donwon Posted June 12, 2012 Share Posted June 12, 2012 I watched this on the Weather Channel last night. Very interesting for me. I think it is a new series. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Spectre623 Posted June 14, 2012 Share Posted June 14, 2012 Recorded 2 episodes Donwon and enjoyed it also. Now if they would go along on a gunship and film an actual mission I could get into that...even an old trash haul or troop drop would do ha ha. I noticed something about the flt deck....they left the FE at home. Must have needed the room for the film crew.They even took his seat out!!!!!!! Oh well thats the movies for ya! Bill Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
herky130fe Posted June 16, 2012 Share Posted June 16, 2012 Maybe it was a J which has no FE Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DC10FE Posted June 16, 2012 Share Posted June 16, 2012 It's too bad there isn't a font for sarcasm -- I'm sure that Spectre623 would've used it in his comment about the FE being left at home. Don R. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gizzard Posted June 16, 2012 Share Posted June 16, 2012 Maybe it was a J which has no FE Yeah it is a 'J". look at the Cuisinart props................. This has to be a hell of a ride, but I think some low-levels to Blackstone or the Bragg DZ's could be almost as rugged. Giz Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Spectre623 Posted June 16, 2012 Share Posted June 16, 2012 Well yer so right Don R... after banging around on 130's for over 30 years I can almost tell the difference... heh heh. I know the J is a great bird but I still would have went with an FE just for the added safety factor and to help keep the zero's awake, ha ha . Bill Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JimH Posted June 16, 2012 Share Posted June 16, 2012 I worked at the NOAA Aircraft Operations Center (home of the NOAA Hurricane Hunters - they have 2 WP-3Ds) from 1997 until I retired in 2008. I was invited several times to go along for a hurricane penetration. I told them I had plenty of experience puking in the back of a C130 on low levels when I had to fly - I had no desire to voluntarily subject myself to more!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Spectre623 Posted June 19, 2012 Share Posted June 19, 2012 Good one Jim. If you ain't been sick in a 130 you ain't flown much in one , ha ha. Bill :) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sparks Posted June 19, 2012 Share Posted June 19, 2012 well... I never got sick in the back of a 130. Cold, sore, feet freezing but never sick. And been all over the world in 'em. Boones Farm in Hampton, Monti Crasto in the Azores and any number of other beverages in various countries have caused my guts to turn on occassion. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gizzard Posted June 20, 2012 Share Posted June 20, 2012 well... I never got sick in the back of a 130. Cold, sore, feet freezing but never sick. And been all over the world in 'em. Boones Farm in Hampton, Monti Crasto in the Azores and any number of other beverages in various countries have caused my guts to turn on occassion. Boone's Farm???? Oh, how peasant-like. You must have missed out on the various Ripples, Annie Greensprings, Cold Bear, MD-20/20, and the other gourmet wines available at ALL the 7-11's, and there were a million of them down there......If you are goin' to the reunion in September, I propose a 7-11 tour as well!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! I only got sick once, myself, along with my ILM, on a low level to Blackstone. I don't know why that bird did not come apart, and all because some wing weinie needs his drop................... Giz Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gizzard Posted June 20, 2012 Share Posted June 20, 2012 And remember the paratrooper's procedure... Stand UP, Hook UP , throw UP!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Giz Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jmitch Posted June 20, 2012 Share Posted June 20, 2012 Giz you forgot the last part (take it with you) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Railrunner130 Posted June 20, 2012 Share Posted June 20, 2012 I won't watch Hurricane Hunters as long as it's on Weather Channel. WC is great for weather, but beyond that I can't stand it. I've been trying to get Ice Pilots to have themselves move to a different channel. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Spectre623 Posted June 20, 2012 Share Posted June 20, 2012 Whaaat? They have a weather program on the Weather Channel????When??? Naaaa! ha ha .Bill Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bobdaley Posted June 20, 2012 Share Posted June 20, 2012 Boone's Farm was the fine wine of choice after we drank all the cases of Mateus we brought back from Lajes! Bob Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sparks Posted June 21, 2012 Share Posted June 21, 2012 Ahhh, I had forgotten all about Mateus ! Musta killed that brain cell Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SEFEGeorge Posted June 21, 2012 Share Posted June 21, 2012 Giz, I can't remember a LM briefing I heard like - sit down, shut up, keep your feet of the seats, etc. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gizzard Posted June 21, 2012 Share Posted June 21, 2012 maybe like " sit down, shut up, strap in and don't s@#& in my chain boxes?""" Giz Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SEFEGeorge Posted June 21, 2012 Share Posted June 21, 2012 maybe like " sit down, shut up, strap in and don't s@#& in my chain boxes?""" Giz Probably more like it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dan Wilson Posted June 26, 2012 Share Posted June 26, 2012 Good one Jim. If you ain't been sick in a 130 you ain't flown much in one , ha ha. Bill 5000 hours and many many of them extreme low level and never got sick once. Now I wont say there wasn't a couple of times I hung a garbage bag over the back of the pilots seat for those hot day low levels following a hard night of consuming the cheapest local variety of alcohol (sometimes terminating a few hours prior to show time). Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gizzard Posted June 26, 2012 Share Posted June 26, 2012 5000 hours and many many of them extreme low level and never got sick once. Now I wont say there wasn't a couple of times I hung a garbage bag over the back of the pilots seat for those hot day low levels following a hard night of consuming the cheapest local variety of alcohol (sometimes terminating a few hours prior to show time). what was the rule, Dan, no smokin' for 12 hours and no drinkin' within 50 feet of the airplane???? I remember somehtin' like that! Giz Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gizzard Posted June 26, 2012 Share Posted June 26, 2012 Good one Jim. If you ain't been sick in a 130 you ain't flown much in one , ha ha. Bill sorta like if you remember the 60's,you weren't really there??????????? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dan Wilson Posted June 27, 2012 Share Posted June 27, 2012 what was the rule, Dan, no smokin' for 12 hours and no drinkin' within 50 feet of the airplane???? I remember somehtin' like that! Giz Yep, those were the old days. I remember times when the entire crew went from bar to flight line - sometimes not the wisest thing to do but that's the way things went sometimes back then. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gizzard Posted June 27, 2012 Share Posted June 27, 2012 I can remember part of them well............. I know I learned to operate the fuel systems, cross feed, etc, so my Canadian born FE could soothe his achin' head many times on my first rote to Mildenhall. Reckon I did okay, the fans kept turnin'.... Giz Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pwylie Posted June 27, 2012 Share Posted June 27, 2012 Yeah, those were the days. My AC, Capt. Bob Craft, taught me the about drinking scotch whiskey on a rotation to Rhine Main. Still drink it today, but a little bit better stuff. Not that Johnnie Walker is bad. That was the rote that started the tennis ball cannon wars. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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