RZHill

One of the E models we got at Charlie West had a Bob Hope show sticker on the aft end of the overhead panel. I can't remember which tail # it was but I remember it was Bob Mullens' bird. I tried to talk him into covering the sticker with plexiglass to preserve it but he didn't. I thought it was part of history. That bird is now at Little Rock. I remember his mention of his Herk crews one year during a VN Christmas show. Those C-130 crews are happy go lucky .... happy if it starts and lucky if it goes!

John Wilson's (posts here) brother Tom went to the Bob Hope show in Saudi during Desert Shield.

The acft is 62-1824, one of the best

RZ HIll

Wouldn't make a zit on a good aircrew member"s wang , too liberal, to snotty, and too much money.

RZ

Sorry I can't go along with any tribute to a drunk that did not "do the right thing" in the murder of Mary Joe.

Only good thing that will come out of this deal is that Dewars will be more plentiful

RZ Hill

That's a Guard unit at St Louis

RZ

Dyess acft at Pope, wasn't pretty.

RZ Hill

What money, Hell all I've got left is "change"

RZ Hill

If Peelousi had her way everybody would have their personal gulfstream5

dumb spendomatics

Typical elitist's

RZHill

I heard that 68-10935 was flown back from Ramstein to Martinsburg WV to be used as a trainer? to be preserved? Maybe RZ can find out for us.

This was the last flying 68 model. They were delivered the year I started flying Herks.

I never flew a Herk that young.

Bob

Yep Martinsburg hase an "E" for aeromed , trying to confirm the Tail #

RZ Hilll

No, but the day ain't over yet!

RZ, you had lots of hours on all the Charlie West birds. How'd you ever get all those hours one weekend a month and two weeks a year?:eek:

Smoke & Mirrors!!!

RZ

Yeh one trip I missed, I was on Bradley's s%$t list at the time, about the only trip I missed tho.

RZ Hill

By 87 we had passed 1787 on to Little rock, I remember getting a check ride from some weinie from 22nd and he raised heck about the decal piece missing on the c/b panel. If memory serves me right the shell came through the panel at the right Aux breaker. 1787 always flew well once you got it out of the pattern, have many an hour on this plane.

Hate this danged retirement

RZ HIll

Hey Dave have you gone "postal " yet

RZ Hill

I always set it to 1000' above field alt, let it rip. Reason, crew and passenger comfort.

RZ Hill

Has there been a rash of ESS AC BUS failures on take-off recently?

No Obama has a buddy that makes and sells them. You know "spread the wealth"

RZ Hill

Tiny --

Amen to that, bro!!!

In my 23 years, I may hold the record for being jacked up for no hat. Most of the time, it was not by an officer (except for maybe some 20-year bitter major), but by E-8's & 9's. I can't count the times I've had the crew bus stop by clothing sales so I could run in (with the loadie's hat) & buy another one because I left my hat on the airplane.

Don R.

Naw I've got that prize, loved to do it at Howard, really pissed the base ops guys off. Most of the time I flew with LC's and up and they would have fun with it. Never did buy an extra hat because I had mine in my pocket. Just don't like hats.

RZ HIll

That WAS a great plane, what happened

RZ Hill

Has 88-1803 been made into a wombat yet?

Bob

Sure that isn't 88-1303?

RZ

This is a kind of squadron personal thing, you are doing the development as you go along. This is kinda your handbook

RZ Hill

I speaking about the E's that we reserected that were the only thing that kept some active units going.

RZ

Yeh steal the acft from the guard, after they have risen like Phoenix birds from the junk heap.

Not the H2's and H3's, but the E's that were nurtured back from oblivion by dedicated folks that do this "BECAUSE they want to". Don't get me wrong , I'm not knocking the young folks in the A/D but it's a fact that the experience is in the Guard. The politicians that say there are more than enough acft in the Guard are the same ones that voted for the porkulous bill to give money to banks to HOARD.

Face it they don't know crap.

It's getting to the point that there won't be an incentive to stay in the Guard as training days have been cut to the bone.

The US has always prided itself in having the best , but it looks like that has come to a quick end.

Take the acft from the "RESERVE" that is what Reserve means,

RZ HIll

If the jettison handle were pulled the lower hinge pins would have been out , this looks like the door wasn't fully latched.

RZ Hill

It has been replaced by a AC-747, flown personally by the "anointed One" himself.

He is the worst micromanager ever.

RZ HIll

Yeh need another 747 so The prez can make daily flyovers.

RZ Hill

Yes it's good now , but is sure gave our maintainers fits for a while at CRW. You don't remember the brake problems we had do you.

In whole it shows what good dedicated maint can do, and that the acft , tho 20 years old can preform as new. ( it was made in 1989, a fiscal year 88 acft)

RZ HIll

Yeh the BRAC Commitee thinks you can just pull up a Reserve wing and move it like a Active wing. Tain't so. too many partimers had good "real Jobs" and wouldn't make the move.

Typical of the politicans in DC.

RZ