bobdaley Posted December 31, 2010 Share Posted December 31, 2010 USN Pax river bird at Hill by Mike Toppin Last i heard it was testing a radar for the E-2 Bob Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CV880 Posted January 3, 2014 Share Posted January 3, 2014 Hi Bob,, 157 finished up the E-2D radar tests, was deinstrumented, converted back into a trash hauler and given to the Coast Guard at Liz City ( 1521 or 1523 maybe). Someone questioned the drag count- don't remember exactly, but it did have some handling quality issues. Pretty good wing drop when stalled, adverse yaw, and kind of squirrely in a crosswind. Did a funny wing drop when coming into reverse that maintenance could never sort out. Re-rigged it a bunch, all props came into reverse together, RPMs pretty tight. We were used to it and just gave it a bit of lat input! Same thing inflight, you needed to lead your turn with a bit of rudder, when flying it with the yaw damper off. TC Pax River Flying Circus Flying a desk now. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
n1dp Posted January 3, 2014 Share Posted January 3, 2014 That used to be the CG 1721. Did the Navy or Hill AFB do the demod? Bet that has some low hours on it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bobdaley Posted January 4, 2014 Author Share Posted January 4, 2014 Elizabrth city did some of the work on it. It is flying minus the radome in a half USN color scheme. I saw this picture on the net of it flying at Patrick. By Alan Stern I think. Bob Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CGRetired Posted March 15, 2014 Share Posted March 15, 2014 Yep, that's the 1721. Sequestration took the money away for a paint job, so the CG is flying it with a 'unique' paint scheme. It has very low hours compared to the rest of the fleet, that's why the CG took it back...for "free"...it wasn't so free after de-mod... Believe it or not, it's one of those slated to go over to the forest service in the next few years... CV880, was the wing dip with the dome on it? I seem to remember that. Senior Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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