Wise87

My mistake, it was 565. I\'m getting rusty. There use to be a time when I could tell you the nickname of every tail number and there assignment history.

I remember the Lockheed Rep mention something about a golden key when we first got 0565, first Mod 90. I never saw one or knew if it exsisted.

Post Edited: It was 565, not 566.

TalonOneTF wrote:

The H+ Air Conditioner upgrade was added in the early 1990s as part of a block upgrade called \'Mod 90\' and was done on all the Talon 1\'s. The Talon 1 fleet was upgraded to near commonality (the H-model APU on 551 being one difference, and the Fulton Recovery noses remained on the airplanes that were so equipped).

[img size=212]http://herkybirds.com/images/fbfiles/images/Mod90.gif

Mod-90, I haven\'t heard that term in awhile. I remember having to go out to Ontario and picked them up once the mod was complete. Funny thing was, they were never ready and I had to fly back commercial and try again next week. I was going through my storage the other day and I found the Mod-90 photo album (book) they had made at Ontario. Not sure how I came across it, probably during the T1 move up to Duke. I still have a few of the Mod-90 patches and my coins.

Dan M

That’s 551 alright. I was the assistant crew chief assigned to it along with Mikolajczyk from 1990 till we sent it too Duke. I remember when they returned 551 to Hurlburt in 1990 so we could take it over to Desert Shield/Storm. No one at Hurlburt had seen 551 for awhile because out west working the P-46 system. We had 2 to 3 days to upload it and fly off to Woodbridge. On our arrival into Woody, we had to shut one of the engines down; I believe it was an oil temp issue. Nice way to make an arrival after a 15+ hour flight. During the entire campaign 551 flew its butt off. I sure do miss the old T1. I was lucky to have crewed Talon1’s for 10 years of my career while assigned to Hurby.

Dan M

Talon 1 Crew Chief from 1989 - 1999

Crewed 0566, 0551, 0523