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  1. You say the gear/flaps fail time check; slow or fast? Have you checked/replaced the reservoir vent line filter?
  2. Bill passed away back in February. For those who knew Bill, he will not soon be forgotten. William Henry Harris Jr., 68, North Little Rock departed this life February 5, 2011. Survived by daughter, Kashanna Harris-Jones (Aaron), grandchildren; Taylor Ankton, Austin C. Jones, brothers; Elmore Harris, Wayne Harris, sisters; Mary Alice, Emma, Teen, Sandra, Cookie, Ida and Mildred. Family Hour February 10, 2011, 6-7 p.m., Gunn Funeral Home. Funeral Service February 11, 2011, 10 a.m., New Hope Baptist Church, NLR. Services entrusted to Gunn Funeral Home, 4323 W. 29th, Little Rock, Ark. 72204. (501) 660-4323
  3. #1.. Yes most if not all are coming to Little Rock (all to AMC Sqds.) #2 H-1's not in the AMP budget - that's a story all to itself #3. Not anytime soon #4. See #1 #5. No on H-1's and probably no for the H-2's for the time being All this is based on what's been put into the blender for now - wait until spring and we'll see what happens then..
  4. If memory serves me correctly those were B model speeds and Lockheed never changed the placard on the E's. I'd have to look at an H to see if the placard is still there.
  5. I don't think 62-1863 or any of the ABCCC birds had armor installed. I put several thousand hours on those planes and never flew with armor. I'll check with some other ABCCC guys and see what they come up with. As for the odd stuff in the nose - probably some mod gone bad...
  6. A power-on or power-off stall will occur when the critical angle of attack of the wing is exceeded and the wing is no longer producing lift.
  7. Bob - must be another airplane. One thing you might be thinking about is the air deflectors on the Herk. Must slow down to 150 IAS to open air deflectors when opening the paratroop doors, but once the paratroop doors are open you can close the air deflectors and accelerate to 250 IAS
  8. If the landing light mod has been accomplished the airspeed limit is 250KIAS. Most all USAF C-130's have been done.
  9. The 3 blade prop on the production 'A' models was an Aeroproducts propeller.
  10. jbob thanks for those comments, all so true - but just to add my 2 cents... Why the raggin on a flight crew for following flight mannual procedures based on what they observed? How about working together to solve write-ups like this; was there not time to do a run-up with the crew to see what they were looking at? Based on the knowledge level of some of the younger FE's out there I'm surprised they caught it. I'm not knocking theses guys they're busting their butts to learn "C-130", but some of the younger FE's never turned a wrench or smelled T-56 exhaust before they got to FE school. How about some of you seasoned maintenance types cross-training and bring the valuable insights to the "crewdog" world.
  11. Yep I would recommend using the starter to help get the RGB to rotate if nothing else is working. Also you did not mention what KIAS you were at when attempting the Airstart. -1 recommends 180 IAS or less. If you are tring to airstart somewhere around 200 IAS the prop brake may be locked to tight to allow the prop to rotate.
  12. Utilized by several other governmnet departments with 3 alpha characters that come to mind... ?
  13. Bob - 1804 was flying as a blue tail in August. Was not in the Job control computer on Thursday. May be out getting some TLC somewhere. Ken - school squadron is the AETC squadron where all 130 students get their initial and most mission qual training before going to to assigned units. Most all the 'E's belong to the 62nd(school sq.). A few are still with the 61st.
  14. Bob - 62-1784 is still on the ramp here at LR. Although the newspaper said the Guard sent their last 'E' to the boneyard, 1784 still shows as a Guard asset. Ken - 62-1804 is not on the LR ramp. As to when/where it went that I can't answer.
  15. Bob, I think 62-1784 is still serving proudly with the 62nd at the "Rock." I know it's not on guard ramp; will check Thursday afternoon and let you know.
  16. 189th retires its last C-130E to ‘boneyard’ Vintage airplane heads to Arizona desert By Amy Schlesing Arkansas Democrat Gazette LITTLE ROCK — Chief Master Sgt. Donald O’Conner, like the rest of the crew, asked to fly Tail 7811 of Arkansas’ C-130 fleet Monday on its final mission - to the U.S. Air Force’s airplane “boneyard†at Davis-Monthan Air Force Base, Ariz. It’s unusual for an airman of his rank to still fly the old bird called Hercules. He’s the flight engineer superintendent for the 154th Training Squadron of the Arkansas National Guard’s 189th Airlift Wing, where he spends more time supervising flight engineers than actually flying as one. But Monday’s flight marked the end of an era for the 189th and O’Conner was determined to be a part of it. Tail 7811 rolled off the Lockheed Martin line in 1963 and flew in Vietnam. It ended its U.S. Air Force career Monday leaving an inky exhaust trail across the sky to retire in the Arizona desert as the 189th’s last E-model and a symbol of change that is just months away. The 189th is in a transition to become home to the specially modified 1980s-era C-130H version called the C-130AMP - which features a new flightdeck with digital flight and navigation controls. In order to do that, however, the wing had to say goodbye to the planes it’s crews have flown since 1986. “This is the last of our Emodels, and it’s going out,†O’Conner said, standing in the plane’s belly before takeoff as he has countless times during his 27-year career. “I’m ready to retire, myself, so it’s sort of bittersweet.†Tail 7811 still has life in her. With just over 32,000 flying hours, she could be flown another 1,300 hours before being restricted on load and descents. Ask anyone in the 189th and they all say the same thing: The plane was mild tempered, very reliable and kicked out the coldest air conditioning of any C-130E in the U.S. Air Force, which is really saying something for an E-model. “It’s old and slow, but it gets you where you need to go,†O’Conner said of his beloved plane. “But we’ve got bigger and better things on the horizon.†In April, Air Force Secretary Michael Donley announced a plan to expedite the retirement of C-130Es to free up funds to upgrade more of the 221 aircraft in the C-130H fleet and buy more C-130Js now in production. The Air Force’s long-term acquisition plan calls for the purchase of more than 60 C-130Js through 2020 at a cost of about $6 billion. This year has marked a big change in the retirement of aircraft under Donley’s plan, with more to come. Little Rock Air Force Base brought one C-130E home from Iraq and retired it to the boneyard this spring. The 314th Airlift Wing at the base in Jacksonville has shipped off nearly 10 planes in the last few months and expects to have the remaining 19 C-130Es in its inventory retired by the end of 2011. Eighteen C-130Hs are headed to the base from a conglomeration of Air Force Reserve units to help fill in the void as the 189th builds up its C-130AMP fleet. In the meantime, the 19th Airlift Wing’s 53rd and 61st Airlift Squadrons still fly a combined 31 C-130Es. The 53rd is trading in its planes for C-130Hs from Dyess Air Force Base, Texas, as the C-130 squadron there transitions to C-130Js. The 61st eventually will become a C-130J squadron as well. Lt. Col. Marc Sicard, 189th Aircraft Maintenance Squadron commander, climbed out of Tail 7811 in the morning chill and rubbed her cold metal nose one last time as he walked to a van. O’Conner would give the nose a final rub in Tucson. later in the day as a final goodbye. “This one still has some hours on it,†Sicard said. “We actually tried to extend this departure until February.†The 189th could use a few more planes in the coming months. It has received eight of the nine C-130Hs scheduled to replace now-retired C-130Es. But one of those replacement planes is already slated for the C-130AMP upgrade and another is due for year-long depot maintenance. “We’re going to have a bit of a challenging year,†said Col. Steve Eggensperger, 189th Operations Group commander. “We’ll have a hard time meeting our full student production without limitation.†The 189th trains all C-130 flight crew instructors across the Air Force. “It’s kind of sad, really,†Eggensperger said. “These old E’s, it’s like putting on an old glove when you climb into them. The H’s are still a little new to us.†Not all of the crew for Monday’s flight was as sentimental, though. “The H’s, I love them,†said copilot Maj. Don Clark. “I love the extra power [of the engines]. And the air conditioning is almost too strong. â€â€œI finally get to fly planes that aren’t older than me,†said pilot Lt. Col. Greg Elfrink. Still, like O’Conner and the rest of the crew, Elfrink fought “tooth and nail†to fly Monday’s mission, “It’s a little bit of unit history today.†The C-130E could be called a maintainers aircraft. It was forgiving and many times fixed with a good wallop. “They can be a little cantankerous,†said Senior Master Sgt. John Adderhold, a crew chief. “But they were simple, rugged and made to do one thing. Today? Well, it kind of tells us we’re getting a little older, too.†This article was published today at 5:51 a.m. Front Section, Pages 1 on 09/28/2010
  17. I don't remember the tail # or the year it happened but I have seen the pictures. It was a class A mishap, nose gear ripped out, buckled and broken open around FS 245 and the left side wheel well area and wing badly burned. They ran off the runway and hit one of the concrete drainage culverts along the runway at Kadena. Sam has lots of great adventures he could tell you. And I promise you guys who flew with him at CCK, Yakota and Little Rock he hasn't divulged any names. There is not much of anything that Sam didn't know about the C-130. Sam told me he first turned a wrench as a crew chief on an 'A' model in May of 1959. I was at Chief McGoldricks Air Force retirement in 1988 and got to wish him many happy shamrocks this month after 22 years at the "schoolhouse."
  18. Dan, Only 3 EC-130E aircraft were involved in the operation, 62-1809 Republic 4 (destroyed) - 62-1818, Republic 5 and 62-1857, Republic 6 (last aircraft out). There is not an April that passes that I don't remember these guys, real American Heroes! Check out this site: http://www.arlingtoncemetery.net/joelmayo.htm
  19. Sad news to pass along. Got a call from Jackie @ the 53rd AS this morning. Jerry passed away this last weekend, not an accident - apparently from kidney failure. Jerry was an FE in the 61st, 36th & 53rd and will be missed by all who knew him. Details for funeral services are pending. Russ
  20. For those of you who knew him: Gene passed away Friday 14 March after a valient fight against cancer. No details as of yet on funeral or memorial services.
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