Mon Jun 01, 2009 8:01 pm
well there was always the wake up Kingman flight with Sentimental Journey, and Dick Rutan, and the rubber chicken
Mon Jun 01, 2009 8:08 pm
At the T-6 gathering in Casper Wy in 93, We had invited Dave Clinton to come over and give his High performance flying talk. To make him feel at home since he flies a NAA product with a training wheel (T-28 ), I parked Carls T-6 in front of the hangar and I attached a stick with a wheel on it to the sump drain, so it had a training wheel, The Wheel had a sign saying T-28 training wheel, I also had one saying "I'll grow up to be a T-28 only if I have to", another saying "Advanced T-28 prototype, it has a tailwheel" "real trainers have tailwheels, and so on........
Tue Jun 02, 2009 12:31 am
In the early '80's I was at an open house at the French air force base near Strasbourg. There was also a fair amount of German equipment on display-Phantoms, Alpha Jets and 104's, as well as army equipment.
A young and quite personable Wehrmarcht recruit was explaining some manner of tracked fighting vehicle to a few Brits when I joined the circle. I pointed to a large container attached to the back and asked what it was for. He responded that it was a gas tank and he gave its capacity. With all the seriousness I could put on my face and in my voice, I asked, "But is that enough to get to Moscow?" They do a good job teaching history in Deutchland because he laughed as hard as the rest of us.
A young and quite personable Wehrmarcht recruit was explaining some manner of tracked fighting vehicle to a few Brits when I joined the circle. I pointed to a large container attached to the back and asked what it was for. He responded that it was a gas tank and he gave its capacity. With all the seriousness I could put on my face and in my voice, I asked, "But is that enough to get to Moscow?" They do a good job teaching history in Deutchland because he laughed as hard as the rest of us.
Tue Jun 02, 2009 3:05 pm
Mine is very similar to Gary's. When the Az Wing of the CAF first got the Heinkel, no one knew anything about Merlins. Mike Nixon came out to do all the engine work. After several flight hours, one of the engines needed changing. We took the engine off and sent to Nixon and he did the overhaul and shipped it back. Two of the mechanics both of whom shall remain nameless worked day and night for a week or so to get the new engine hung. One of our sheet metal guys worked at America West Airlines and had recently replaced a horizontal stab bolt from a 737 and kept the non airworthy bolt as a prize. This thing had to be five inches long and two inches in diameter. It was BIG. He stuck the bolt in a rag on top of the tool box the guys were working out of and just about the time they were finishing up, one of the guys went over to wipe his hands off on the rag and that bolt dropped onto the floor with a loud clang!! This is the only way I can describe the look on their faces as they looked for well over an hour trying to find where a bolt that big could have gone. 
Tue Jun 02, 2009 3:33 pm
Gulf War I:
Squadron of RAF Jaguars spent the night at a Tornado base. Next morning every Jaguar had a bowl of milk under the nose & a tray of kittylitter under the tail..
Squadron of RAF Jaguars spent the night at a Tornado base. Next morning every Jaguar had a bowl of milk under the nose & a tray of kittylitter under the tail..
Tue Jun 02, 2009 5:09 pm
ZRX61 wrote:Gulf War I:
Squadron of RAF Jaguars spent the night at a Tornado base. Next morning every Jaguar had a bowl of milk under the nose & a tray of kittylitter under the tail..
Ha ha, that happened when the first Jaguars went to RAF Bruggen (Germany) where the resident squadrons were flying the Phantom FGR 2s