s), who had a heart problem. The airplane was equipped with a full cardiac operating room, and intensive care recovery room. An APU was built in to the aft part of one of the external tanks for power and air conditioning. The second airplane also had an operating room, ICU for six, a triage in the back-end, and a roll-on/roll-off Mercedes ambulance. This airplane also had a weird extendable/retractable radio antenna on top of the fuselage that was to be used to communicate telemetry for the medical instruments on-board. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JamesWatkins Posted July 25, 2008 Share Posted July 25, 2008 That would be MS-8 and MS-6, both aircraft were unbelieveable. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jrkaegi Posted July 25, 2008 Share Posted July 25, 2008 The L-100 was unbelieveable.(real) gold and inside with a king size bed mounted on a gyro, The MS birds and the VIP L100 just sat on the ramp. In 1988 myself and two other crew members would preflight each day and services LOX\'s. That\'s all we did. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JamesWatkins Posted July 25, 2008 Share Posted July 25, 2008 I remember once was doing a preflight on MS 10 was walking away and came around the right gear pod and hear a faint hissing sound. another mechanic and myself investagated and found the main tires to be leaking through the weather cracks. we decided then to check all the planes found 4 more VIP green tails the same way. took each one in the hanger full jack job and replaced them all at once went through 20 mains and 10 noses in 2 days. most work I did the whole time I was there.LOL Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SEFEGeorge Posted July 26, 2008 Share Posted July 26, 2008 Seem to recall from my long ago (late 60s - early 70s) maintenance days that when planes are not flying, sitting around for long periods of time, that they were supposed to be towed around to keep the tires from flat spotting, etc. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
casey Posted July 26, 2008 Share Posted July 26, 2008 4T-1-3(tire TO) says every 3 Days. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pjvr99 Posted July 27, 2008 Author Share Posted July 27, 2008 Seem to remember taking them for \'walkies\' every 14 days - plane towed in fig8 pattern for +-20minutes Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jrkaegi Posted July 27, 2008 Share Posted July 27, 2008 Saudi\'s own the aircraft.In 1988 the tires where weather crack, and the Saudi thinking don\'t fly why change. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
trev130eng Posted July 27, 2008 Share Posted July 27, 2008 The Gyro was so that the King would always be facing Mecca in his sleep if he ever had to fly on the A/c. Each medical ship would be lucky if it flew 25 hrs a year. Equipment on board was unbelievable. I was working fuel cell at the time and was tasked with changing the external tank fuel pump. They forget to tell me the last third of the tank was an APU. Late 80\'s was fun time in Jeddah. Never forget Lockheed City compound. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fräulein Posted July 28, 2008 Share Posted July 28, 2008 TalonOneTF wrote: This is all from memory---I wasn\'t directly involved, but followed what was going on... Lockheed-Ontario modified two brand new Hercs as hospital ships for Saudi. One was supposed to be just for the King (back in the 70\'s or 80\'s), who had a heart problem. The airplane was equipped with a full cardiac operating room, and intensive care recovery room. An APU was built in to the aft part of one of the external tanks for power and air conditioning. The second airplane also had an operating room, ICU for six, a triage in the back-end, and a roll-on/roll-off Mercedes ambulance. This airplane also had a weird extendable/retractable radio antenna on top of the fuselage that was to be used to communicate telemetry for the medical instruments on-board. According to my father the king would fly (not himself but you get it)they would fly into the desert and give the Bedouin medical care. I included an image of one of the medical beds. That went out with the lockheed newsletter/flyer thing that was sent to me. His handwriting is \"MS 10 Jeddah\" it may not be the right image. [img size=782]http://herkybirds.com/images/fbfiles/images/scan0011.jpg jrkaegi wrote: Saudi\'s own the aircraft.In 1988 the tires where weather crack, and the Saudi thinking don\'t fly why change. What do you expect from people who run out of gas, leave their mercedes on the side of the road and go get a new car... :P Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bobdaley Posted August 2, 2008 Share Posted August 2, 2008 Anyone have a pic of MS-14 (4960) or MS-21 later MS-2 (4918)? Thanks Bob Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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