Ever wonder what working on Warbirds is REALLY like?

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B29Gunner
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Ever wonder what working on Warbirds is REALLY like?

Wed Feb 04, 2009 12:19 am

Cowl'n up the #2 on the Liberty Belle around 10:30 at night in Canton, GA after a looong day (and I only showed up in the afternoon!) This is what it's allllll about :D

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WIXers Chuck and Rod. Poor Chuck was freezing his a$$ off again today working on #3, while I was inside the "relatively" warm fuselage and cockpit most of the time!

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Rod Schneider
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Wed Feb 04, 2009 1:40 am

Aaahhhh, yes, the late night! Actually, I normally work third shift, so that wouldn't have seemed so late if I hadn't been up since 5 AM that morning!
B29Gunner
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Wed Feb 04, 2009 3:28 am

Hey Rod, we missed ya today buddy! But man, it was BRUTAL out there...I kept joking w/ Chuck that I heard it was supposed to be "75" in Douglas today :twisted: Are you heading up this weekend? I might be there Sunday if Cullen is going to be around.

Here's some pics of our -123 cowling I was telling you about, it's sooo nice :D

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Rod Schneider
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Wed Feb 04, 2009 4:29 am

Sure, go ahead and rub it in about the cowling............
I'm planning on being up there Friday, Saturday, Sunday, and Monday!
krlang
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Wed Feb 04, 2009 6:26 pm

I was on the ramp in Boston at midnight saturday changing a hydraulic pressure switch on a CJ-3.
It was 15 degrees with a 15 mph wind.

What was I thinking? :cry: OH, yeah, I needed the OT! :wink:

I dont see any ice on the ground there!
hang the expense
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Freezing

Wed Feb 04, 2009 6:45 pm

This qualifies as a WETSU moment. :roll: Had Chuck been wearing a south georgia shirt it might not have been so cold.WISCONSIN?BURRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRR
Matt Gunsch
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Wed Feb 04, 2009 7:15 pm

Been there, done that, got the ruined shirts to prove it
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gunnyperdue

Wed Feb 04, 2009 9:59 pm

Do any of you guys working on these big warbirds have a copy of the maintenance program... preferably electronic... preferably that DC-3/C-47?

Thanks,
scott
Matt Gunsch
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Wed Feb 04, 2009 11:27 pm

Scott, email sent
Obergrafeter
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Wed Feb 04, 2009 11:52 pm

Gunny asked if anyone has a maintenamce program. The real question should be "APPROVED" maintenance program. We are working on it. Not as easy as copying one they have already approved (just change ser. #) That would be to easy, and don't think they would approve one from another FSDO down they road 20 miles. We are getting close (knock on wood) and will be in touch if it happens.
Matt Gunsch
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Thu Feb 05, 2009 12:19 am

I don't know where you are, but if there is a approved program, the FAA inspector I deal with will accept it with changes to the serial numbers. I took the one for the TBM, from another FSDO, changed the serial and sailed it thru.

you should not have to re-invent the wheel everytime.

Thu Feb 05, 2009 12:36 am

Guys like you make it fun for guys like me to look at stuff guys like you work on to fly for guys like me. From all the guys like me, we say thank you to guys like you. But from the photos I wouldn't want to be a guy like you ... :wink:
gunnyperdue

Thu Feb 05, 2009 6:12 am

It's true... my end goal is an approved mx program... my Fed has already told me what he wants... so if I have something to start with it would really make life easier (not wanting to re-invent the wheel mode).

gunny
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bending wrenches

Thu Feb 05, 2009 7:17 am

Hellcat wrote:Guys like you make it fun for guys like me to look at stuff guys like you work on to fly for guys like me. From all the guys like me, we say thank you to guys like you. But from the photos I wouldn't want to be a guy like you ... :wink:
Come on Hellcat,can't you find somebody that will let you help work on an airplane? :lol:
Chuck Giese
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Thu Feb 05, 2009 11:32 am

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This is what it looked like yesterday @ 20-20 (wind & temp). I don't even want to know what that works out to as wind chill :wink: Whose idea was it to locate an airport on top of a windy plateau, instead of sheltering it in a valley?

My goal was to close out and cowl #3 and miss evening rush hour through Atlanta. I did miss rush hour - it was gone before I got there.

Thank you Rod & Trevor. Your help is appreciated.

Chuck
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