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Post by Jim on Feb 15, 2013 1:31:53 GMT 9
LOOK WHAT I FOUND!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Also found that Ron Kollas and Lee Nellist, MArve Donnely and Dick "TAZ" Stultz Pat Perry beat me here... In Fact, I have met each of them in person- THANKS GUYS........ Ignore the mistakes in spelling that the Keyboard made
I joined the 27th fis in jun '56 at griffis as a ssgt.on the f-94 postdock crew,same on the duece.got stuck in that misbegotton 606 camron ...anybody remember when the pigeonscut loose on the chief of maint's brand new hat ..sort of messed up his scrambled eggs..got stuck in the 49th fis for 10 days til iwas able to wrangle my way back into the 27th,then to loring wityh the"SIX" in q.c. then ncoic of periodic maint. any body remember capt hughes and his pyrotechnic display on the runway?  ? how about cwc john h. johnston.....the finest man i ever worked for or with..he and i used to rebuild the canopy removers til the frankfort armoury told us theat we weren't qualified... hell, we had already done half the fleet by that time. some one o this guest page mentioned changing the "herrf " valve with engine still installed... it was a:HEPP valve" and that was routine in the 27th, all we pe insp people had to do was threatten the electronic people wtih bodily harm if we caught them adjusting the valve to fit their screwed up system..any body remember Roger Mathews tech rep and the tach rep who built a little fishing boot out of alum roof flashing? ?? i still have most of my special orders with the names of people who made the move to loring with me . serial numbers might help locate some one . transferred to misawa ab where we had a detachment of dueces from okinawa....damn but they looked good compared to the 100 and the rf-101,then to VN ,back to japan with many trips to korea,where i run into chief johnston for the last time,then to willy airplane patch in az,back to korea,but this time with a great assignment....Military Advisory Group- Korea ..the okinawa dueces were there also..damned good substitue for the "6"..i look back at the 25 plus years in the af and the 27th fis time was the best..by the way for the benefit of all you weapons weenies----- I WAS a weapons loadchief for the full four years that i was at loring--even while i was ncoic of pe maint.retired E-8 (turned down E-9----had a belly full of the politically correct crap that was starting to eplace common sense) dec '77 will reply to anybody that was in the 27th or that i may have been with elsewhere....Pat, thanks for letting me use this space jim gier james e. gier <mugers @cybertrails.com> pine, az USA - Saturday, December 01, 2001 at 17:04:55 (PST) |
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Post by MOW on Feb 15, 2013 10:28:37 GMT 9
Was this another website somewhere or an email chain at one time?
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Post by Jim on Feb 15, 2013 12:04:05 GMT 9
Was this another website somewhere or an email chain at one time? F-106deltadart.com Guestbook Archive 1999 - 2003 Sign Current Guestbook |
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Post by MOW on Feb 15, 2013 13:33:38 GMT 9
Was this another website somewhere or an email chain at one time? F-106deltadart.com Guestbook Archive 1999 - 2003 Sign Current Guestbook Ahhhh I see |
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Post by Jim on Apr 14, 2013 4:03:54 GMT 9
How to Put Up a U.S. Military Surplus Pup Tent (MGR-812)
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As a prerequisite for an article I recently wrote on repurposing military-surplus gear for camping, I set up Cheaperthandirt.com’s U.S. military pup tent. The pup tent does not come with instructions, so I asked our resident surplus expert how to assemble it. The tent came with two canvas triangles, nine metal stakes, two 3-piece wood poles, and two ropes.With the help of my trusty photographer, it only took us about 15 minutes to set up.
One of the canvas pieces has female snaps, while the other has male snaps. Start by snapping the two pieces together to form an inverted taco shape. Then assemble the two poles to support the middle of your tent. The poles have an open bottom and a nipple top. Assemble the two 3-piece wooden pole sections. The open bottom sits on the ground, while the nipple goes through a grommet at the top of the canvas. Center your poles in the tent.
We took one of the ropes and wrapped a few inches around the nipple of the front wooden pole. Next, we stretched the rope to stand the tent up. We then secured the other end of the rope to one of the t-shaped metal stakes and hammered it into the ground directly in front of the tent. We did the same for the rear of the tent. With the two poles stabilized with rope, our tent was standing up straight; however, it was flapping in the wind.
Around the bottom of the tent are large grommets, some with thick rope knots. With the remaining stakes, we looped the rope around each stake head and hammered each into the ground all the way around the tent. Some of the grommets were missing rope, so we used paracord to tie down the stakes.
There is extra material both in the front and back of the tent, to either make extra space for gear or snap together to fully enclose the tent. To create a space for your gear, the extra material needs to be staked down the same way you staked down each side of the tent. We had no extra stakes after securing the tent to the ground, so we snapped both the front and back closed.
Take down was quick and easy. We first removed the support poles; then pulled at the rope to remove the stakes from the ground. Next, we put the poles, stakes and rope in the center of the two pieces of canvas—still snapped together—and rolled the whole thing up to pack away.
The U.S pup tent provides shelter from wind and sun; however, you will want to waterproof it before camping in the rain. The tent does not include a ground cover. The two pieces of canvas, wooden poles and metal stakes all showed wear, but all the hardware proved tough and I know this tent will last through quite a few more years of wear and tear.
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Post by Jim on Nov 18, 2014 11:00:20 GMT 9
What did I find in my almost 60 year old USAF tool box?? JimToo and phase dock people should be overqualified to identify this tool. 
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Post by LBer1568 on Nov 18, 2014 11:26:37 GMT 9
Flight control cable tensioner?
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Post by Jim on Nov 18, 2014 13:09:23 GMT 9
Flight control cable tensioner? |
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Post by oswald on Nov 18, 2014 21:07:18 GMT 9
does not look like a tensiometer niether
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Post by Jim on Nov 19, 2014 2:41:33 GMT 9
does not look like a tensiometer niether This is used in conjunction with a tensionometer.... The Old Sarge |
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Post by Jim Scanlon (deceased) on Nov 19, 2014 3:54:26 GMT 9
does not look like a tensiometer niether This is used in conjunction with a tensionometer.... The Old Sarge
After all, they are probably still in use.
Well, maybe they have more electronic gadgets on them, but the one you have would work just as well on all those aeroplanes based at Payson.
Does the one you have still have the markings on the guage?
I think your "tool" probably predates the Dzus-all I have in a foot locker in my garage.
Well, maybe not the ones we have, but the concept.
If I can find my Dzus-all, as well as my Rat Hook, I will take them to Minot for the dedication of the Six, and donate them to the Museum.
They have a T-Bird with 5th FIS markings, and the Dzus-all was used on them extensively.
Jim Too
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Post by Jim on Nov 20, 2014 1:37:02 GMT 9
Still waiting for someone to jump up with the answer..........
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Post by LBer1568 on Nov 20, 2014 10:08:24 GMT 9
Throttle linkage tool?
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Post by Jim on Nov 20, 2014 12:06:16 GMT 9
Actually, it is a control cable turnbuckle wrench. The arms at each were tightened onto the hex areas of the swaged end fittings on the cable. You held the bar between these ends in your hand, and a rod or scratch awl was used to turn the brass barrel and tighten the cable. Failure to use this tool resulted in attempting to untwist the cable, or worse yet inducing a twist in one of the cables. It was a guess as to how much tension you had induced, because you had to remove the tool to use Jim Too's tensiometer.... Anybody remember the safety wire process for control cable turnbuckles? These turnbuckles were found on many operating systems that today are probably electric servo motor operated. IE: Throttle linkage where push pull rods were not practical, some cowl flaps, the old hand crank actuated flap systems, and of course, flight control cables
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Post by jimpadgett on Nov 20, 2014 23:43:59 GMT 9
Same as safety wire on MD-3 fuel tank hold down strap turnbuckles. and many others, I suppose.
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Post by Jim on Nov 20, 2014 23:57:59 GMT 9
Same as safety wire on MD-3 fuel tank hold down strap turnbuckles. and many others, I suppose. |
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? how about cwc john h. johnston.....the finest man i ever worked for or with..he and i used to rebuild the canopy removers til the frankfort armoury told us theat we weren't qualified...
