Aircraft

Steel Horse Bailey · May 31, 2013, 10:46:42 PM

Pony, You are absolutely right - they are very quiet until they're PAST you! And if you're the bad guy, it's too late and you'll likely NEVER hear them! Our M1 tanks were the same way, surprisingly. It's amazing that something SOOO big & heavy (nearly 70 tons and moving in excess of 40 mph) can fool you. If you hear ANYTHING at all, it's probably the eerie squeaking/screeching of the tracks moving at high speed and it can sound like it's ALL AROUND you! I've experienced it MANY times while on field problems when we had to dismount to simulate grunts. (Infantry) During many of those instances when Infantry guys have been with us on the same FTX (Field Training Exercise) they have remarked to us how fast we came up and over-ran them and how eerily quiet we were, especially at night. They thought we had surrounded them.

Suffice to say, I'm sure glad they're on OUR side!!! The A-10s, as WELL as our Grunts! Those Grunts can "sneak & peek" quietly very well, too! A-10s really impress us Tankers!

Texas Lawdog · June 01, 2013, 01:57:17 AM

SHB should know, he had lots of experience in the First Gulf War.

Steel Horse Bailey · June 01, 2013, 09:04:51 PM

Fortunately, I was on the CORRECT side with the A-10s! They played Hell with the loser Iraqis! Regular troops, Republican Guard ... no matter. They were all targets and those A-10s made the best of it!

Texas Lawdog · June 02, 2013, 10:09:18 AM

Yepper!

yeti76620 · June 02, 2013, 01:39:42 PM

Quote from: Steel Horse Bailey on June 01, 2013, 09:04:51 PM
Fortunately, I was on the CORRECT side with the A-10s! They played Hell with the loser Iraqis! Regular troops, Republican Guard ... no matter. They were all targets and those A-10s made the best of it!

That A-10 Warthog is my personal favorite with that tank kill'n 30mm 7 bbl Gatling Cannon....too bad the gun's a General Electric product.... $:-\$ $:-\$ $:-\$

Have you folks seen this?

yeti76620 · June 02, 2013, 02:20:25 PM

Was here the other week:

Deliver'n this:

Seen this:

I know they're try'n but I hope the A-10 does not become a center piece of a flower bed....

Texas Lawdog · June 02, 2013, 02:21:41 PM

That's what you call piggy back, USAF style! They should be able to fit at least 2 , nose to tail in that C5A.

litl rooster · June 02, 2013, 02:42:03 PM

someday an A-10 will be planted next to a Flag pole. Till then I hope they have the life span of the B-52

yeti76620 · June 02, 2013, 03:37:25 PM

Quote from: litl rooster on June 02, 2013, 02:42:03 PM
someday an A-10 will be planted next to a Flag pole. Till then I hope they have the life span of the B-52

Hear Hear!

litl rooster · June 02, 2013, 03:41:06 PM

Quote from: yeti76620 on June 02, 2013, 03:37:25 PM
Hear Hear!

btw that man hole is going to have a hard right turn

yeti76620 · June 02, 2013, 04:37:43 PM

Quote from: litl rooster on June 02, 2013, 03:41:06 PM
btw that man hole is going to have a hard right turn

RIGHT!

.....lol...I know what you mean...I just deliver that RCP stuff [reinforce concrete pipe] do not get to see much of it get buried...Hopefully it's at the top of the grade with a grated cover for the 100 year flood to breath! It would be one heck of a plug at grade bottom....Pretty sure that there will be a bunch of blacktop for that 4' dia pipe to catch run-off.....first they're pulling a bunch of asbestos contaminated soil from that lot on the Air Force base....another cool thing to watch....45 foot side-dumps with condoms, people in "suits & full face respirators"....

Got me wondering what was going on in that section of Buckley AFB as it's been an empty field (buffer zone) between the Base and John Q. Public for decades to have large patches of asbestos contamination....

Steel Horse Bailey · June 02, 2013, 11:16:27 PM

Quote from: yeti76620 on June 02, 2013, 01:39:42 PM
That A-10 Warthog is my personal favorite with that tank kill'n 30mm 7 bbl Gatling Cannon....too bad the gun's a General Electric product.... $:-\$ $:-\$

Yeti, perhaps you can think of it this way: Dr. Gatling, a Dentist from Indianapolis invented it. GE just copies his design somewhat modernized. Maybe Dillon Aero could work their magic on it like the did the Mini-Gun, also a GE product, if I'm not mistaken. Works real good, now!

Altho' I haven't heard about problems with the 30mm GAU like I did the Mini-G.

Texas Lawdog · June 03, 2013, 01:15:40 AM

We got the CH-21B in the Hangar this weekend. It had not been in a hangar in almost 50 years. The restoration will begin shortly.

litl rooster · June 03, 2013, 03:04:56 PM

Quote from: yeti76620 on June 02, 2013, 04:37:43 PM
.....first they're pulling a bunch of asbestos contaminated soil from that lot on the Air Force base....another cool thing to watch....45 foot side-dumps with condoms, people in "suits & full face respirators"....

Got me wondering what was going on in that section of Buckley AFB as it's been an empty field (buffer zone) between the Base and John Q. Public for decades to have large patches of asbestos contamination....

Since I was in the Air Force and spent much time on the Tarmacs I really don't want to know.

Major E A Sterner · June 03, 2013, 03:09:02 PM

Brake dust and pieces of the brake material??

Texas Lawdog · June 03, 2013, 06:04:42 PM

I was around our garage and radiator shop till I was in college. I am guessing that I will develop symptoms related to exposure to asbestos.

Steel Horse Bailey · June 04, 2013, 06:45:40 AM

I figger I'm past 61, nearly 62 so I ain't gonna worry much about it. I'll prob'ly kick the bucket long before that asbestos brake dust, asbestos tank heater insulation, and other asbestos-related crap develops into meso-whutthe-heckia. I got enough issues right now that them sawbones couldn't tell iffn sumthin' new comes around.

'Course, I'd rather NOT have them issues in the 1st place!

I haven't yet had a chance to fly in ever'thin' I wanted to! If some AT-6 or an SNJ (Navy AT-6) comes to town to take rides an' I can shoehorn my fat arse into one of the seats, I'm gonna be sorely tempted! (Or it could be a twin-control biplane like a Stearman, or maybe a Mosquito ... well, you know.) I'm goin' UP!

I gave up on a ride in a twin-seat P-51 back about 17 or 18 YEARS ago when we were at one of the Kissimmee airports and they had "10-20 min." (guaranteed!) rides fer ONLY $1500! A bit rich for my blood. Or bloody pocketbook, as the case may be.

Arcey · June 04, 2013, 08:09:52 AM

Quote from: Steel Horse Bailey on June 04, 2013, 06:45:40 AM
I gave up on a ride in a twin-seat P-51 back about 17 or 18 YEARS ago when we were at one of the Kissimmee airports and they had "10-20 min." (guaranteed!) rides fer ONLY $1500! A bit rich for my blood. Or bloody pocketbook, as the case may be.

62 come the end of September mywonself. Certain items of walkin' scenery convinces me I was born too soon.

Thinkin' the price keeps the riff-raff out. Soon, the federals will decide that isn't fair 'n subsidize the experience for the needy. Similar to free electronics. We ain't the 'needy.'

For the askin' price of a thirty minute ride I can find 'n buy an old Smith, slick it up 'n ring a lot of steel with it.

Steel Horse Bailey · June 04, 2013, 09:14:41 AM

Right, Arcey!

But I'd remember the ride long after (or until) the Smith gets traded, sold, or I pass.

Arcey · June 04, 2013, 07:18:48 PM

Hell, my memory'd probably rust before the gun does. Wish ya better luck.

I'm pretty sure I remember how to get a Cessna in the air. I know I can put it down. I have no idea what kinda shape it or me'll be in after that. I remember gravity works from other activities.