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Post by pat perry on Apr 25, 2020 7:24:26 GMT 9
487........ I have 487 posts left to hit 9,000.........Hopefully, I'll hit 86 years of age before that..... Seems like I have been with the McGeep since about 2 days after he FIRST established "Pat's World", long before 2004...... Someplace in here is my very first posting to Pat's World, mistyping and p-poor grammar...... Perhaps, it will be time for me to retire at the 9,000 mark....I still have a few "Remember Whens". But my old Taxi and Run-up cards for the P(F)-51D, T-33, F-86F, F-94C, F/TF-102, F-106A/B, F-100D, T-37, T-38/F-5, like me, have grown old and not of much use anymore. I still don't wet the bed -yet, I remember how to tie my shoes (even though I don't own any shoes with laces)and walk 100 feet without a cane- providing I don't under estimate the distance, or the time it might take to get there. I look back to the time (15 July 1952) when I enlisted until today, and wonder how to hell did I do so much in 68 years.... I read back through some of my earliest posts in here and wonder why someone hasn't shouted BULSCHMITT. Then I laugh and say to myself- " Self, I wouldn't believe it either- But I was with you- remember when?" And the stories come alive with names and faces- sometimes even specific dates.......The OLD Sarge Jim, I have a 209 page PDF file of the Guest Book that was later turned into the F-106 Forum. It's pages four sets of date ranges from 1999 to 2011 and some appear to be duplicates. If you search on Gier you'll hit your earliest post that I could find dated Saturday, December 01, 2001 at 17:04:55 (PST). There may be one earlier but you will find if you search. (see picture attached). Let me know if you want me to email the PDF file to you. Looks like MOW may have backed up the Guest Book file to PDF several times and after the system crashed he installed the first Forum and I think a better later one using ProBoards. Forums became popular in the 90's before social media came along. I think ProBoards hosts about 10,000 forums. Now the big deal is FaceBook Groups with strict membership rules. Technology and Internet devices use have exploded and users do shorter posts. Pat P. Jim's earliest post (I think)
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Post by Jim on Apr 25, 2020 14:38:44 GMT 9
486..... THANKS....... For showing everyone how illiterate my keyboard was back then..... I thought there was something earlier........ I remember it being a sort of strange format; each reply was below and slightly to the right, sort of like screwy email. But I can't find any that I printed out and saved. I do have some things from Thud Kollas, Ted Schmitz, MArv, D'Entremont, Shulmister that pre date (1999) this Dec 2001 posting. I have tried to copy them, but they are so faded that I can barely read them. What I have was printed on a printer that used a power feed (holes along the sides)
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Post by Jim on May 1, 2020 13:04:49 GMT 9
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Post by Jim on May 3, 2020 2:39:06 GMT 9
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Post by Jim on May 5, 2020 1:39:59 GMT 9
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Post by Jim on May 5, 2020 13:25:16 GMT 9
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Post by Bullhunter on May 10, 2020 0:55:42 GMT 9
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Post by Jim on May 14, 2020 12:45:12 GMT 9
448......... PUCKER POWER pills?
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Post by Jim on Jun 5, 2020 0:00:28 GMT 9
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Post by Jim on Jun 7, 2020 6:51:47 GMT 9
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Post by pat perry on Jun 7, 2020 11:00:01 GMT 9
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Post by LBer1568 on Jun 8, 2020 3:08:15 GMT 9
I clearly remember the B seat and all the complicated events needed to secure, lift, rotate and deploy the pilot. I remember hearing that the seat had about a 50-50 success rate. My first Sq CMD was Guy "Hondo" Hurst. He was 6'4" and was told that if he ever had to eject from a six the the Super Sonic seat he would lose both legs at the knees. Why, because when his shoe cables pulled his legs back into the side guards his legs were too long to clear the instrument panel. We lost 5 sixes while I was at McGuire in 539th FIS. Never lost one pilot. About a year after I got there they came out with the zero-zero seat. we never had a pilot eject using super-sonic seat, but had several using 0-0 seat. The most famous was the mid-air between B-model which was able to dead stick into Atlantic City airport. The A model pilot ejected and was only mildly injured. Spent the night in hospital and was back to work a few days later. It's kind of funny that the Atlantic City airport got a Sq of sixes for the state NG unit. Something rarely mentioned was back when Super-Sonic seat was being used, most crews also wore the Pressure flight suits. The Astronaut suit as it was called made the six pilots look weird, it didn't last long. Well not long after I got to 539th FIS.
The crews at Tyndall mostly wore the high-G force strap on suits which inflated when the were pulling high-G's during Dogfights. Tyndall had three roles and got its name as Air Defense Weapons Center by 1) initial and re-qualification training, 2) advanced tactics training (Dog Fights and 3) live fire missions along with William Tell competition. We also had the role of trying new system modifications such as Gun Program and new improved gunsights. Major John E. Mantei was our main test guy on Six Shooter Project. I was assigned many times to help on modifying the MA-1 for different mods. One of first was program to lock Radar to IR by flipping a switch we mounted on 083 Flight Stick. That allowed them to have Radar back-up using IR as Prime search. I also helped when we were trying out the new 069 Optical Sight Replacement with a new tracking sight for use with the Six Shooter. We started testing the six shooter before 1969 and it was being installed when I left in Jan 1971. I did the bore sighting of the six shooter installation. We MA-1 weenies were charged with boresight of Six. We placed a big yellow test board at 1,000 inches from a fixture in front of nose wheel. The test board had several marks which we used to sight in all the stuff on six. The Radar Antenna, the IR Seeker Head, The missile rails and 069 Optical Sight. The first time we fired gun we put the six on jacks, raised the gear and fired few rounds at time. It was a little difficult to set up Gun as we didn't have any marking so the engineers at Test Sq calculated spot and we had gun guys adjust the alignment of gun. That calculated spot was changed after every mission to close in on optimum spot. Our aim point (1,000"/83.3 feet) was pretty standard distance used on most Aircraft. Working with the engineers for mods was about the only thing that I regretted or missed when I cross trained out of MA-1 into Flight Simulation. The big thing I still don't regret during my career, both active duty and retirement was TDY travel. While at 539th I made 4 trips to Tyndall for live fire, a TDY to Ft Knox KY to act as targets for Army to test Shoulder mounted IR Gnd to Air missiles. While at Tyndall I made TDY to Hughes Aircraft for some MA-1 major mods, to Baltimore for Factory school on new MA-1 Test System. That we called the yellow barrel as it was painted yellow and mounted over radome and provided Radar and Ir targets to help adjust MA-1 and test tracking and etc. I might also add my TDY to Osan with 318th. After I went into Flt Sim I went to Chanute for training, then was kept as Instructor. I took Technical Instructor course there, but went TDY to Maxwell for Academic Instructor training course. After I went to RAF Upper Heyford I made 6 trips back to US in support of new Modifications, mainly new visual system. I also went TDY to Belgium to get a core memory unit rebuilt. We couldn't trust sending it via customs inspections etc. After transfer to Spangdahlem I made 5-6 trips to US in support of new Wild Weasel simulator as well as NCO Academy. Then transferred to McChord WA and had about 10 TDY in support of New C-130 Sim as well as a trip to Nellis AFB to see Groom Lake and get interviewed for F-119 Flight Simulator job. I turned that job down after hearing about work schedule. Day started as a drive from Nellis to Groom Lake, over an hour. Then a normal 10 hour work schedule followed by hour drive back to Nellis. They also worked Sat as well. So instead of Groom Lake I took WPAFB assignment. It was a by name request since I had been main go to guy while we built a new facility and brought the new sim in and installed. Once I got to WPAFB I averaged 2-3 one week TDY a month to various factory's as well as installed Sim locations for C-130, C-141 and C-5 simulators. I was Test Director for all 3 Simulator Projects. That included a trip to Clark AB PI and another to England to evaluate a Company that was bidding on new Sim Project. After I retired I filled my own vacancy for a year as contractor. I then changed companies and got into Logistics. That included stints as F-16 Engine Tech Data manager, working a Saudi F-15 Tech Data program with trips to Riyadh Saudi. During the 12-13 years I was doing logistics work I average 2 trips per month. I then worked Y2K project to do IV&V of all Dept of Interior critical info system for Y2K compliance. That required 3 out of 4 weeks on road. After that finished I took some more courses: I used VA to get my Microsoft certified systems engineer certification. Awarded Certified Information System Security Professional (CISSP). I also received CISSP Concentrations Certifications in engineering (ISSEP), and management (ISSMP). Certified by National Security Agency NSA designed IAM and IEM specifically for use by trained and certified third-party assessors Between VA and USAF/employer my specialty training cost over $20,000 which I also got salary during training as well as travel expenses during TDY's. I also did normal TDYs while working on USAF Security for Financial Information Systems. The longest TDY was as a Security Expert during the Source Selection (I wrote the Information Security Requirements) for Defense Enterprise Accounting and Management System (DEAMS). That TDY was 12 weeks with a weekend return every other weekend. I averaged 60 hours a week during that TDY. The good thing is USAF paid us for all hours worked so I got some vey good paychecks. So during my career I logged over 2 million miles air travel and made use of all the upgrades available for airlines and Hotels. My children used many of my miles for air travel and free hotels before they expired. But since I retired I have stayed away from air travel as it was no longer fun. If we go somewhere we drive. And take advantage of sites along the way. Going back to all the training I got over last 6-8 years of my career. I tried to take wife along since I was getting hotels/meals paid for by USAF and mileage for driving was usually cheaper than airfare. As I look back on it, my memories of travel was not always fun, but it was good times...lol Lorin
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Post by Jim on Jun 8, 2020 4:30:18 GMT 9
I clearly remember the B seat and all the complicated events needed to secure, lift, rotate and deploy the pilot. I remember hearing that the seat had about a 50-50 success rate. My first Sq CMD was Guy "Hondo" Hurst. He was 6'4" and was t As I look back on it, my memories of travel was not always fun, but it was good times...lol Lorin Lorin, If this is the first time you have told this story, and you haven't written it out for your kids, get off your duff and do it. And add any photos you might have that go along with the story....Through out your career, from what little you have posted, I see that you have done things that some of us only dreamed of being involved in. Do like Gary did, and write a book while it is still in your mind... Mowing the grass can wait every once in a while. Writing about your life isn't really bragging about it, it is telling your family a lot that they will never, otherwise know about you. The Old Sarge
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Post by pat perry on Jun 26, 2020 0:45:15 GMT 9
Time for a airplane break from the recent news stories. Found this fascinating. Pat P.
Inside the World's Largest Airtanker 747-400 SuperTanker!
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Post by Jim on Jun 26, 2020 1:14:43 GMT 9
Time for a airplane break from the recent news stories. Found this fascinating. Pat P. Inside the World's Largest Airtanker 747-400 SuperTanker! We could have used this big mother last week and it would have reduced what has consumed over 185,000 acres in a wildfire just 30 miles from us. The largest fire in the country at the time. And we had 4 others going on as well
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Post by Jim on Jul 9, 2020 13:34:17 GMT 9
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Post by pat perry on Jul 9, 2020 23:51:00 GMT 9
Just last night I was wondering how man Le Petit Chef websites were on the Internet. I think 47,600,000 is enough! Pat P.
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Post by Jim on Jul 9, 2020 23:52:59 GMT 9
Just last night I was wondering how man Le Petit Chef websites were on the Internet. I think 47,600,000 is enough! Pat P. This was the first time I ever saw any of them
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Post by Bullhunter on Jul 14, 2020 18:13:10 GMT 9
McChord Air show several years ago.
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