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  1. On 12/13/2018 at 10:56 AM, munirabbasi said:

    Can we replace the swing window of civil version with military version

    Munir abbasi

    You might be able to if the locking mechanism on the military version window lines up with the commercial version locking device on the window frame. 

    Don R.

  2. 23 hours ago, munirabbasi said:

    Hello World Expertise 

    .Please describe limitation of NESA swing window and Difference of Military version and civil version hing window 

    Munir Abbasi

    Home of hercules Pakistan  

    To get FAA certification, it was required that the civil version had to have 3 positive locking devices on each swing window, whereas the military version has just one locking device.  The NESA systems are identical.

    Don R.

  3. Did anyone else watch the pilot episode of "Manifest?"  I don't now if they had a technical adviser or not; probably not.  The first 737 scene in flight is a -300 series or higher because of the flattened lower engine nacelles.  In subsequent scenes on the ground, it's an older model.  Then in the inflight cockpit scene, it shows a 3-engined airplane instrument panel.  I don't think it was a 727 -- didn't notice any fire handles.  And finally when ATC asks the captain how many passengers he has on board, he replies, "191."  Puleeze, give me a break.   The normal passenger configuration for a 737 is around 130, more or less, unless it's a stretches model.  Interesting show otherwise.

    My girlfriend hates to watch aviation oriented movies or TV shows with me for obvious reasons.

    Don R.

  4. On 9/24/2018 at 7:23 AM, munirabbasi said:

    What beautiful picture of B model aircraft 

    It's been 51 years since I've been on the B-model, but I don't think that's a B-model with the Rosemount pitot system and the LOX service door.  Just picking a nit here.  Nice pic, though.

    Don R.

  5. On 8/2/2018 at 11:03 AM, larry myers said:

    An A/3c fe?    Guessing the position more resembling a flying crch

     

    Yep, Larry, that was my first thought -- a flying crch, but all the B-66's at Korat took off and landed back at the same base.  Also, these planes were flying over North Vietnam.  Don't think they'd allow a crew chief to tag along.

    When you mentioned your duties as an A/3C, you omitted the wash rack.  Spent a lot of time washing the bellies of a lot of B-models.

    Don R.

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  6. I flew with an old A-model captain when I was an FE with Transafrik in Angola.  He enjoyed telling the story of departing somewhere in the very cold icy north.  The funny thing is that he departed with the parking brake set and when he landed at Pope AFB (I think), he blew all 4 mains!  Before you ask about the anti-skid light, I also asked that question.  He said the early A-models had no anti-skid inoperative light.

    Some of you old heads may remember Bonzo Von Haven -- a legend in the Herc world.

    Don R.

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  7. From 1967 to 1970, I was on the C-118's at Rhein Main.  The fuel boost pumps were in the MLG wheel wells.  To clean the engine exhaust tracks, we'd disconnect the output fuel line and attach a small hose and nozzle and turn on the pump and wash down the exhaust with 115/145 avgas.  

    Then, when I got out, I worked for Eastern Airlines in Boston.  I started out washing the Connies and Electras there.  We washed them with Varsol which was in a tank on a small trailer with a pump.  To service that tank, a fuel truck would pull up and fill the tank.  Can't remember whether it was 115/145 or Jet A-1.

    Don R.

  8. The last I heard, it was at Nashville, TN, but that unit transitioned to something other that the C-130.  4132 is a pretty old airframe -- I would imagine it's parked at Davis Monthan AFB or broken up by now.

    Don R.

  9. Tiny, it was called a called passing light.  It was used if you had oncoming traffic you could turn it on to be more visible. The T-29 without the radome also had one, as did some C-47's.

    Don R.

  10. On 3/30/2016 at 7:17 PM, loadsmith said:

    And also, it's another way to tell that there definitely no flight engineers on board.

    When I was a DC-10 engineer at Gemini Air Cargo, they used to call the winglets on our MD-11's flight engineer tombstones.

    Don R.

  11. 20 hours ago, BRlang said:

    How bout 100% flaps. Did one on accident. Dirt strip up close to Cambodia. Landed and taxied onto the ramp. No forklift and nobody met the plane. Figured the field was hot. Did a speed off load and taxied back onto the runway in one quick move. I was still closing the ramp and door when we started engine run up and soon as the door closed light went out AC released the brakes. I held on to the left paratroop door and away we went. Normal takeoff until we got to about 50 kts. then hard to accelerate but then we just jumped onto the air. Your pretty much committed to fly off a 2700" strip. Ain't no stopping at that point. Everybody missed the flaps in before takeoff.  

    Yep, did it a couple of times with Transafrik in Angola -- not on purpose, of course!

    Don R.

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