Dan Wilson

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I remember that landing strip, it was like LZ44 or something like that. If I remember right we were hauling loads of 105mm out of the strip, it sure was a fun take off. As for landing, once you touch down the pilot didn't have to worry about nose wheel steering, the ruts steered the bird where it wanted you to do, wasn't much choice about it.

That was a pretty well shot video, thanks for posting it. Why were all the Gen Out lights lite though?

FL370 in a E model dumb bird (non AWADS) and FL 420 in a ABCCC sans capsule. Dont ask about cabin pressures or anything else - I dont remember them As for violating operating parameters or power settings the simple answer is YES, very emphatic YES!!

I had been writing problems like this up for years prior to the C-Springs accident and got the deer in a headlight look for many of my contemporaries, they just couldn't figure out whey I wrote it up. Knowledge is a valuable thing, CORRECT knowledge is an indispensable thing. Something that is rampant in both the MX and OPs side is incorrect knowledge. People "knowing" something because their trainer or instructor taught them that way, but unfortunately their trainer/instructor taught them wrong, simply because they in turn were taught wrong by their instructor and so on. There is really no getting around this type of "incorrect" knowledge issue, simply because its part of human nature to trust what is taught, (unless you a cynical, untrusting, question everything kind of bastard that is).

Gust locks are really a misnomer if I am not mistaken. My time wrench bending (on a non herk airframe), they were only safety items for when you were working around the flight controls or for when PCU's (boost packs) or cables were disconnected. I have found it doesn't take much to snub out the flight controls, generally if you turn on both suction boost pumps it works pretty good for snubbing. Now if you talking 60 knots plus in the wind, your basically screwed unless you can hanger, got real old at Kirtland losing lines because the birds were all in high wind inspections. Nothing like a high altitude to give you frequent high winds (low air density) to beat the birds to death on a regular basis.

You give him too much credit, the chump isnt even in this country legally, which means he's guilty of high treason during a time of war!!

RZ Sorry Tiny, I may be an angry ol man but not that angry LOL (sorry RZ)

Try Modified Contour refueling in the Hindu Cush at er uh well, 300 feet AGL, yeah that's it, 300 feet AGL

Its a knowledge problem. Good thing they can do what the pilots and navs are for and read TERPs but dont have a clue about the 1/2 knob limit. Bad and missing knowledge goes on with both side of the fence so dont just beat on the zipper suited sun gods, but yeah it would really irritate the crap out of me when one of my guys would do something like that. It would really PO me if it was something I had already taught them, and it would PO me if it was something that I failed to teach them.

OMG, I just cant stop laughing!!! I have been hearing that the check is in the mail (etold) since the late 80's Outside of the J, I will believe it when the sweaty's actually get it and can use it.

He should have just kept them in the trunk of his car!! Some killers just never learn

I got my chance to wander around the factory for a whole day back in 86 or 87 Thems war the good ol days. Called up and aranged a tour with thier PA folks about a week prior, loaded up a bird with interested Pilots and FE's, flew up to the plant and got our tour. Nowdays it would be all about fraud wasted and abuse, taking a Herk and flying it up to the factory "just because".

Well I guess you could tell him to get to 200,000 feet or so and it should read zero. College educated idjuts abound.

You retiring again Tiny???

Man I would have loved to see that, screw that, I would have loved to fly that mission but alas my time in the bird has passed. Thanks for the post, pretty damn interesting and should have been a hell of a sight.

Well, once upon a time I was flying with a ex F-16 pilot (he considered the herk "the penalty box") and the best I could figure is we did about 110 degrees of bank at 5K. Sure as hell woke me up!!!

Huh? What Colonel and what murder? I am pretty out of touch here in the netherworld.

And this is bad How?

Yep, plan to use about fifty pounds of it!! It comes into play when I decide to remodel the jackass behind my house - wont he be happy :)

Ouch, for that kind of money I think I will stick with my .45 and just shoot them twice. That would be the same as a .90 caliber wouldn't it LOL

Yep, got all the required permits - none (I consulted my own personal building permit guide, written by me, to determine that number LOL) Also got all the disposal figured out, if it burns or melts into the fire pit it goes. Plaster (and lead paint residue) gets dumped out back against the fence. I like working this way, tends to simplify things greatly.

Really? I think I need to start looking for that one, would really like to get the .50 Beowolf upper for my bunny gun

Never gonna happen, I like my smack way too much to waste on kids, they wouldnt know how to properly enjoy it Theres got to be something wrong with your life when you have to use your pain meds for pain instead of recreation, whats up with that!!