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Post by Mark O on Mar 9, 2013 23:45:20 GMT 9
Interesting find here. This photo is from Tom Hildreth -- I found it on some airplane forum -- and is from 4 August 1973. What I noticed was the ADC badge on the tail inside the disc with the "tails". I just don't recall seeing very many photos of 49th Sixes with this (59-0021, and 59-0074 for sure), so I thought this was a neat shot. Also interesting is the intake splitter painted white. (Yea, that one is painted white Jim Too!) I have noticed several aircraft from the 49th during this time frame without the "tail feathers" of the Eagle painted on the speed brakes, so that in itself wasn't too unusual. Notice also that the ADC badge has been torn away some along it's leading edges. Obviously, as we would find out later, this aircraft had some get up and go! So much in fact that it damn near lost it's wings in an over-G incident. The link is no longer there, but you can see an old black and white photo if you go to the 49th FIS page, and click on 59-0083. All in all, a very good photo with some interesting markings!  |
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Post by pat perry on Mar 10, 2013 9:45:19 GMT 9
Mark, An old paint shop trick on lead edge of decals was to dip your finger in clear lacquer and "feather" the lead edge of each decal, primarily the big ones like ADC, Squadron and National Stars. If you didn't do that they would peel off about mach 1.8 and higher during a Functional Check Flight (FCF). I've seen National Stars end up in the boundary layer ducts and heat exchangers after a FCF. Have also seen a fresh grey paint job from the nose to the intakes peel like a banana because of insufficient cure time between paint and FCF. We learned to paint them before going into dock inspection rather than waiting until after because maintenance control always wanted the aircraft Operational Ready ASAP after docks.  Pat P. |
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