Wed Jul 16, 2008 9:36 am
Bill Walker wrote:First time posting a picture, hope this works. Me at work in 1978. 50 points to the first person to correctly identy the airplane, an extra 50 for the company number or registration.
Trident Trigull
Wed Jul 16, 2008 9:54 am
BLR wrote:Trident Trigull
You win! Figures somebody from YVR would know.
Wed Jul 16, 2008 10:05 am
Bill Walker wrote:BLR wrote:Trident Trigull
You win! Figures somebody from YVR would know.
Re: the registration, weren't there only three built, 2 flying and one static? I'll take a guess and say its the prototype C-FTRI.
Oh...and to keep this on subject, see the red and white boat in the background, it's not where I'm normally station, but I work at that base every once and a while. That's on old photo, the ship in the photo the CCGS Narwhal is long gone and is now a charter mega-yatch in the Caribbean.
not my picture, borrowed from the Fighter Factory website
or see http://www.fighterfactory.com/airworthy-aircraft/sea-fury.php if they block the image.
Wed Jul 16, 2008 12:12 pm
No photos available due to moves, floods, divorces, bad da^^ed luck, etc. BUT;
Red Dodge aviation/Piper dealership owned by same in Anchorage, Ak. while finishing A&P school (started A&P school as a pre-vocational student as a Sophomore in High School).My P-51 ride @ 17 in the back of Reds Pink D model which was used as a fire boss spotter, my B-25 ride the same summer.
Boeing Thompson Site @ BFI building 737-100's and early -200's. hectic, frustrating days and many, many mods but they made the little bus a world beater.
Boeing Everett 747-100's from RA 001 thru RA 63, we were all told in early 1970 that we could go home now, hence the famous billboard "will the last person leaving Seatle please turn out the lights"
Lockweed CALAC in Palmdale building the most poorly designed big aircraft I ever saw, the L-1011. Talk about WPA projects in low humidity! and atrocious assembly practices and assemblers, that was back in the days when no one cared in you went out to the car and smoked your lunch, and the worst ones were those going to Eastern, they didn't care so neither did we. I wouldn't get on any 1011 to walk to the kitchen from the bedroom.
A very brief stint @ Rockwell on B-1A AV #1, those clowns made Lockheed seem well organized and professional!
Odd jobs as a truck mechanic (truck drivers whine more than airline captains but have a different vocabulary)
Robertson STOL in NooAwlunz. A really fun job, busy and at times hectic schedules, but always time to go for a test flight on what you just worked on, lots of extra rides in oddball stuff on the field (the Bird Innovator, Cousteaus PBY, McKinnon turbine Goose, EXXONS Beaver on floats, etc. etc.) A great, tight knit and 'I've got your back' group of folks, miss them all, especially the late Ralph Portner who was the owner and my boss and one heck of a great individual-Thats where I first met Mr Widgeon, my closest and best friend.
Back to Seattle and the big B. QC in 727 J&I (join and install) where three big pieces became the fuselage and wings and started looking like a 727, then over to the 10-21 building as a QC Inspector on AWACS, in early 1982 we again were told 'you can all go home now'
Rent a cop for a couple of years until aviation picked up then 15 years @ TRAMCO/B.F. Goodrich Aerospace MRO (lovingly known to former inmates as BADWRENCH) as an Inspector, Lead Inspector, Mod line QC, and final gig as an Instructor teaching DC-8, DC-9/MD 80, DC-10 gen fam classes then working on the floor as a focal/Lead Inspector during the maintenance visits. Talk about speaking Chevy to a bunch of Dodge guys, all they had ever worked were 727/737 airframes but those guys and gals got really really good at Douglas and the wing shop guys preferred MD-80 over Boeing because Boeing leading edges are always soaked with SKYDROL leaks. BFG changing priorities and more dependance on outside contractors coupled with a Manager who was a drunk and suspected druggie led to my departure.
A few years driving Commuter busses while recovering from a really nasty divorce when a chance encounter lead me to my current job as an Instructor for Edmonds Community College working with Boeing instructing on the 787 as well as currently teaching new hires legacy construction methods for 747/767/777 and perhaps a tanker or several. And the entire group I work with now at Edmonds and the Boeing folks @ LTD are a great group from top to bottom, no one is too 'important' or too busy to not lend a hand or offer to assist if you are doing shop training, I hope to do this a couple more years then throw my leg over the bike and see whats over that hill-and that hill- and that......
Red Dodge aviation/Piper dealership owned by same in Anchorage, Ak. while finishing A&P school (started A&P school as a pre-vocational student as a Sophomore in High School).My P-51 ride @ 17 in the back of Reds Pink D model which was used as a fire boss spotter, my B-25 ride the same summer.
Boeing Thompson Site @ BFI building 737-100's and early -200's. hectic, frustrating days and many, many mods but they made the little bus a world beater.
Boeing Everett 747-100's from RA 001 thru RA 63, we were all told in early 1970 that we could go home now, hence the famous billboard "will the last person leaving Seatle please turn out the lights"
Lockweed CALAC in Palmdale building the most poorly designed big aircraft I ever saw, the L-1011. Talk about WPA projects in low humidity! and atrocious assembly practices and assemblers, that was back in the days when no one cared in you went out to the car and smoked your lunch, and the worst ones were those going to Eastern, they didn't care so neither did we. I wouldn't get on any 1011 to walk to the kitchen from the bedroom.
A very brief stint @ Rockwell on B-1A AV #1, those clowns made Lockheed seem well organized and professional!
Odd jobs as a truck mechanic (truck drivers whine more than airline captains but have a different vocabulary)
Robertson STOL in NooAwlunz. A really fun job, busy and at times hectic schedules, but always time to go for a test flight on what you just worked on, lots of extra rides in oddball stuff on the field (the Bird Innovator, Cousteaus PBY, McKinnon turbine Goose, EXXONS Beaver on floats, etc. etc.) A great, tight knit and 'I've got your back' group of folks, miss them all, especially the late Ralph Portner who was the owner and my boss and one heck of a great individual-Thats where I first met Mr Widgeon, my closest and best friend.
Back to Seattle and the big B. QC in 727 J&I (join and install) where three big pieces became the fuselage and wings and started looking like a 727, then over to the 10-21 building as a QC Inspector on AWACS, in early 1982 we again were told 'you can all go home now'
Rent a cop for a couple of years until aviation picked up then 15 years @ TRAMCO/B.F. Goodrich Aerospace MRO (lovingly known to former inmates as BADWRENCH) as an Inspector, Lead Inspector, Mod line QC, and final gig as an Instructor teaching DC-8, DC-9/MD 80, DC-10 gen fam classes then working on the floor as a focal/Lead Inspector during the maintenance visits. Talk about speaking Chevy to a bunch of Dodge guys, all they had ever worked were 727/737 airframes but those guys and gals got really really good at Douglas and the wing shop guys preferred MD-80 over Boeing because Boeing leading edges are always soaked with SKYDROL leaks. BFG changing priorities and more dependance on outside contractors coupled with a Manager who was a drunk and suspected druggie led to my departure.
A few years driving Commuter busses while recovering from a really nasty divorce when a chance encounter lead me to my current job as an Instructor for Edmonds Community College working with Boeing instructing on the 787 as well as currently teaching new hires legacy construction methods for 747/767/777 and perhaps a tanker or several. And the entire group I work with now at Edmonds and the Boeing folks @ LTD are a great group from top to bottom, no one is too 'important' or too busy to not lend a hand or offer to assist if you are doing shop training, I hope to do this a couple more years then throw my leg over the bike and see whats over that hill-and that hill- and that......
Fri Jul 25, 2008 4:14 pm
well i finally took some pictures, although with my cell phone, of teh A&P school im at. i can classify it as my job since im here most of the day and its all i do during the week. a little late but school has been busy, next week are finals for summer and my written and O&P are about a month away 
enjoy!
enjoy!
Sat Jul 26, 2008 9:18 pm
Here's my workplace for the summer. It's hard to get a picture in here though...
This was me yesterday. I got to start up the T-6 and the P-51. No pics from the T-6 since I'd done that before, but not the Mustang!!!
(my start-up was embarrasing)
Trey
This was me yesterday. I got to start up the T-6 and the P-51. No pics from the T-6 since I'd done that before, but not the Mustang!!!
(my start-up was embarrasing)
Trey
Sat Jul 26, 2008 9:26 pm
Trey,
Wear ear plugs or a headset.
That thing is loud and it'll affect your hearing over time.
At least you didn't over prime and create an opportunity for roasting marsh mellows.
Rich
Wear ear plugs or a headset.
That thing is loud and it'll affect your hearing over time.
At least you didn't over prime and create an opportunity for roasting marsh mellows.
Rich
Sat Jul 26, 2008 9:33 pm
I second the recommendation for ear protection. Back when I crewed on helicopters, I ALWAYS wore a helmet. People would occasionally kid me about it, and I would just stare at them for a few seconds and then say "oh that's right, you've never flown with this guy before".
With apologies to most (but not all) of the pilots I flew with.
With apologies to most (but not all) of the pilots I flew with.
Sat Jul 26, 2008 10:04 pm
Agreed. I've only had one or two occasions where I haven't had ear protection of some sort on when around engines for any amount of time beyond just them taxiing by. I have a Flight Deck Helmet and a smaller headset that has a radio (AM/FM), microphones, and an aux stereo jack that I use with my radio to monitor traffic when I'm working on the ramp. It's been beneficial more than once in the past, even when just out on the ramp during a normal weekend at the CAF hangar. Best part of the smaller pair is that I can listen to music while mowing the CAF lawn. 