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Post by pat perry on Jan 20, 2010 0:24:08 GMT 9
Pat Do you remember the road trip to Fresno with all the flight line trucks pulling AGE. As I remember it took half a day. I think it was to check our deployment ability. One of the pilots on a scramble, running from the tail of the aircraft tried to duck under the wing and the elovon edge hit him just below front of the helment, he didn't make the scamble and had wing imprint on his face. Bear Hi Bear, I do remember a "Road Trip" but I must have been on leave or swing shift and didn't get to see the parade form up. Ouch! I don't remember the pilot using the elevon for a head rest. I do remember a story of how the Alert Crews had a blow up doll they would put on display in the window of the crew quarters to show the SAC boys when they taxied by on take off exercises. We kinda marched to a different drummer - I guess that's why the SAC base made sure our squadron was way off the beaten path. They also didn't appreciate the sign that John Marcotte had me make for the squadron entrance - "Protectors of SAC".  |
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Post by oswald on Jan 20, 2010 2:42:30 GMT 9
Now that's a good sign.
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Post by falconkeeper on Jan 20, 2010 3:01:03 GMT 9
At 5FIS (Spitten Kittens), in the flight gear shop, some artist drew an "ADC, Protectors of SAC" with one of the kittens raising a leg on the SAC shield. It was kept in the NCOIC's desk, under plexiglas. It covered the whole desktop. Loved it.
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Post by Bullhunter on Jan 20, 2010 4:13:21 GMT 9
I think most ADC Squadrons had one kind of a sign or another. Ours (318th FIS) had "Defenders of MAC"
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Post by sixerviper on Jan 29, 2010 14:46:32 GMT 9
I remember participating in a 28-jet flush at Minot in the summer of '72. Fourteen Sixes and 14 Voodoos from Fargo. What an impressive sight!! I could have walked to Canada on the AB flames. They were all still in burner 50 miles out from MIB!!
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Post by lindel on Jan 29, 2010 22:20:46 GMT 9
We had one on the roof of our cal barn for a couple of days, during "project new look".
Had the eagle on it, with "SAC - Protectors of Peace" and under that "TAC - Protectors of SAC" facing SAC Hill.
Needless to say, the SAC powers that be weren't all that impressed...
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Post by pedro on Feb 9, 2010 0:35:46 GMT 9
Hello. I'm new here and I'm not sure all members here are pilots. I'm a private pilot, but I've been a military aviation aficcionado since I was 10. I hope there are some fighter pilots here, because I've long had a certain doubt about fighter performance and would like to clear it.
It always seemed to me that rate of climb and acceleration were directly proportional to power-to-weight ratio. I have reference books with values that don't add up. For instance, a Mirage F-1 will climb at a rate of 45000ft/min with a power-to-weight ratio no better than that of an F-14, which states a maximum rate of climb of 35000ft/min.
How did the F-106 did in that aspect (climb), and what are the overall considerations to determine these figures? Are the methods for measuring these performance figures standardized?
Another doubt I have regarding this same subject is how long a pilot can maintain the afterburner on. Can a pilot keep the pipes lit all the way to interception altitude, or is it a time limited kind of power boost?
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Post by Jim Scanlon (deceased) on Feb 9, 2010 1:20:26 GMT 9
:welcome
Pedro, you found the site that will have people to answer any question you have about the Six. Pilots, maintainers and researchers.
Glad to have you in the Six Hanger and Flight Line.
Jim Scanlon
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Post by cc790 on Feb 19, 2010 10:07:46 GMT 9
I sat alert in the 5th for about 6 months. We got hit with a NAFE inspection. The year escapes me though must have been 81-82 timeframe. We recovered and turned both jets and had an active air scramble! We recovered and turned those and had another NAFE scramble. After turning those we got hit with yet another active air! At this point the NAFE inspectors decided they'd seen enough and we passed the inspection.
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