SteveV22FE Posted August 18, 2015 Share Posted August 18, 2015 (edited) Does anyone have any pics of Ghost Rider as it appeared in the 1992/1993 time frame? I was a GAC troop at Dyess AFB and it diverted in late one night for an RT289 change. The Pro Super couldn't get a hold of the comm/nav weekend duty person so they called me since I had comm/nav cross training. So, technically, I can say I worked on a AC-130A. I have found a few pic on the internet, but I don't know if they are the right period. Some pics have an overall gunship gray paint scheme with four bladed props, while other pics of it have it in a Shamu paint scheme with three bladed props. It's been over 20 years and my memory of that plane isn't that great, I do remember the aircraft saying "Ghost Rider" on the side of the fuselage. Can anyone out there help me? I am building models of all the aircraft I have worked in my aviation career and I would like to model this one as well. Here's a pic of 1666 that I built... Edited August 18, 2015 by SteveV22FE Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hehe Posted August 18, 2015 Share Posted August 18, 2015 http://www.c-130hercules.net/gallery/category/6-3001-3099/?page=22 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SteveV22FE Posted August 19, 2015 Author Share Posted August 19, 2015 http://www.c-130hercules.net/gallery/category/6-3001-3099/?page=22Yeah...these are good pics, not great pics and they don't have any reference as to when they were taken. So, I'm not any further in my quest than when I started, Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Spectre623 Posted August 20, 2015 Share Posted August 20, 2015 (edited) This may help a little SteveV22FE. We received Ghost Rider at Dobbins ARB,Ga. on 28 Sep 1995. It was a 2 tone gray with 4 blade props which replaced the 3 blade props in about 1977- 1980. There are 2 pics on this site in the Gallery photos. They are listed as 3010B and C. These are pics on the Dobbins flight line. Pic 3010jpeg shows it at Duke field,Fl with a solid dark gunship gray paint with 4 blade props. Duke Field Fl, 919 SOW, 711 SOS, received Ghost Rider after Vietnam on November 4,1975. So, Duke field had Ghost Rider from 1975 till 1995. They are the only people who could tell you what color it was on the date you worked on it. 3010 is the Lockheed sn. and 54-1623 is the AF tail number. We put the 3 blade props on after it arrived at Dobbins. I will post them for you. The paint was not very new when the plane arrived at Dobbins in 1995 so my guess is it would have been the 2 tone gray when you worked on it in 1993. Hope this helps. Bill Edited August 21, 2015 by Spectre623 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SteveV22FE Posted August 21, 2015 Author Share Posted August 21, 2015 (edited) Bill. This is exactly the information I was looking for. If you have an additional pics of the aircraft in the two-tome scheme while it was on active duty, I would really like o see them. The more references the better. I am curious if the spinner domes were painted black or gray. if you notice the first pic below it looks as though the the entire prop assembly is gunship gray. Which I find interesting, because the Herks I worked on were all natural metal, minus the cuffs and tips. I wonder if that was a SpecOps thing. I would have never thought that finding pics of this aircraft would be so hard. There's lots of pics of Azreal and The First Lady, but not to many of Ghost Rider. Thank you again! Steve his may help a little SteveV22FE. We received Ghost Rider at Dobbins ARB,Ga. on 28 Sep 1995. It was a 2 tone gray with 4 blade props which replaced the 3 blade props in about 1977. There are 2 pics on this site in the Gallery photos. They are listed as 3010B and C. These are pics on the Dobbins flight line. Pic 3010jpeg shows it at Duke field,Fl with a solid dark gunship gray paint with 4 blade props. Duke Field Fl, 919 SOW, 711 SOS, received Ghost Rider after Vietnam on November 4,1975. So, Duke field had Ghost Rider from 1975 till 1995. They are the only people who could tell you what color it was on the date you worked on it. 3010 is the Lockheed sn. and 54-1623 is the AF tail number. We put the 3 blade props on after it arrived at Dobbins. I will post them for you. The paint was not very new when the plane arrived at Dobbins in 1995 so my guess is it would have been the 2 tone gray when you worked on it in 1993. Hope this helps. Bill Edited August 21, 2015 by SteveV22FE Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Spectre623 Posted August 21, 2015 Share Posted August 21, 2015 The spinners and tips were flat black with the 4 blade props and wheels dark gray when it arrived at Dobbins in 1995. Will check my discs and see if I have any more pics. Bill Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SteveV22FE Posted August 23, 2015 Author Share Posted August 23, 2015 Thanks Bill.Greatly appreciated. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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