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    Another Herk in another Batman movie : technical question inside

    in C-130 General

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    So we went and saw The Dark Knight Rises.

    The first ten minutes of the film involve a Herk and a feat that had me questioning if it was possible.

    This is so far the only link that I can find to give you a reference if you have not seen it http://jerrygarrett.wordpress.com/2012/07/22/how-the-aerial-stunt-was-filmed-in-dark-knight-rises/

    Yes the special effects used a glider that looked like a turboprop. But would that be possible?

    eta- lets just say that the turboprop on average weighs 9800lbs. I think a herc can carry a maximum of 42000.

    But it is not a tow truck. Garbage scow, yes. Tow truck no. I would think the drag on the weight of the turboprop would factor in.

    eta-the comments section in the link says the guy doesn't know the did between turbo prop and a jet. The aircraft in the movie did have props.

    The mock up plane they used on the ground for interior shots

    http://www.flicksandbits.com/2012/07/23/four-new-the-dark-knight-rises-behind-the-scenes-images/28826/dark-knight-rises-airplane/

    USAF Personnel Records

    in C-130 General

    Posted

    Whats the name of the two operations? We may be able to shed some light - or we may not, who knows unless you ask.

    Capstan Dragon III - it was from Clark to Kwang Ju, Korea

    The other one I have found more on - My Googl Fu has improved. It was for Operation Liberty Canyon.

    Sadly the most information I have found is a bunch of paintball nerds dressing up and playing war.

    Bucket List--One more Flight

    in C-130 General

    Posted

    to anser your question Chris , Bob Daley checked with a friend of his and the cost to rent one was 12,500 per hour plus abour 3,000 in set up costs but they are based in cal. but to make a long story short it could be done we just somebody like Bob to set it up. I would be the first one on the list to pay his share to go for a ride, its been on my bucket list sence I left the 37th sq back in may of 73

    Jerry

    Kickstarter? I know I would chipin $300.

    I'd like to have another ride. Except this time not in a washtub. I think I am a little bigger now and can buckle in.

    Truck Full of Penguins

    in Sonny's Funnies

    Posted

    My dad told me a longer version of that joke, when I started driving bus.

    A truck driver was delivering 25 penguins to the zoo when his truck broke down on the road.

    The driver got out of the cab and was looking at the engine when a second driver pulled up and asked if he needed any help. The penguins' driver explained that he has to take the penguins to the zoo. He then asks the other driver if he wouldnt mind would taking the penguins. He says "I dunno. Whats in it for me?" The driver hands him fifty bucks. He then agrees. Some hours later, the second truck driver drove past the first one, who was still waiting on the freeway for help to come. The penguins, however, were still on the truck!

    "I thought I asked you to take those penguins to the zoo." says the first driver. The second replies, "I did, but I had some money left, so we're going to the movies."

    USAF Personnel Records

    in C-130 General

    Posted

    "Document everything" was drilled into my head.

    My dad kept most things - then my mom kept everything after that. She has given me my father's records.

    There are two operations though - that he had secret squirrel clearance for - and I have not been able to find any info on them.

    29 Palms

    in C-130 Historical

    Posted

    Can't answer your question.

    29 palms in Saudi?

    I remember getting there and counting all of the palms and threw a fit because there were actually 31 at the time. This was the late 70s.

    Sending a message

    in Aviation Discussion (non-c130)

    Posted

    I approve of this thread.

    Then, there's the tanker crew that refuels those fighters. The little girl on the right looks like she knows what she's gonna write about for her "what I did on my summer vacation" essay for high school.

    Don R.

    The chick on the right looks like she probably still sells girl scout cookies.

    E Flt @ CCK

    in General

    Posted · Edited by Fräulein
    On my mobile and fat fingers make mistakes

    Don, you forgot to post the link. :P

    And before you ask why i dont post the link- I am on my mobile.

    Phony SEAL Exposed

    in General

    Posted · Edited by Fräulein
    Correcting image tags -failing at correcting imag tags :)

    YES!! ANOTHER PHONY EXPOSED!!

    This guy is the current owner of a small coffee shop. I used to visit this shop after my morning runs, when it was the previous owner. I gave the shop a try after ownership changed hands and eventually I stopped going because it seemed as if every time I went when it was this guy, he would try to talk about his service days and Navy SEAL blah blah blah...

    Growing up in the PI, and those of you who were in the PI, we all knew people who would "slip into the jungle". You just knew them, and what they did. They rarely if ever talked about what they did, when they did, they talked about it as if it was just any other ordinary job. The only thing I ever took away from any conversation was just how versatile a ketchup packet is.

    So this guy was just rubbing me the wrong way with his yammering. I like to get my coffee and leave. And something just seemed too glorified. I just dicounted him as a blowhard and I stopped getting my coffee. And in turn saved myself maybe fifty bucks a week and learned to make the perfect cup myself.

    So the other month there was an art show.

    It was covered by the Journal

    Http://imageshack.us/f/259/abqbutch1.jpg/

    Other forums were already on it

    http://www.socnet.com/showthread.php?t=107450

    http://www.advrider.com/forums/showthread.php?t=759975

    The good stuff

    Photographer: I Was Never a SEAL

    By Charles D. Brunt / Journal Staff Writer on Sat, Feb 11, 2012

    A Cedar Crest man whose photos of Vietnam were recently displayed at a local gallery was never a Navy SEAL, as he has claimed.

    William H. “Butch†Chesterfield, 68, was featured in the Journal’s Arts section on Jan. 22 in a story about an exhibit of photos he said he shot as a Navy SEAL during the Vietnam War.

    Chesterfield did serve in the military, but he was never a member of the Navy’s elite special forces teams.

    Senior Chief Petty Officer Michael A. Raney of the Naval Special Warfare Command’s public affairs office near San Diego said Chesterfield never attended the Basic Underwater Demolition/SEAL course – a rigorous six-month course that every prospective SEAL must complete before advancing their SEAL training.

    “There’s nobody with the last name Chesterfield in our database at all,†Raney said.

    The Navy Special Warfare Command maintains a database of everyone who has attended the course – known by its acronym, BUD/S. The database goes back as far as 1943, when the Navy was training “frogmen†for underwater demolition.

    Anyone who is not in the database was never a SEAL, Raney said. “SEAL†is an acronym for Sea, Air and Land Teams.

    The Journal received several emails questioning the veracity of Chesterfield’s SEAL claim.

    When questioned about it recently, Chesterfield initially said the Navy’s records were wrong, but he later acknowledged that he has never been a SEAL.

    “During my last tour in Vietnam, I lived, ate, slept and fought with SEALs. I was wounded while I was with them, and we saw guys die,†Chesterfield said.

    “I never went to BUD/S, but I did everything they (SEALs) did. I feel like I was part of them,†he said.

    After returning from Vietnam, Chesterfield said, he told people he was a SEAL because, “That was the easiest way to explain what I did over there.â€

    Terry Breedlove, owner of The Watermelon Gallery in Cedar Crest, which hosted Chesterfield’s exhibit Jan. 7 through Feb. 3, said he was stunned when he learned Chesterfield was never a SEAL.

    “It’s unbelievable to me,†Breedlove said. “I’m a veteran … so this is like a kick in the stomach to me.â€

    Proceeds from the exhibit were to be donated to the local chapter of the Military Order of the Purple Heart.

    The exhibit included a framed collection of Chesterfield’s military ribbons and the famed SEAL Trident, a silver metal badge awarded only to full-fledged SEALs. On the flier announcing the exhibit, a quote attributed to Chesterfield states, “My pride and joy … is my Trident.â€

    Don Shipley, a former Navy SEAL and official “SEAL verifier†for the P.O.W. Network, said he has investigated hundreds of such claims.

    “These imposters are stealing the valor earned by real SEALs who made incredible sacrifices, and who are still making those sacrifices, to carry the title of Navy SEAL,†Shipley said. “In my book, that’s intolerable.â€

    Pete Comstock, former commander of the New Mexico Department of the Military Order of the Purple Heart, said Chesterfield – who has claimed to have earned three Purple Heart medals for wounds suffered in combat – resigned from the organization last week.

    The organization requires prospective members to provide a copy of their Report of Separation From Active Duty – commonly known as a DD-214 – to prove that they were awarded a Purple Heart. The DD-214 lists dates of service, units, type of discharge, medals awarded and other information.

    Comstock said the DD-214 Chesterfield provided shows he received a Purple Heart while serving four years in the Air Force. Chesterfield has said his Air Force service was followed by 19 years in the Navy.

    Comstock said he, too, was shocked to hear Chesterfield was not a SEAL.

    “I believe he served with (SEALs) in some capacity in Vietnam, but to take on that persona and decide he was a SEAL, and promote that all these years … I just don’t get it,†Comstock said.

    — This article appeared on page C1 of the Albuquerque Journal

    SCORE! And if Matchanu might be reading this Good Job! I'd like to shake your hand for keeping on this and exposing the guy, I'll buy you a cup of coffee at Fat Boys. I'm pretty sure they aren't SEALs.

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