Re: Just in time for the riding season
Posted: Thu Oct 05, 2017 10:16 am
Well shoot, all I got to do was ride around in a helicopter. :-/ ... and a C-130.
Oh well. I did get to travel a lot.
Oh well. I did get to travel a lot.
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For me, the aircraft handling characteristics were just so different. I've always been envious of glider pilot's knowledge of meteorology though. I never got back into gliding unfortunately - ended up flying light twins. Did all my commercial and instrument written exams, but "retired" from aviation shortly after -- it just got too expensive (plenty of people wanted to come for rides, but few ever wanted to chip in towards the costs). It's still in my blood though.gn2 wrote:Other way round for me, my gliding experience significantly sped up my gaining a PPL
C-130's are cool (and noisy!) - I worked on them a bit during my time in the Air Force.Mel46 wrote:Well shoot, all I got to do was ride around in a helicopter. :-/ ... and a C-130.
Oh well. I did get to travel a lot.
I worked on them a bit during my 7 years in the RNZAF - off memory I think I only flew in one once though; we were dropping off 3 Skyhawk engines - flying 1500 feet VRF when we needed to climb to remain clear of cloud. I was standing behind the captain at the time ... power levers forward - yoke back ... and I just about bucked at the knees. I remember thinking "man these aircraft have got some grunt". Ain't nothing compared to what the Blue Angels do with Fat Albert though!Mel46 wrote:I spent 12 years in the Coast Guard, much of it flying around in all sorts of aircraft, but I loved the C-130 the most. Yes, it is noisy, but it can do so much. Interestingly enough, I got out of the service, went back to finish my college education, and then went to work for the manufacturer of the C-130 as an engineer. That is how much I liked that plane.
I still "fondly" remember all the screws that I had to remove with a brace and bit to get into the access area in the nose area!rvkssl wrote:Nice Mel46,
I work on C-130's for 21 years now, i visited Lockheed Martin twice, once in '96 and then in '15 the manufacturing proces had changed a lot the second time.
And yes, it is the greatest flying workhorse there is.
Sorry for the off topic guys
Yes, and you always find more than you lost in that area....TheMaverick wrote:I still "fondly" remember all the screws that I had to remove with a brace and bit to get into the access area in the nose area!rvkssl wrote:Nice Mel46,
I work on C-130's for 21 years now, i visited Lockheed Martin twice, once in '96 and then in '15 the manufacturing proces had changed a lot the second time.
And yes, it is the greatest flying workhorse there is.
Sorry for the off topic guys
I'm reminded of a junior tech who dropped a screw in the dash of an A-4K Skyhawk. Told his Sgt - Sgt couldn't find it so they had the armourers pull the seat for better access - still couldn't find it ... so they had to remove the dash ... STILL couldn't find it ... but they found about 7 other things during that time.rvkssl wrote:Yes, and you always find more than you lost in that area....TheMaverick wrote:I still "fondly" remember all the screws that I had to remove with a brace and bit to get into the access area in the nose area!rvkssl wrote:Nice Mel46,
I work on C-130's for 21 years now, i visited Lockheed Martin twice, once in '96 and then in '15 the manufacturing proces had changed a lot the second time.
And yes, it is the greatest flying workhorse there is.
Sorry for the off topic guys