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The only good suggestion I ever submitted was on another airframe, got a nice letter explaining why it wouldn't work as per the Boeing Tech Rep. Two months later nice write up in base paper where Boeing Tech Rep. got big bucks, from Boeing, for the same suggestion.

Left a bitter taste toward the suggestion program.

Mike

If I remember right and its been many moons ago. The system worked ok if it was set up properly by the CCT, but it wasn't trusted by alot of pilots. We had it on E models at Dyess and Yokota both, only place I remember using it was at K 10 in Korea and at Pope during an ORI.

Mike

On the gunships in Thialand we had canned form F for the different loads, redone every 90 days. Was my additional duty. I worked them up and stan eval double checked them.

Mike

My wife reminded me of the Combined Federal Contribution Fund requirement. Roger that! When an NCO/Officer demands that all young airmen (who have a damn hard time making it on what they get paid) donate more than their "fare share" to a group of complete f---ing strangers; then the said EPR/OER will reflect such action. Immediate promotion "ahead of peers" is guaranteed!

Kurt

Had an old MSgt tell me when I was a youngest, pledge for all the " money give me's" then write "decease" on envelope and return when you get billed. No one will check on it. Squadron get 100%.

Mike

Welcome aboard. Lot of knowledge on this board, plus some BS. People here who have flown everything from A models to J models and are good at sharing their knowledge and experinces.

Mike

Don't know about th car, but T/M at Hickam, in the mid 60;s found a jeep near the parking area where a few C130's had been parked before departing for the States. They had came out of SEA.

Mike

From our house to your.

http://www.jacquielawson.com/viewcard.asp?code=2009067151102&source=jl999

Mike & Ann Thompson

Be naughty save Santa the trip!

Had a couple of beers with Buddy yesterday, he says that was quite a trip.

Flew with Jerry when I first got to the 16th. He left in 81 I think.

PS; 118th AES Retired, Sorry for the threadjack.

Next time you see Buddy tell him Mike Thompson said hello. I left the 16th in 77.

Mike

Was Buddy Adkins a member of your group?

Also an IO named Hasselman?

Yes. Buddy was flying H models and Jerry Hasslemann was my IO on this mission.

Mike

Thanks. If you don't mind, I'd like to quote that in my historical research.

Feel free to quote.

A little info on 56-0500.

I was an FE on A model gunships at Korat RTAFB when South Vietnam fell. We where tasks to fly the SVAF A models to Guam. From my little black book. May 1,1975.We where briefed that we had 24 hours to get the planes out of Thailand or the Thais would have C130s.

I drew 56-500. Since there was no forms we did an extended pre flight and on engine start number 4 fire light came on, found a bleed air leak, that and only having one radio, was the only problems. May 2, flew from Utpio RTAFB, Thailand to Clark AB, R.P. May 3, flew from Clark to Anderson AFB. Sometime later, about 2 months or so, went to Anderson picked up 500 and took it to depot at Birmingham, Al.

I have no idea how many South Vietmanese came in on the plane, but we had to wait on EOD to check the plane before we could preflight and they carried away a 1/2 pickup bed of weapons, ammo, etc.

Mike

I remember long time ago a gunship engineer who was correcting a fuel imbalance. When they rolled in on a target, he forgot what he was doing and filled #1 tanks full.

Mike

Think he is one of the reasons Chief Sweeney, left the board. If Cooper comes back it should be with the understanding one F/U and he is gone period. My opinion.

Mike

Steve'

Think FEMA is only doing Somoa. But then it a US goverment thing ?

Mike

This is a mix of military and civiliam writeups and corrective action I found on another site.

Mike

Defect: "Left inside main tire almost needs replacement."

Action. . ."Almost replaced left inside main tire."

Defect: "Test flight OK, except autoland very rough."

Action. . ."Autoland not installed on this aircraft."

Defect #1: "#2 Propeller seeping prop fluid."

Action #1. . . "#2 Propeller seepage normal."

Defect #2: "#1, #3, and #4 propellers lack normal seepage."

Defect: "The autopilot doesn't."

Action. . . "IT DOES NOW."

Defect: "Something loose in cockpit."

Action. . . "Something tightened in cockpit."

Defect: "Evidence of hydraulic leak on right main landing gear."

Action. . . "Evidence removed."

Defect: "DME volume unbelievably loud."

Action. . . "Volume set to more believable level."

Defect: "Dead bugs on windshield."

Action. . . "Live bugs on order."

Defect: "Autopilot in altitude hold mode produces a 200 fpm descent."

Action. . . "Cannot reproduce Defect on ground."

Defect: "IFF inoperative."

Action. . . "IFF inoperative in OFF mode."

Defect: "Friction locks cause throttle levers to stick."

Action. . . "That's what they're there for."

Defect: "Number three engine missing."

Action. . . "Engine found on right wing after brief search."

Defect: "Seat cushion in 13F smells rotten."

Action. . . "Fresh seat cushion on order"

Defect: "Aircraft handles funny."

Action. . . "Aircraft warned to straighten up, "fly right," and be serious."

Defect: "Target Radar hums."

Action. . . "Reprogrammed Target Radar with the words."

Defect: Turn & slip indicator ball stuck in center during turns.

Action: Congratulations. You just made your first coordinated turn!

Defect: Whining sound heard on engine shutdown.

Action: Pilot removed from aircraft.

Defect: Pilot's clock inoperative.

Action: Wound clock.

Defect: Autopilot tends to drop a wing when fuel imbalance reaches 500 pounds.

Action: Flight manual limits maximum fuel imbalance to 300 pounds.

Defect: #2 ADF needle runs wild.

Action: Caught and tamed #2 ADF needle.

Defect: Unfamiliar noise coming from #2 engine.

Action: Engine run for four hours. Noise now familiar.

Defect: Noise coming from #2 engine. Sounds like man with little hammer.

Action: Took little hammer away from man in #2 engine.

Defect: Whining noise coming from #2 engine compartment.

Action: Returned little hammer to man in #2 enginDefect:

Flight Attendant cold at altitude.

Action: Ground checks OK.

Defect: F/A's complain of numerous roaches in the galleys.

Action: Roaches deplaned.

Defect: Live cockroach seen disappearing in forward galley.

Action: Live cockroach transferred to HIL (Hold Item List)

Defect: 3 roaches in galley.

Action: 1 roach killed, 1 wounded, 1 got away.

Defect: Mouse in radio stack.

Action: Cat installed in radio stack.

Defect: Weather radar went ape!

Action: Opened radome, let out ape, cleaned up mess!

I use to fly with a load who like to stand at the paratroop door with the parachute retrival winch control under his arm and run it up and down in front of the pax sitting below the winch, If they said anything he would watch it for a few minutes then look at them like they were crazy. Some of them had to have had a sore neck afterwards, following it up and down for a couple of hours. And now you crew chiefs know why the winches burnt out on a non drop mission. lol

Mike

Don,

Did the DC8 get a full reskin? The KC135 only got the lower half reskinned, could be the reason the time was not zeroed.

Mike

Don,

I talked with a friend who retired as KC135 Maint. Supt. he said they did not zero the time. Changed the designation from KC135A to KC135E after the re-skin/re-engine mod.

Mike

Dan,

From what I can tell the only thing a "J" has in common with the older birds is the basic shape of the fuselage and maybe it has a whiskey compass.

Mike

I found this while surfing the web.

Mike

Flight Safety

The Provisional Regulations (Foulois, 1911) only devote two pages to Flying Rules. However, they are extremely safety-oriented, as these samples show:

"FLYING RULES.

Never land with the wind blowing from behind the machine, as one is liable to underestimate the additional speed, and be carried into obstructions on the ground, which generally results in a wreck.

Learn to know when the engine sounds right.

Never attempt sensational or dangerous evolutions with the machine while in flight.

Never fly in column with other machines at distances less than 400 yards between machines.

Never fly over towns, villages or cities unless at an altitude sufficiently high to enable the machine to glide clear of the houses. It is much safer to make a detour and avoid the above, and in case the motor stops, the Pilot will have a much better chance of making a safe landing.

In making altitude flights of more than 2000 feet, ascend slowly, and descend slowly. The change of air pressure incident to increasing or decreasing altitudes should be overcome gradually, otherwise a Pilot who is not in good physical condition may become faint, or overcome to such a degree as to lose control of his machine." (p. 20)

Clearly, staying in control and staying safe (and keeping people and property on the ground safe) were the guiding factors behind these rules.

From the 33GS

"If the airplane experiences deceleration in excess of 2.5 g’s along its longitudinal axis, the inertia switch in the emergency exit light assembly closes."

This is why they have fwd faceing arrows on them.

Thats was a John McKinney stan eval question/answer, ever checkride I got from him he ask why the impact lights had the foward facing arrows.

Mike.

Don,

None of the 135 had an engineers panel, the VC137's at Andrews AFB had a panel, they were commerical 707's mod'ed by Boeing for the vip mission.

Mike

Don,

SAC, PACAF and USAFE KC/EC 135's had boom operators and no FE's. TAC EC 135's had no boom operators but had FE's until 1972 when they changed to Flight Mechs. MATS/MAC WC 135's had FE's.

I flew as an FE on TAC EC135's out of Seymour Johnson AFB, NC for 3 years. We had a seat in the middle like the C130, one aircraft had a seat with a track and the other had a stationary seat, hell on short people.

Got some good tdy's in that unit.

Mike

Does anyone know who is sending out emails regarding the old herky HQs board ?

Mike

When I was hi-jacked (best thing that ever happened) from SAC and put on F-100 at Phan Rang, If you paid your NCO Club dues on time, you got 2 cases of Carlings free, we built a bomb shelter out of them.

Mike