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davparlr
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You must have been flying out of Charleston. I was based at McGuire.
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You must have been flying out of Charleston. I was based at McGuire.So in keeping with the thread, one of the first things they did at Sheppard to introduce a young airman to life as an aircraft mechanic, was to have you work on T-38's. What a great looking aircraft.
Lamenting the demise of -141's, I was a flying Crew Chief on one for 10 years, my experiences mirror that of yours, see above. I went to a lot of other places as well such as most of Central and South America. My -141 years were some of the best of my life.
deleteSo in keeping with the thread, one of the first things they did at Sheppard to introduce a young airman to life as an aircraft mechanic, was to have you work on T-38's. What a great looking aircraft.
Lamenting the demise of -141's, I was a flying Crew Chief on one for 10 years, my experiences mirror that of yours, see above. I went to a lot of other places as well such as most of Central and South America. My -141 years were some of the best of my life.
Travis....You must have been flying out of Charleston. I was based at McGuire.
As a mechanic, I obviously wasn't piloting so have a different perspective, but the three "interesting" approaches I recall were LaPaz Bolivia, Gibraltar, and McMurdo Antarctica. In a KC-10, taking off from Al Dhafra with 325k in fuel in 120* heat, 80% humidity got interesting as well.Loadmasters and Cg calculations are critical for safe operations of an aircraft, especially cargo type, and are as valued crewmembers as any other aboard. I seen crash reviews where Cgs were off and as soon as the aircraft rotated, they were dead.
One other location I forgot to mention, Guantanamo Bay, Cuba as co-pilot. Interesting and tricky approach.
yes, just a stop and go though. Enjoyed Christchurch very much!Those jet engines would be much happier at McMurdo than at Al Dhafra! Were you participating in operation "Deep Freeze"?
I see T-38's doing touch and goes at Mather every once in awhile still today. What's interesting to me is they are painted black, giving a F-5 impression. I am used to the white scheme I saw at Sheppard.Just had a T-38 from Beale AFB do a few touch-n-goes here this afternoon at Redding airport (RDD).
I'm familiar with them being white, too, but with NASA insignias.I see T-38's doing touch and goes at Mather every once in awhile still today. What's interesting to me is they are painted black, giving a F-5 impression. I am used to the white scheme I saw at Sheppard.
What tail letters? Holloman used to have black T-38's flying chase on F-117'sI see T-38's doing touch and goes at Mather every once in awhile still today. What's interesting to me is they are painted black, giving a F-5 impression. I am used to the white scheme I saw at Sheppard.
Cool!What tail letters? Holloman used to have black T-38's flying chase on F-117's
I don't think the Navy has anything at Moffett. I think those USN T-38s are out of Fallon and they might be F-5BsCurrently, we get either the AF's black T-38s from Beale or the USN's dark blue T-38s from (I beleive) Moffett, doing occasional touch-n-goes here in Redding.
Could have been an F-5B (hard to tell the difference as they're hauling ass overhead).I don't think the Navy has anything at Moffett. I think those USN T-38s are out of Fallon and they might be F-5Bs
Just had a T-38 from Beale AFB do a few touch-n-goes here this afternoon at Redding airport (RDD).
BTW, they were sometimes accompanied by a C-5A, which was an awesome sight to see land/take-off from that short runway, too.
They might look slow but they're scorching, flying at 180 mph plus on final.They always had me worried when watching their final approach, they looked so slow I'd think they wee going to stall out.
I joked with a fellow firefighter one time, "They don't fly in to land. They turn onto final and then the gravity of the airplane pulls the runway into it."