DC10FE

What position are you looking for? Check out my avatar -- they're always hiring, if you want to fly some really clapped out Hercs. Your grounded Hercs were probably in better shape than these. What was the company that grounded their Hercs and why? Don R.

VMC? If I remember correctly, the APU on the commercial Herc (the same one that's on the military C-130) is not certified for use inflight. I tried to find it in my old 382 AOM, but couldn't find the notation. Don R.

Hey Roy, My girlfriend left to attended her son's graduation from Army basic training at Ft. Leonard Wood. Her flight to St. Louis, via ATL, on Delta was canceled on the Tuesday and she was rebooked on another flight on the same day -- also canceled. She finally got there yesterday (Wednesday) and is watching him graduate today. They told her that the post had been on lock-down on Tuesday -- no one could get on or off the base. What a freekin' horror story. All that time, it was in the high 70's here in Tampa!!! Another hijacked thread, but to get back to the subject, I've heard that there's a retired 772nd FE at Dyess that maintains the A-model there -- a little skinny guy named Leslie Squires. You remember him, Roy? Can anybody confirm? Don R.

Greek fishermen hats & flokati rugs from Athens, Princess rings from Bangkok. When I was in Phnom Penh flying for the UN in the 1990's, you could buy those ceramic elephants at the open-air markets -- no, I didn't, but wish I had. Lazy Susans & those ugly big wooden forks & spoons from Clark? Clap from Angeles? Don R.

Back in the winter of 1963, while sweeping snow off the wing of a B-model at Langley AFB, I fell off the wing not once, but twice! I was a 4th wiper 1-striper just weeks out of tech school and I had the meanest, hard-drinking, foul-mouthed, 19-year SSgt crew chief named Willie Cool. Yeah, really -- that was his name! When I fell the first time, SSgt Cool asked me if I was OK and I said yes. He then got right in my face and said, "Well then, what the f**k are you doing down here?" I got up on the wing and started sweeping and slid off again! Both times, I slid down the flaps into big piles of snow and wasn't hurt. Then SSgt Cool told me to get the biggest screw driver out of my tool box and get up on the wing again. He said if I started sliding again, I'd know what to do with the screw driver. I was gonna refer to a photo in the production number gallery, but I guess Casey hasn't reloaded the 3600 series numbers yet, so here's a photo of SSgt Willie Cool and his crew. I'm the 1-striper on the left with just one button on my shirt. Willie Cool is on the right with asst crew chief A/1C Joe Mobley and A/2C Stingley. Don R.

I agree with Koen -- RNoAF 5629. Since I didn't have a photo to go by earlier, but I do now (a friend sent me a copy this afternoon), the USAF wouldn't put the msn on the tail. RNoAF has 5629 and 5630. Don R.

I couldn't open the link but, according to Lars' book, msn 5623 is 07-8609 of the 37th TAS. Don R.

Hey Muff, What are the names? Others on the board may know them. Don R.

For more years than I care to remember, I took the sound of a C-130's engine and prop for granted. Well, now I really miss it. Although this video is of an Electra's D501D-13's starting up, the sound is still there. I still look up whenever one of NOAA's P-3's from MacDill AFB flies over. Also check out a link there to a Connie starting up its R-3350's. Music to my ears! Click here: YouTube - Lockheed Electra start up Don R.

Bob, I may have found the 4th C-130 @ Goodfellow and the Tristar @ Atlantic City, but I'll be damned if I can find the A-model @ MacDill. I've been over every inch of that base on GE & last week drove to every place that was accessible. It's either been broken up or shipped somewhere else. That's a nice shack the Ruskies have on the Eastern Shore of MD. Don R. Oh, BTW, thank's for making me lose most of my morning on GE when I should've been doing things much more constructive. It's addictive!

Dan, Yeah, I remember stopping at the armory in the crew bus and me and the load would get our weapons. Usually after the flight, we'd get in our cars and stop by the armory on our way home. One evening, though, I remember stopping for a beer at the Rod & Gun Club on my way home. I was a smoker back then and as I reached into my pocket for a cigarette, I realized I was still armed! Well, I finished my beer, had a couple more and then drove back on base at turned it in. Don R.

Bob, On Google Earth, I counted 4 C-130's there -- 2 camo and 2 gray. One of the camo's has the wings and tail next to the fuselage. Don R.

Again -- proof that I'm a dinosaur. Don R.

Koen, If you check 3543 in the gallery, Bob D. has 3 photos of it going through Paris. Don R.

Just curious -- how can you "squawk" SUMO? Don R.

Reminds me of the photos of 58-0745 being towed from Evreux AB, France to to Spangdahlem AB, West Germany back in 1962. Don R.

Haven't a clue where this photo came from; I have a Bart Meltzer as the photographer. If there is a copyright problem, I'll delete the pic. Don R. [ATTACH=CONFIG]1930[/ATTACH]

Welcome to the club! I'll pop a Bit for ya. Retired from the USAF in 1985; retired from commercial aviation in 2003. Haven't done anything productive since. Don R.

OK, a Canadian loadmaster friend of mine just emailed me the definition of a crock of $h1t. Gives a whole new meaning to my crock-pot chili. Don R. "A crock of shit" derives from an ancient Roman custom that coincidentally took place in Roman times. It referred literally to a pot into which people would excrete if they were particularly bored by whichever freelance philosopher happened to be talking rubbish at the time. The Roman empire employed crock-monitors who were each assigned to a philosopher and it was their job to monitor the pot (or crock). Should the crock become full, it would be presented to the philosopher, who was obliged, by law, to announce that it bore a remarkable resemblance to himself, thus proclaiming he was full of crap and was, in fact, talking a crock of shit. "I am talking a crock of shit", Socretes 429 BC

So, how much BS does the standard crock hold? I imagine it depends on temp & PA. Is SMOE a factor? WTF is a crock, anyway? Don R.

Maybe this site may help? Click here: Rescue Patches Don R.

Thanks, Dan. It's just that he used to call me about once a week and then nada. Don R.

Thanks, Bob

Are there any active duty Marine units scheduled to get the J-model? Don R.