Guest Posted March 20, 2012 Share Posted March 20, 2012 Good read, beautiful photos. http://prometheus.med.utah.edu/~bwjones/2011/12/building-the-c-130j/ Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nascarpop Posted March 20, 2012 Share Posted March 20, 2012 (edited) I and others were able to take a tour of the Marietta, Georgia factory while in the Air Force. It must have been in 1970. We picked up a plane from Mod and flew it to CCK. It was a two week trip because of problems along the way (fuel leaks, high winds, etc...). What an amazing factory. They were building the first two fuselages for the C5 in one end of the plant. They were huge for the times! It is one of the best trips I remember well while in the AF. We flew to Dyess, McClellan, Hickman, Guam, Wake, Okinawa and CCK. Edited March 20, 2012 by nascarpop More information Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Spectre623 Posted March 20, 2012 Share Posted March 20, 2012 (edited) A great spread Casey, thanks for posting it. A couple of nuggets of info about the place: It is offically known as AF Plant 6, it is not on Dobbins ARB proper, but does share Dobbin's runway. The final assy. building is B-1( that is where the pics were taken) and covers 76 acres and is fully air conditioned. There are 2 building number sets and they are B-1,2,etc which were the original Bell Bomber Plant buildings (1943-45) and buildings across the runway that were built by Lockheed and their numbers start with an L prefix such as L-10 (C-5 wing r&R hanger) . Also the mid fuselage for the 2 XB-70's were built in a tent in the B-1 building in the 60's. Also B-1 bld. had 38 miles of fluoresent light tubes. Just some info I picked up about B-1 while working there in the 80's. Any Herk type should tour the plant if ever given the chance. It will only add to your confidence and trust in the Herk as it did for me. Bill Edited March 21, 2012 by Spectre623 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jimsmith130 Posted March 21, 2012 Share Posted March 21, 2012 Really a neat place to tour. This is a huge building. Back in the corner of the first picture (to the left of the American Flag and behind the blue striped wall) is where the F-22 was built. Jim Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DC10FE Posted March 22, 2012 Share Posted March 22, 2012 Back when Lockheed had a simulator at Marietta, I was with St. Lucia Airways and we had some sim sessions there. I remember a tour of that facility and there was something unique about the floor. Anyone know what I'm talking about? Don R. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FEC130 Posted March 22, 2012 Share Posted March 22, 2012 Back when Lockheed had a simulator at Marietta, I was with St. Lucia Airways and we had some sim sessions there. I remember a tour of that facility and there was something unique about the floor. Anyone know what I'm talking about? Don R. Would that be the wooden block floor? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
loadsmith Posted March 23, 2012 Share Posted March 23, 2012 Would that be the wooden block floor? Have been able to do a plant tour twice in the past 3 years and the highlight is the new folks always attempting to get a piece of the floor. It's amazing to see the J model line from start to finish and the folks that build them; we appreciate their work and hopefully we keep them employed for the foreseeable future. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DC10FE Posted March 23, 2012 Share Posted March 23, 2012 Would that be the wooden block floor? Yep, that's it -- the wooden block floor. Thanks. Don R. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FEC130 Posted March 23, 2012 Share Posted March 23, 2012 There are still a couple of small areas with the wood floor. With all the construction and upgrades to B-1 building I am guess those will be gone soon. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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