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Is it just me or are all the props "on the cuff"?

What heilo pad?

My Uncle used to be a B-58 pilot. He went from that to a C-123. How's that for a step down?

Until I find a job every day is Friday.

Thanks. Counting fingers I can only account for about 10 airframes in existance now. I see the energy dept has taken away the ailron counter balances away. At least I hope it was them.

There's only ONE left now? That sure didn't take long. I always hoped that some of the "low" time airframes would be in long term storage. Thanks for the info. Although I think I'll be depressed for the rest of the day now.:(

Reminds me of the reason I only go to Taco Hell every couple of years.

I have seen film of this incident . If I remember correctly, (and thats a big if) it took fire in the right wing approching Khe San which resulted in a massive fuel leak friom the right wing. They landed and during the ground evac. it caught fire buring to the ground. I think this was during the siege and C-130's were no longer allowed to land there after that. Again thats if I remember correctly.

I like a good fried chicken.. If it's a real picture....we never ate lunch while in the threat enviroment. This is why.

So I'm assuming the SAM is Photo shopped for the "Fired" chicken?

I damn near walked out infront of the first J I ever saw in R.A.A.F. Richmond back in 2000 or so. I was wearing my yellow foam earplugs and spun around to head inside. Never even heard it until I saw it. I was basically under the right wing tip when I turned around. Then I heard it........sounded like a C-12 after I took out my earplugs.

Sorry about that. I was typing from my outdate, E-model slick "knowlage"

Maybe he means that the pilots are going to have to be more flexiable to make up for not having an engineer or nav....

I can never remember or keep the Navy's system of letters and numbers for ID straight...

SAM sites are circled. close to due north of the Herks.

They were as of my refresher course in '99.

Yep. The navy B-24's versions were called privateers. They also had different engines, turrets ,etc...

There were 6 there last I heard. All derelict. You could see them on Google Earth. There is also at least 3 sam sites in the photo.

At Moody the girls used the urinal . It went like this: a couple of the girls used to cut the bottom end off a 2 liter bottle and put a small rubber hose around the jagged lip of the bottle, press up and use it that way. when finished it the bottle was poured out of the urinal. One told me there was no way the she was going to be the one to break the seal on the honey bucket!

Is that a privateer in the background in the second to last pic?

I don't think they even wounded anyone either.

I think they actually hit it in Bond film "The Living Daylights" as well. Near the end when 007 is stealing a "Russian" C-130H

After watching the video it looks like the after the gear rotated, the guide roller for that bogie missed the track and then the door jammed. Definitley not a hyd failure in this case.

Despite the aircraft's age and even though it was heavily flown, tail 9813 was able to achieve a milestone in the maintenance arena by earning a "black letter initial" in 2007. The aircraft went with no open maintenance issues that entire year and was rated a perfect aircraft; ready for flight. When I was at Pope my tail # at the time (I think it was 498) was on a black letter initial for about 15 minutes. I had busted my hump getting everything taken care of so I could use the initial. It lasted as long as it took the Pro super to look at the forms and say "Ain't no way for this old of an airframe can be on an initial" He then wrote up mulitple paint scratches acft due paint!! I was sooo pissed. Thats a good way to inspire your people. What a tool that guy was.