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[masraum]

Originally Posted by Seahawk

It is neat to watch. I have seen the Blue Angels a few times and the JATO take-off by Fat Albert is great.



I flew from Pt. Mugu NAS to New Zealand in a C-130. A friend of mine was a pilot at VXE-6 and I took some leave to hopefully get on the Antarctic ice.

A bit about VXE-6: https://www.globalsecurity.org/military/agency/navy/vxe-6.htm

As much as I loved the C-130, that is a long way to go at around 300kts!

We made it to Christchurch, NZ but the weather was awful on the ice so I flew back to San Diego commercially.

Even steerage felt great!

Dad was stationed in P'cola twice, so I've seen the Blue Angels several times. We also had an Air Show on Misawa Air Base. The JATO assisted take offs were impressive.

Japan, air show late 70s.





Cub Scouts getting to tour a P3


When coming or going from/to Misawa, you'd take a jet to/from an air base in the south end of Japan (Yokota or Yokusuka, I think) and then, I'm pretty sure you'd fly in a C130 from there to Misawa. That was an experience. seats loaded into the plane facing the rear of the plane. Usually only a handful of rows of seats with cargo in the back of the plane. The inside of the plane not finished, not heated, and not insulated from sound. You wore jackets as if you were outside, and ear plugs.

[GH85Carrera]

The real hacksaw ridge.
Desmond Doss was a United States Army corporal who served as a combat medic with an infantry company in WW2. He was twice awarded the Bronze Star Medal for actions in Guam and the Philippines. Doss further distinguished himself in the Battle of Okinawa by saving 75 men, becoming the only conscientious objector to receive the Medal of Honor for his actions during the war.



Downtown Houston. Plenty of parking back then.

[svandamme]

Originally Posted by IROC

I worked on a program where we mounted a laser in a C-130. I was the engineer responsible

[masraum]

Originally Posted by GH85Carrera

Downtown Houston. Plenty of parking back then.

From 2011 until Covid, I worked on the 9th, and then the 12th floor of the building just above and right of center. 1111 Fannin.



Another old photo from the opposite side of the building.
The two parking lots in the foreground are now a complex called "Green Street" which is (or was before covid, no idea now) mostly restaurants, bars, and shops.

[GH85Carrera]

I will pass.

[Seahawk]

Originally Posted by masraum

Cub Scouts getting to tour a P3


When coming or going from/to Misawa, you'd take a jet to/from an air base in the south end of Japan (Yokota or Yokusuka, I think) and then, I'm pretty sure you'd fly in a C130 from there to Misawa. That was an experience. seats loaded into the plane facing the rear of the plane. Usually only a handful of rows of seats with cargo in the back of the plane. The inside of the plane not finished, not heated, and not insulated from sound. You wore jackets as if you were outside, and ear plugs.

Great pics...time machine!

I was lucky my C-130 pilot friend made sure I brought an air mattress, air pillow, a sleeping bag, shooters ear guards, etc., etc.

I also spent a lot of time on the flight deck.

When I was at the Sikorsky factory, we deleivered Blackhawks to Germany in a C-5. I did two trips - we flew the acceptance test fights in Germany with the Army for each 60L What a ride.

I slept in the bunk house on the flight deck behind the pilots.

[GH85Carrera]

[Steve Carlton]

[Jeff Higgins]

Originally Posted by Heel n Toe

8 seconds into that video:



Jeff, I think I see what they did with the doors moving laterally to let the horizontal stabilizers pass through, but can't figure out how they got the vertical stabilizer in and out with the bottom of that roof line being so low... unless they could raise/retract it like a garage door.

There were two situations we would encounter on AOG operations that required the removal of the vertical fin even if we were not working on it. One would be structural repairs outdoors on the tarmac, when we would have the airframe structurally compromised enough that the wind load on the vertical stabilizer would prove to be a problem. The other situation would be if we needed to get the airplane inside into a hangar whose ceiling was not high enough. In both cases, we would simply remove the vertical before we really even got started. It's not that hard, really. Relatively speaking...

[Skytrooper]

Originally Posted by Seahawk

It is neat to watch. I have seen the Blue Angels a few times and the JATO take-off by Fat Albert is great.



I flew from Pt. Mugu NAS to New Zealand in a C-130. A friend of mine was a pilot at VXE-6 and I took some leave to hopefully get on the Antarctic ice.

I am sure that I have mentioned this before, but I actually flew on Fat Albert during an airshow. JATO takeoff was awesome !!

I was going to transfer to VXE-6 back in 1982, but decided to leave the Navy instead.

[Racerbvd]

[Steve Carlton]

[Fast Freddy 944]

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[Heel n Toe]

Originally Posted by Jeff Higgins

In both cases, we would simply remove the vertical before we really even got started. It's not that hard, really. Relatively speaking...

Very cool, Jeff... thanks for answering my mystery.

[VINMAN]

[IS300]

Originally Posted by Racerbvd

who's dad is this ....... awesome!!!!!

[rcooled]

Originally Posted by GH85Carrera

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[GH85Carrera]

Goodness gracious, great balls of fire!

[masraum]

Originally Posted by GH85Carrera

Daisugi: Developed near, Kyoto, in the 15th century – Daisugi is the art of growing trees upon trees. It's a methodology that's meant to allow you to continue to harvest the same tree over and over again for timber.

In Europe, they practice pollarding, which is similar.