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maple365
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Re: Engine testing?
« Reply #15 on Aug 7, 2009, 10:34pm »

Wow! So great to hear from everyone and get such authentic information. I am glad to have finally made it official. As some of you also said, the noise never bothered me. It was actually quite exhilarating. And, yeah, "the sound of freedom," is about right! Thank you everyone.

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Re: Engine testing?
« Reply #16 on Aug 8, 2009, 2:55am »

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the noise never bothered me. It was actually quite exhilarating.

If you think hearing it from the squadron area is exhilarating you can't imanage how exhilarating and thrilling it is to be under a F-106 jet while in full afterburner doing a leak-check or adjusting the fuel control. If you have done it you never forget it.

The two cables we used to secure the F-106 to the in ground hook were about as big around as a base ball.
We would tow the aircraft to the trimpad and connect the cables to the main landing gear struts, then pull the aircraft forward with the tug to tighten up the cables.

It was all fun and thrills after that. [image]

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Re: Engine testing?
« Reply #17 on Jan 25, 2010, 1:52pm »

I just found this site, it is great. I was a jet mech at MAFB from Jan. 1963-July1964, then went to Yokota, Japan. I was in the engine shop with Hoppy and Sgt. Manes. Col. Broughton was the CO. Had a good time, but wanted to get away from there as I was from South Dakota.
Later. Ole.

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« Reply #18 on Feb 8, 2010, 2:54am »

One of the fun things we use to do during night time engine runs at McChord, in the early 60's, was to take a gallon can of hydraulic (5606) and poke two small holes in the top of the can. The guy with the can would stand back by the tail and when the engine operator selected AB the guy would count one thousand one one thousand two and then throw the can in the exhaust flow just as the AB lit off. The view was spectacular and the sound of the can exploding was impressive!!

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« Reply #19 on Feb 10, 2010, 12:41pm »

I've been under the Six many times (usually in the left wheel well checking out the HSA recorder) while in burner. What an experience! What's better, though is standing at the end of the horizontal tail of an F-105 or an F-16 with the burner going and feeling the heat blast. I'd (of course) say the Six's experience is the best, but, alas, the Six has no horizontal tail.

Ever see how far an old stop sign will fly when thrown into a Thud's burner flame??

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