B-17G Flying fort Maintenence
Thu Mar 06, 2008 10:34 am
Things haven't changed to much have they?
Thu Mar 06, 2008 10:47 am
Jack,
Do you know which B-17 that is?
Do you know which B-17 that is?
Thu Mar 06, 2008 11:05 am
Jack,
No, they haven't!
20:00 hours, Springfield Missouri, 22 July, 2007.
There are three more men working on the B-17 than we can muster for our annual inspection this year, though.
Scott
No, they haven't!
20:00 hours, Springfield Missouri, 22 July, 2007.
There are three more men working on the B-17 than we can muster for our annual inspection this year, though.
Scott
Changes
Thu Mar 06, 2008 11:27 am
Yes, it has changed. The guys in the first photo had an easier time finding parts...
Thu Mar 06, 2008 11:39 am
Point well taken, FF!
Scott
Scott
Re: Changes
Thu Mar 06, 2008 12:14 pm
Forgotten Field wrote:Yes, it has changed. The guys in the first photo had an easier time finding parts...
Probably from the one parked next to it when no one was looking!
Rich
Thu Mar 06, 2008 12:32 pm
Heck Rich,
We do that every day at the "institution" I work at! We call it "Just In Time Inventory" and it works well. Right after you borrow the part from the plane next door and fill out four hundred forms, the piece you originally ordered is lost in shipment.
S
We do that every day at the "institution" I work at! We call it "Just In Time Inventory" and it works well. Right after you borrow the part from the plane next door and fill out four hundred forms, the piece you originally ordered is lost in shipment.
S
???
Thu Mar 06, 2008 8:30 pm
Do you know which B-17 that is?
I wish I knew-sorry.
Sun Mar 09, 2008 7:12 pm
I like the newer fiberglass ladders with the standing platform like we have at Lone Star better that the creaky knee busters those guys in the first pic were using.
( I'm kinda opinionated on this since I've taken an 8 ft. dive off a rickety ladder. OW)
Doug R.
( I'm kinda opinionated on this since I've taken an 8 ft. dive off a rickety ladder. OW)
Doug R.
Sun Mar 09, 2008 9:21 pm
I hear that, Doug. The AAF would have never contributed to winning the war if OSHA had been around! 
Warbirdguy asked which Fort Jack's photo showed--I don't know which aircraft it was, but doesn't the PSP parking area and ample quantity of mud seem to place these guys in Italy? Just a hunch, but many revetments in England had a hard surface, so I took a guess.
I do want to build a crew chief stand like the prop guy is using--that is a practical piece of equipment that doesn't take much effort to move around.
Scott
Warbirdguy asked which Fort Jack's photo showed--I don't know which aircraft it was, but doesn't the PSP parking area and ample quantity of mud seem to place these guys in Italy? Just a hunch, but many revetments in England had a hard surface, so I took a guess.
I do want to build a crew chief stand like the prop guy is using--that is a practical piece of equipment that doesn't take much effort to move around.
Scott
Sun Mar 09, 2008 9:33 pm
Second Air Force wrote:I hear that, Doug. The AAF would have never contributed to winning the war if OSHA had been around!
Scott
Thats right! OSHA is a Buzz Kill! Id like to say something nice about OSHA, but at this point in my life I fix aircraft still, therefore there is nothing nice to say, so ill reserve my right to expression and smile!
