Muff Millen Posted December 2, 2011 Author Share Posted December 2, 2011 You never flew combat, did you? Wow Sam, you are getting crotchity in your old age. George has more experiance in ,around on on aircraft than most of us. I do not understand your remark. Also has tons of time in RVN. Muff Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
EClark Posted December 2, 2011 Share Posted December 2, 2011 Way to go Dutch we were grease monkeys to these guys but we kept these birds in the air!!!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Spectre623 Posted December 2, 2011 Share Posted December 2, 2011 (edited) Ouch!...gettem' bullet. Edited December 3, 2011 by Spectre623 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
larry myers Posted December 3, 2011 Share Posted December 3, 2011 Dutch, I like the way you think. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sparks Posted December 3, 2011 Share Posted December 3, 2011 Facts are facts. And the fact is that it takes an entire team to keep an aircraft in the air. An aircraft may shut down engines at 1700 but thats just the end of one mission and the start of another. I sure remember working all night and most of the next day in all types of weather to make that aircraft airworthy for the next mission. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
james Posted December 3, 2011 Share Posted December 3, 2011 Facts are facts. And the fact is that it takes an entire team to keep an aircraft in the air. An aircraft may shut down engines at 1700 but thats just the end of one mission and the start of another. I sure remember working all night and most of the next day in all types of weather to make that aircraft airworthy for the next mission. Yes, you are 110% correct - most people that was maintenance worked these hours too. One thing about it, them old planes are cold in the winter and hot in the summer. Hell, I remember canning engines several times, I always thought this was one of the most stupid things we ever did. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
EClark Posted December 3, 2011 Share Posted December 3, 2011 When one of our planes was on a overnight mission the crew chief was with it and we didn't get to go to the club as soon as the plane hit the ground.This might be out of line if so let me know. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NATOPS1 Posted December 3, 2011 Share Posted December 3, 2011 You never flew combat, did you? Sam told me he was SORRY and what he meant was that sometimes you got to exceed the limits to survive.... I think we ALL understand that WE are different parts of a bigger picture and aircraft need to be fixed so crews can fly missions and when crews fly missions $ht happens and maintainers need to fix airplanes... Without maintainers crews wouldn't have aircraft to fly and without flyers maintainers would have nothing to do so.... Neither is better! Both are the best at what "THEY DO" and one without the other is like.... well you fill in the blank... Let’s move on and see what we can "fill in the blanks" with.... 1. Oreos without milk... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dutch Posted December 3, 2011 Share Posted December 3, 2011 Why does he not come on here and tell all of us he is SORRY? I think the world of all of stuff he has writen in the past and mean no disrespect to him but as one of the guys said this was rude. I never flew in combat but I did spend a year at Da Nang dodging 122MM rockets. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hlg6016 Posted December 3, 2011 Share Posted December 3, 2011 Oreos without milk are like pretzels without beer................ Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GVS Posted December 3, 2011 Share Posted December 3, 2011 Been watching this one and figured it was about to turn a little ugly. Lets face it, if not for Maint. AND Flt. crew we'd all be ground pounding infantry.Lets get over our little PMS snit and act like what most of us are: mature old pharts. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
james Posted December 3, 2011 Share Posted December 3, 2011 You never flew combat, did you? At no time did I ever think of this comment rude or sarcastic - but rather an attempt at describing a situation when it would be necessary to exceed max bank angle. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SEFEGeorge Posted December 3, 2011 Share Posted December 3, 2011 At no time did I ever think of this comment rude or sarcastic - but rather an attempt at describing a situation when it would be necessary to exceed max bank angle. Maybe it was just the way it was worded then. I know that the birds flew some drastic maneuvers in VN. But the post was addressing an air show incident. Anyone remember the B-52 that crashed at Fairchild I believe. Hot shot pilot killed his crew during an airshow practice I think. Or the hot shot pilot that crashed the C-17 at the Dorf some months ago during an air show practice. These were normal ops type situations not combat. Hell I remember a pilot on his last Bou flight buzzed the runway at CRB and did a 90 degree bank over he runway right near where were were working near the nose docks. Not combat situation but understandable. He was heading home, and the old Bou was pretty damn stout. And thanks Muff. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Muff Millen Posted December 5, 2011 Author Share Posted December 5, 2011 http://www.military.com/video/aircraft/military-aircraft/paris-airshow-2011-c-130-flight-demo/1011344484001/ The origional like dried up here is a good link. PS: I was expecting to see "stuff" fall out of the ramp as he pulled up with the door and ramp open. Muff Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wil Sanchez Posted March 10, 2012 Share Posted March 10, 2012 Wow great video. Has anyone ever seen a herk doing lazy 8's? I was with a crew in Thailand that was showing off for a couple of F-4's. We did 2 lazy 8's and got a little respect from the fighter jocks. Our beloved Herks can do some amazing things. e are also fortunate to have the best air crews and maintenance guys in the world. I salute all of you. Take care and be safe. Wil Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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