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    Wireless Headsets for C130 ALM's

    in C-130 Technical

    Posted

    Knowing AFSOC they probably where using a tin cans then with cotton string, thats why they were WIRELESS!!!

    I remember doing some of those test. Back then as I recall there were sound (volume) problems. But I thought they could of used the same radios that CCT did to communicate with just a different secure frequency -- why reinvent the wheel!

    I also tested NVG landing lights that were charged via 9 volt batteries and a single bulb LED/IR mounted on a 2 ft stake at a 45 degree angle. All seven stakes and batteries weighed less than 5#'s and could be seen 2-3 miles out. Also, we worked with an IR laser system -- 4 lights mounted on 2 ft stakes -- the light packs and batteries were about the size of a soda can. The were placed at the approach end and departure end of the runway -- like the close safety lights for a driveway door. When lighted it looked like a straight line on either side of the runway. The problem you could get little breaks in the light with fog patch's or rise and dips in the runway. All-in-all still better than a box and one.

    Worked too good is why they were not implemented! Pluss the 9 volt system cost less than $20.

    Refueling over Iraq

    in C-130 General

    Posted

    I knew the spec opcs birds had a higher open ramp and door speed than the trash haulers. IIRC there were some kind of shields to keep the air from coming up into the empanage from the sides of the ramp. Thanks for the info.

    We had the highspeed ramp/door 250 knots -- the buffer boards were there for the ramp crew during STAR operations. As I recall slicks had a 150 for opening and closeing but you could go up to 180 once open and locked.

    Polish Hercules Mishap

    in C-130 General

    Posted

    Take a look at the external tank and think of the damage that would be caused by a portion of the prop or boot or lockfoam or spinner...??? flying off in a trajectory that would impact the external tank. Just a thought... Also the Main landing gear door would be on the same vector...(with airflow taken into account....

    Left wing damage looks like the panels just scraped up the side of the aircraft and impacted the fillet at the wing root....

    Not much impact damage that I can see (from trees or other stationary objects)

    Elevator is missing with no leading edge damage or underwing damage...pure overstress and failure?

    Hope we can get more information LOTS MORE.... I would like to hear about the control imputs they use. We teach a Boost out approach but.... COME ON!!!

    one word LUCK!

    8SOS data base + Talon Reunion info

    in C-130 Community Announcements & Promotions

    Posted

    As some of you know already, I am attempting to compile a data base of former 8th SOS (Combat Talon I) members and also passing on information on the upcoming reunion. Please forward to me any mailing address, phone#s, e-mail addresses and/or any other info that I might not have on record. Also, please send this to anyone you think is not on my list and should be. I am attaching the Agenda, Registration Form and Trifold. The earlier you register for the reunion, the easier it is for the organizers to make all the arrangements. Also, if you are interested in playing golf, we are limited to 8 foursomes, so sign up soon to avoid the rush. Golf has been moved from Gator Lakes (agenda is incorrect) and will be at FWB - Oaks Course. I can be reached at [email protected] Looking forward to seeing y'all at the reunion in May.

    Cheers, BobB

    Lsgi

    in C-130 Technical

    Posted

    I still dont buy it all. Why is the TIT 100° cooler in GI than LSGI?

    I would say airflow across the sensors -- we have a procedure on the bird (jet) I fly for high oil temp is to increase power that moves the oil thru the cooler faster -- crazy but it works!

    Air Force Suggestion Program

    in C-130 General

    Posted

    I know that you can put in a suggestion to change something and get the procedure approved wait a year and put in a suggestion to change it back just like it was before and get it approved and get an award for both suggestions! :) No it wasn't me but I know who did it!

    Sleeping on the hercules

    in General

    Posted

    Hi everyone, new here.

    I'm a vet but also a parent. My son is a load at Pope and just got back from his first real TDY, a week in San Diego. Not a bad place to have to spend a week but being just 19 he was mostly the DD. LOL. He's hearing he'll be deploying around June.

    Anyway, after those 7 hour rides coast to coast he told me how nice it would have been to have had a hammock. Does anybody have links to someplace on-line where he or I can buy one? Also any advice about brands, styles, etc. would be appreciated.

    Thanks in advance.

    Check army/navy, sporting goods and hunting stores -- I got mine in Nam and it was small enought you could roll it into a ball the size of a baseball. I would say the smaller the better. I used a pancho liner. I laid in the hammock got in wrapped it around me pulled the sides of the hammock over me and zzzzzzzzzzzzzz. Everything was OK until a crew member not to be named tried to duct tape me in :) -- he got his just reward. He had to pee sometime on the flight. Standing on the ramp in full stream trying to hold to both his manhood and the ramp support when he was floating in mid air --- damn must have been a airp pocket! :)

    MC-130 and the Aircraft Carrier

    in C-130 Historical

    Posted

    Skip,

    Any chance for pictures from this "event"?

    Sonny

    There were some great photos taken by Hollywood my LM and you could see the silver chaff and white rolls of AF Form 1's floating down on the deck. I had them under the glass on my desk at work and someone not to be named (can't prove she did it) stole them and I can't find the negatives!

    Rate of sink

    in C-130 Technical

    Posted

    They are supposed to give you almost real time vertical change information, would have to have a pilot chime in on how "real time" they were.

    Dan

    Close is correct and a whole lot better that the old VVI -- going from a IVSI back to a VVI is like going back from driving a car to ridding a bicycle

    Combat Talon I aircraft going to Bone Yard

    in C-130 Historical

    Posted

    What are those bars stretched across the nose? And if that's a "delivery" why does the paint on the radome look botched?

    yokes for the Fulton Recovery System -- they are extended for the Surface To Air Recovery (STAR) the raydome was painted black it just looks like this was a paint over the green and it has worn off.

    "What The Capt Meant to Say"

    in General

    Posted

    Does anyone have or know where I can get a copy of this "interview"? I had a copy but it "vanished" when I PCSd from Germany. For those not in the know; it's a supposed interview of an F-4C pilot, in Vietnam and an American newsman with an Air Force PR man present to translate the Captains answers into the "company line". Always enjoyed it and I'm sure many younger troops would too.

    Thanks in advance.

    It'a on here somewhere do a search :)

    Combat Talon I aircraft going to Bone Yard

    in C-130 Historical

    Posted · Edited by Skip Davenport

    64-0567 down to Hurbie (this tail # is historically significant)

    Tell us more about the historic significantance of 567?

    Muff

    I'm working on that --They all have historic significance i.e. 64-0523 the first delivered plus first STAR bird and flown on the Son Tay Raid on 3 engines (by a 7th crew) probably the first historic Talon event. And she bombed the Nimitz into submission! :)

    But hey, I didn't make the decision!

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