Saintsman, I got your messages, but your e-mail doesn't work, I keep getting a "message delivery unsuccessfull- other address status error. For the moment, its "The <acronym title="Carpatian Air Transport (Hungary)">KC</acronym>-10 WARP (wing aerial refueling pods) actually have 3 covers when remove...
Jump to postAs it was explained to me the last time I ask a Boeing guy, the compatibility issue with the 7E7 (787 or whatever it is at the moment) is twofold: 1) fuel storage. Both the KC10 and KC135 use bladder cells in the fuselage to increase the available fuel for offload. This is well suited to the current...
Jump to postIt's actually 3 wings at McGuire; 305th AMW, 6th <acronym title="Alaska Airlines (USA)">AS</acronym>, 2nd ARS, 32nd ARS 514th AMW, 76th ARS, 78th ARS, 732nd <acronym title="Alaska Airlines (USA)">AS</acronym>, 514th <acronym title="Alesund - Vigra (AES / ENAL), Norway">AES</acronym>, 714th <acronym ...
Jump to postYes, its in my profile, L-300-50A The flight test C-141's were TCDS'ed, but none of the production models were. The Identaplates were not changed upon conversion to the B model. To my knowledge there was never any plans to make a civilian variant.
ChD
http://www.hartzellprop.com/top_prop/index_topprop.htm
The link has a picture of a Hartzell q-tip. MUCH less dramatic curvature.
ChD
1) ?? 2) ?? 3) The "California Panel" is actually the door covering the upper stowage compartment outboard of the crew galley at approx FS400, called so because it is shaped like the state of California. 4) ?? 5) The "Pool Room" is the unused cavity in the fwd intermediate fuselage area; called so b...
Jump to postHey <acronym title="Enkor (Russian Federation)">G5</acronym>, I'm a <acronym title="Carpatian Air Transport (Hungary)">KC</acronym>-10 <acronym title="Royal Khmer Airlines (Cambodia)">FE</acronym> in the 2nd here at McGoo, shoot me an e-mail and I'll tell ya more and help out with any sponsor stuff ...
Jump to postIn as much as the possibilities for compact transport and ease of deployment sound tempting, I think the risk / benefit of such a concept outweighs its usefulness. I would think that anyone who has ever been bird hunting would agree that an ultralight / hang glider would make as easy a target as qua...
Jump to postGarnet, I grew up in Lexington and Charleston, and remember watching the '141 from <acronym title="Charleston - AFB / International (CHS / KCHS), USA - South Carolina">CHS</acronym>, and the A-10's from Myrtle Beach mostly. I used to go out to the Poinsett range all the time and watch the show. I'm ...
Jump to postHowdy D767 I've been sitting sideways on the <acronym title="Carpatian Air Transport (Hungary)">KC</acronym>-10 for 3 years now, I started out on the C-141, as a Crew Chief, then <acronym title="Royal Khmer Airlines (Cambodia)">FE</acronym>. I like the tanker job quite a bit, I love being an <acrony...
Jump to postFor security sake, we'll just give estimates. First off, generally speaking, the refueling altitudes are fairly standardized between FL19-250, with some of the slow/low flyers needing lower. The altitude is normally chosen based on threat and traffic requirements. If higher is needed, the <acronym t...
Jump to postL-188, you should ask a few E-3 and tanker crews about the "advantage" at the end of a duty day, after three shifts of fighters have rotated through. It's nice for the Pilots to be able to "switch off the controls" between the <acronym title="Air Canada">AC</acronym> and <acronym title="Canadian Air...
Jump to postThe go / no-go pills are legal and sanctioned by the Flight Surgeons. There are very specific guidelines on how we are allowed to use them, and as long as those guidelines are followed, there are no repercussions from a "problem" developing from them. However; If the guidelines are abused or violate...
Jump to postHere is one with the drouge pulled and connected to a ground test cart, look at the area just fwd and under the aft upper deck door, straight aft of the open baggage door, you will see where it starts. <br><center><font color="#EEEEEE" size="1" face="ARIAL, Helvetica, Geneva"><a href="/open.file/121...
Jump to postI would love to see some specific accidents cited that would demonstrate a lack of safety as an MD-11 Tanker. How many KC-10's have crashed?
ChD
<a href="http://www.flightdailynews.com/farnborough2004/07_20/defence/kdc.shtm" target=_blank>http://www.flightdailynews.com/farnborough2004/07_20/defence/kdc.shtm</a> <a href="http://www.ainonline.com/Publications/farn/farn_04/d3tankerp18.html" target=_blank>http://www.ainonline.com/Publications/fa...
Jump to postI'm partial to the '141 because I flew them, but I'd have to say hands down the C-121, with a close second either the C-124C or C-97G. Long live Curvy Connie; and the C-124, a recip that could haul 75,000 lbs of trash, now that's amazing; not to mention the C-97, a forgotten cornerstone of modern ai...
Jump to postThe efficiency comparison between the <acronym title="Air Madagascar">MD</acronym>-11 and <acronym title="Carpatian Air Transport (Hungary)">KC</acronym>-10 is effectively no factor. The <acronym title="Carpatian Air Transport (Hungary)">KC</acronym>-10 only operates at MTOW a relatively small amoun...
Jump to postPFE's have been dying for a long time now. That is a real pet peeve of mine. No, I don't need to fly for a civilian company to be a <i>real</i> engineer. I have never desired, nor do I now, to work for an airline. I happen to fly an aircraft which is comparable to a civilian model, and we use primar...
Jump to postFor a new Fixed Wing <acronym title="Royal Khmer Airlines (Cambodia)">FE</acronym>, EAUC and Survival are as stated above, then <acronym title="Bielefeld - Windelsbleiche (B<acronym title="Royal Khmer Airlines (Cambodia)">FE</acronym> / EDLI), Germany">B<acronym title="Royal Khmer Airlines (Cambodia...
Jump to postThe USAF BBJ's are at Andrews, in the 89th and at Hickam presently. Not sure of anywhere else.
ChD
Take a look at these sites and pictures; look for the 707 blurbs. <a href="http://homepage.tinet.ie/~steven/images/iriafb7072.jpg" target=_blank>http://homepage.tinet.ie/~steven/images/iriafb7072.jpg</a> <a href="http://homepage.tinet.ie/~steven/iriaf.htm" target=_blank>http://homepage.tinet.ie/~ste...
Jump to postThe arcing isn't as bad as the shattering. The arcing just looks like St Elmos fire in the corner of the window, but when the window shatters (due to the rapid change in temperature when the sys is turned off) it sounds like a shotgun blast. We (DC-10) have no structural or speed limitations with a ...
Jump to postThey were, it was called GATM (Global Air Traffic Management system). There were too many problems with the interface and software and the price kept going up so it has been cancelled. The <acronym title="Air France">AF</acronym> converted one <acronym title="Carpatian Air Transport (Hungary)">KC</a...
Jump to postAre most operators still using Mil-H-5606 or have they switched to Mil-H-83282?
ChD
"<i>On a DC10/MD11 the starting order is; 3 -1 -2. Among the reasons are though both 1 and 3 engines both power the brakes, #3 engine also powers the steering.</i>" On the DC-10 both 1 and 3 hyd systems power both the brakes and steering, #3 hyd sys also powers gear extension and retraction. I was i...
Jump to postLtAWACS is right about the depot work on the '135. They also do it in San Antonio at the BASC at Kelly field. They routinely bead blast right down to the skin, remove the empennage, and strip the airframe clean, then rinse, lather, repeat. Reassemble, and off they go. From what I hear from the BASC ...
Jump to postI brought the F-15's home from Gwailor, and according to the Eagle drivers, they had they're hands tied; but no one stated why. The US participants were very anxious to invite the IAF to Red Flag, so they could take the gloves off. IMHO I would say it was to conceal actual capabilities, as the India...
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The 0 in front of the tail # was normally used on ANG aircraft when they were transferred from ADAF to ANG assets.
AFIK, it isn't used anymore, just on the 2000 models.
ChD
You still haven't explained how that can be attributed to the crew (or more normally referred to as "Pilots") decision? Exactly as I said, OPORD and Spins, not our personal preferences control the airspace. <i>as he infers that the <acronym title="Servivensa (Venezuela)">VC</acronym>-10 pilots endea...
Jump to post<i><acronym title="China General Aviation">GP</acronym>- I would concur with that statement in both OIF and OEF. <acronym title="Servivensa (Venezuela)">VC</acronym>-10s and 135s both The bigger boys not so much unless consolidating fuel. </i> I would love to know what your talking about, if my memo...
Jump to postSickBird, not to nitpick, but the B-52 does not have an <acronym title="Royal Khmer Airlines (Cambodia)">FE</acronym>. That's due to LeMay, but that is a different story. The CRM studies I have read concerning the accident do not discuss the location of the Weapon Storage Facility, but go into great...
Jump to postThe font color for the "RE:" thread title, username and from lines are now very hard to see, whether it is from an error or intentional change. I like the old ones better.
ChD
Looks like an illusion with the photo to me, the red section looks to be the aft motor, not the prop spinner, in which case the RAT is indeed parallel with the airflow.
ChD
<i>"I've listened to my dad brief his co-pilot several times, and what he tells them is if the airplane is on fire (not engine, but airplane), then the takeoff will be aborted no matter if above or below V1."</i> Albeit I agree a structural fire is one of the few things that require immediate and co...
Jump to postA differential compression check measures "seal" of the piston rings and valves for a given cylinder. They are required by 14CFR43 app.D as one of the minimum requirements for 100hr/Annual inspection. They are also in every manufacturers inspection requirements, sometimes more often than the minimum...
Jump to postI'm with Illini_152 and 411A; The same minimum inspection requirements are listed in 14CFR 43 app. D regardless of TBO, SMOH or total time. If you can keep an O-230 going for that long and it's still pushing 78 on the compression checks, with no metal in the screens, more power to ya. It is legal by...
Jump to postJust gee whiz, but TCDS A6WE covers; The DC-9-10, -20, -30, -40, and -50 Series, and DC-9-81/-82/-83/-87, <acronym title="Air Madagascar">MD</acronym>-88, <acronym title="Air Madagascar">MD</acronym>-90, and 717 are defined as follows: DC-9-10 Series .....................DC-9-11, DC-9-12, DC-9-13, D...
Jump to postNot so fast gambling man. You’re comparing apples and oranges. The two systems are designed around very different principles. The US<acronym title="Air France">AF</acronym> requirements are much more stringent, in particularly with documentation and accountability, but that may be attributed to a hi...
Jump to postNo one survived it. We use the accident report as a CRM case study now.
ChD
The L-100 is a 13.5 ft (4.1M) Hamilton Sundstrand 54H60, which makes it bigger than all listed above save the DHC 8-Q400, but I haven't seen many 'hercs wearing Delta Connection colors lately, if ya know what I mean.
ChD
The TF-33 is the mil version of the JT3-D, Just as the J-57 was the JT3. As for water injection, please see; <a href="http://www.airliners.net/discussions/tech_ops/read.main/80343/6/" target=_blank>http://www.airliners.net/discussions/tech_ops/read.main/80343/6/</a> or <a href="http://www.airliners....
Jump to postHey STT757, I was in that formation! (no 2). It was just a 4 ship large cell departure, nothing out of the ordinary. We have to use the climb corridor over Long Island when we depart formation, that's were we were headed. We depart like that quite often for training, usually 2 or 3 though, 4 ships a...
Jump to postThis is based on the US FAA <acronym title="Air Canada">AC</acronym> 20-37D and <acronym title="Air Canada">AC</acronym> 43.13-1B, so take it with a grain of salt concerning the German regs, FAA <acronym title="Air Canada">AC</acronym> 43.13-1B, Page 8-31, Para 8-73 c "Straighten Propeller Blades” N...
Jump to postThis is from my military books, so some of the examples are mil acft, but you can make the connections as needed- • S - Single Wheel type landing gear DC-3 • D - Dual wheel type landing gear DC-6 • T - Twin wheel landing gear DC-6 • <acronym title="Germania (Germany)">ST</acronym> - Single-tandem ty...
Jump to postTo expand on <acronym title="Servivensa (Venezuela)">VC</acronym>-10, The DC-10 has an ADG, or Air Driven Generator, it produces elec power, and has a switch which will allow it to power either the right emergency bus or the #3 Hyd sys #1 Aux Hyd pump. Once the ADG is deployed, it cannot be retracte...
Jump to postKEESJE, 35 years ago the crew positions on the buff were; Pilot (Mission Commander) Co-Pilot (Mission Pilot, there were no "co-pilots" in <acronym title="Sacramento - Executive (Municipal) (SAC / KSAC), USA - California">SAC</acronym>) Bombardier/Navigator Radar Navigator Electronic Warfare Officer ...
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