fenmonster

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

What heilo pad?

Hey Tiny You out there?

F106A was one of the fuses for the APN-59 right?

F106 was a B E A utiful airplne... B-58 kicks its arrrs though!!

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

OK guys!!!!!!!! TGIF!!!!!.....Let's do it!!

Until I find a job every day is Friday.

Sorry try this one.

Wil

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.

Topboltsto400, you are welcome. The following 2 photos show the last C-141 at D-M. They scrapped out 200 just before we were there in late April.

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.:(

gave in to the fried chicken urge. About five minutes after having a piece, I remembered why I maybe have it maybe twice a year.

At first I was all (n_n) "yay fried chicken" and then I was all (O_o) "I'm gonna be sick" and then I was kind of wishing that a SAM would just drop out of the sky on top of me and put me out of my misery.

*waves fist @ Dan*

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.

Dunno, I just snagged the pic from somewhere on the web.

Took me a minute to figure out what was going on.

Sams and Fried Chicken, whata meal:D

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

I ask you, does this look like some good fired Chicken or what:rolleyes:

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

It's a totally unique sound, and the J's (as cool and advanced as they are) don't have it. You can always tell when it's the 179th on a training flight and not just any other plane.

I think my favorite sound of the mighty herk is when they finally touch down, and you usually hear "squeak (mains) squeak (nose) ROAAAR (reversers)". Goes from silent to ROAR in no time...that roar is awesome. :cool:

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.

There is a nav on the HC and MC J he is the combat systems operator they are talking about.

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

I like that one, but what new flexibility are they talking about? Just which mission is the J doing that the non-J airframes haven't done already?

Dan

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

Technically, it's a PB4Y, not a B-24.. The other p[lane in the background (left) is a DC-6/C-118

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

i found the aircraft on google earth what u mena sam sites, u mean missle sites

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

I was recently looking at some of my old Air Force memorabilia, and ran across this handy item that somehow moved from my mesh survival vest to my personal belongings. I acquired it while flying Blind Bat missions at Ubon in 1968! I know most of you guys know what it is, but what I really need to know is if any of you know where I can find the other components to make this work!!! It seems I used them all up one New Years Eve. at a friends apartment just outside the back gate at Naha. Are they still in use?

Thanks for your replies,

Ken

They were as of my refresher course in '99.

Not sure what a Privateer is, the plane in the background is a Navy B24. four engines but has one tall tail right?

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.

thanks Tiny for the fun side of mechanicing. I ran across this unusual use of alternate items for a fuse. Hope you enjoy it.

Wil

(1996) Two local men were seriously injured when their pickup truck left the road and struck a tree near Cotton Patch on state Highway 38 early Monday morning. Woodruff County Deputy Dovey Snyder reported the accident shortly after midnight Monday.

Thurston Poole, 33, of Des Arc, and Billy Ray Wallis, 38, of Little Rock, are listed in serious condition at Baptist Medical Center. The accident occurred as the two men were returning to Des Arc after a frog-giggin' trip.

On an overcast Sunday night, Poole's pickup truck's headlights malfunctioned. The two men concluded that the headlight fuse on the older model truck had burned out. A replacement fuse was not available, but Wallis noticed that the .22 caliber bullet from his pistol fit perfectly into the fuse box next to the steering wheel column. Upon inserting the bullet, the headlights again began to operate properly and the two men proceeded on eastbound toward the White River Bridge.

After traveling approximately 20 miles, just before crossing the river, the bullet apparently overheated, discharged and struck Poole in the right testicle. The vehicle swerved sharply to the right, exiting the pavement and striking a tree. Poole suffered only minor cuts and abrasions from the accident but will require surgery to repair the other wound. Wallis sustained a broken clavicle and was treated and released.

"Thank God we weren't on that bridge when Thurston (shot his intimate parts off) or we might have been dead," stated Wallis. "I've been a trooper for 10 years in this part of the world, but this is a first for me. I can't believe that those two would admit how the accident happened," said Snyder.

Upon being notified of the wreck, Lavinia, Poole's wife, asked how many frogs the boys had caught.

Incorrectly attributed to the Arkansas Democrat Gazette, 25 July 1996. The Gazette issued a decisive statement denouncing this story as a hoax on October 17, 1997.

Mythbusters did a segment on this. It was busted unless you had something like 10 time the amps in the fuse panel.

Oh, yea I for got that we now have the distaff as crew members.

Tell me what/where does the male loadmaster do when a lady crew member has to pee?

I can see it now....pull down curtain, remove flight suit, etc....does the first to use the honey bucket still have to dump it?

Muff

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!

BTW last I heard there were still 5 A's and a B at Greybull.

3115 56-0507 N132HP

3143 56-0535 N133FF

3166 57-0459 N135HP

3218 57-0511 N134HP

3229 57-0513 N8230H

3537 58-0740

Anyone update these?

Bob

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

Sorry, but the "A-Team" must have been the stupidest, lamest show I had ever watched on TV (and that IS saying something).

How do you fire a million rounds and not kill anything is beyond me:confused:

Dan

I don't think they even wounded anyone either.

This is the first movie that they actually hit the start button.

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

On the C-5 they use position switches and logic circuit cards to control the sequence of events for gear retraction. The right gear had rotated the bogies 90 degrees inboard and then stopped. Probably a bad position switch or card, which was not that unusual of an event. They carry spare cards for inflight replacement. Or used to, as my experience is 20 years out of date.

Mike

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.