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I was in the 17th TAS for three years . Hey Charles Fisher, don't mean to hijack this thread but were you in the 17th TAS in 1972 with a pilot named Maj. Bruce Cook? You had A models then. Bill

Seems to me it was something like "Tassles" ???

You win the cigar JimH...name must have had something to do with her past...Bill

Oh, and Don what was CR's girlfriends name? Bill

Well thank you Don and yes I have. The nav's name was "Blinky" Bill

Yes Don I remember that infamous major, that legend in his own mind, that flatulent flyboy, that bulbous bumbler, that field grade fumbler, that ace of aero space was none other than Maj. C.R.Terror the global gastronome!! I used to love to read about that crew's misadventures way back when! Bill:)

Gee...I thought that was what rags were for, that and the boost packs and struts and steering cylinders and suction boost pumps, and, and, and... Bill

The #1 blade was parked at 12 oclock to "preclude" oil leakage from the beta feedback shaft. When it is cold this is the fix for that drippy nose prop sometimes. Bill

Ha Ha SFEG, don't know if it shows up on your screen next to your post but on mine it shows an ad for a trash dumptser rental for $215...all sizes www.dumpster.com. SOOOO right for your post about the brown and green trash machine!!! TOO funny. Bill

I got on the TAC C-130's in 1963 at Sewart AFB Tn. I thought it was normal when we landed that the flt. crew dissappeared and left me the crew chief, working on the acft. Hey, that was my job! Back then you were on your own when you finished. Slept on the acft. many times. TCS and TAS made no difference to the CC. When MAC took over the 130's, maint. wise it was a much better deal. It was more like an airline Air Force than in TAC where it was like an Army Air Force. I'm sure many of the folks on this board might think right the opposite. Still loved it though!!! Bill

WOW! Dang John, sounds like there ain't nothing wrong with your memory even after getting banged in the head with half a C-130. What an outstanding replay of the accident. Thanks for all the extra info too, they fill in some blanks. It would be amazing to hear about all the uh-ohs that have happened with old Herk and her folks! Thanks again John for the "Rest of the story". Bill

Nice pics Bob. Those appear to be standard U.S. made BRU-41 MER racks we used on our fighters till bout 1990. Each position fired a squib to push the bomb away from the rack. Would be interesting to know how or if they aimed them. Bill

Ha Ha ,Halligan bar or johnson bar you loadies really like any kind of bar me thanks. Bill:)

Now Now Giz, you know THAT will never happen...Next you'll be sayin' we're gitt'in rid of them round motors on our aeroplanes...wha'd you do bump yer head on yer pumper truck pump handle er sompin' ??? Bill :)

Sandy I have a friend named Bill Bailey who went thru basic training in Sep 1964. When did your father in law go thru basic and was it Lackland or Amarillo AFB? Bill

Saw the dead battery thing at Dobbins 10-15 years ago as a crewchief we were waiting for the LM to finish his form F and his calculator died on him. He had the deer in the headlights look till the FE offered him his calculator to finish up with. I thought it was funny because in the mid 70's as a 141 FE at Charleston we would be written up if we were caught with one of those new fangled gadgets and using it to figure our TOLD cards...we had to use the old tried and proven slide rule. My how times have changed. Ha Ha, still have my first illegal pocket calc. that I bought in Japan in 1975! Bill :)

No guys...this is old... from my Acft. Loadmaster Tec. Cert., Course AFF- 60730-1, C-130 304S Field Tng. Dtch. Sewart AFB Tn. Dated 15 July 1964. Ha Ha Bill

So very sorry for your loss Sonny. Bill

Ha Ha , no Tinwhistle this is the real deal, These were some of the early systems (1960's) used on the young Herks. Some worked and some didn't and some were improved and are in use today. Bill :)

Hey Col, long time since we heard from you on the Herk board. Merry Christmas and hope you are well. Bill :)

While my mind is on the old style air drop systems...Is there anyone on this board that remembers this accident at Pope AFB? It was late 1968 or early 69 that a new airdrop/rigging system with cables and pullys attached to FS 245 and running aft was being tested. It was the wing commanders aircraft and was assigned to the 777Th TAS as I remember. I saw the setup since it was parked next to my bird prior to launch. The acft. RTB shortly after T.O. with firetrucks screaming and it taxied back to the spot. After all the brass had their look I was allowed on the acft. and cables and parts of 245 were everywhere inside the acft. As far as I know that was the only test of this system. Any comments or knowledge of this accident? I don't remember if the loadmaster was hurt or not. Sam Macgown weren't you at Pope about that time also? Bill

You win the cigar Xzoomie. I understood the pilot couldn't get the correct altittude till they hung the mic on the boom. Pretty smart idea. Have seen clips of GPES but never flown on one. Bill

Ha ha, Ray you always were a man of few words...most of the time. Bill :)

Now that we have the PLADS thing figured out here is another one for the newbies...GPES, Ground Proximity Extraction System. Anybody here use it ,where and when. And the last question, where was the microphone attached? Love these old brain teasers. Bill

Anybody out there remember the PLADS system (Parachute Low Altitude Delivery System) for C-130's? Anybody fly any missions using it or was involved in testing it? Oh yea and the scuttlebutt about using it to get troops out the back end in a capsule and they used live bears for the tests. Bill

Later H-2's starting at Lockheed s/n 4992 (delivered about 1985) you got the 2 large side escape hatches, lost the HF long line ant, it went into the vert stab LE, got the dual INS and 2 main batteries along with the flush toilet. I installed and rigged the first set of large hatches on this bird as it came down final assy. Bill