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Post by shadowgunner on Aug 12, 2013 15:33:05 GMT 9
Sorry about the late post about this years' airshow. This year, due to secastration , we will be featuring P-51 Mustangs. In fact one of the largest gatherings of Mustangs this year. www.wingsoverwinecountry.org/Attachments:
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Post by MOW on Aug 12, 2013 19:38:36 GMT 9
Love the Mustangs! The ones that fly and the one I drive One more day of furlough left for me... this Fri.
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Post by adart on Aug 13, 2013 7:18:32 GMT 9
Love the P-51s. We had a few a while back in Iowa. Simply a beautiful bird.
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Post by Jim Scanlon (deceased) on Aug 13, 2013 8:15:40 GMT 9
Love the P-51s. We had a few a while back in Iowa. Simply a beautiful bird. Not many of our members have had the opportunity work on the flying Mustang.
The Old Sarge flew at least one of them, which meant he had to do some work on it, and I worked on them at The SCAB.
It is a wonderful airplane.
When I worked on them, 1953, it wasn't a big deal, as we had a whole squadron of them on base, the 87th FIS.
They are a joy to watch fly, when in the hands of someone who knows how to use the proper touch to get that beauty to do its thing.
In the wrong hands?
Well, they will ground loop quite easily if the landing is not made the way it likes to land, and takeoffs can be pretty hairy, if you are not constantly compensating for torque from that big Merlin.
If a pilot allows the engine to get too hot, an all-too-often event, it meant changing the coolant, and maybe having to drop the radiator for a pressure check.
If the radiator gets to leaking too much, it also means dropping it.
For those who are unaware, the radiator is nowhere near the engine, but buried in the fuselage, near the trailing edge of the wing.
That big scoop on the belly is where the air comes from, not the easiest place to get to.
Then you have the oil cooler, also buried in the fuselage.
The engine panels were off a lot of the time, as there were always things that need to be done, and fluids to be wiped off.
The Mustang, like all recips, was not the cleanest airplane to work on.
One nice side benefit was the coolant.
Because it had to be changed on a pretty regular basis, I can't remember the number of flight hours, it was available for "recycling".
Seeing it was a mix of Ethylene Glycol and water, it worked great in the cooling system of cars.
Lots of troops never had to buy Anti-Freeze, if they worked on a Mustang base.
No fancy electronics, no flight control system, no autopilot, no radar, unless hung in a pod under a wing, no GIB, no lots of things we have become used to.
It did have an electric gun sight, and six Brownings in the wings, and was very effective in shooting down other propeller driven aeroplanes.
I miss those days, but glad I was able to participate when I did.
Jim Too
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Post by adart on Aug 14, 2013 5:06:16 GMT 9
_thumbsupJim, Sounds like the kind of bird I would haved liked to work on. Glad you could relive those memories. Sounds like fun. I did know a guy in Supply that kept me supplied in Anti-Freeze, and a few other items. Kinda came in handy. Scratch my back and I'll scratch yours.
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Post by shadowgunner on Aug 17, 2013 7:41:00 GMT 9
Tomorrow begins the 2013 Airshow. My plane was the last to be towed out. Definitely no reason to complain though, as our F-106 is the first plane that our guests will see as they enter the venue. We will have an AF Recruiting booth this year; and the Master Crewchief bracketed the Recruiting booth with my two planes. The Six is first up and on the other side is my freshly repainted (by me) T-37. I am stoked! Attachments:
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Post by shadowgunner on Aug 30, 2013 9:48:02 GMT 9
Have been working on an issue with 590086 that surfaced at our airshow. It seems that the wiring for the canopy motor was routed over the emerg landing gear handle. One of our guests yanked on the handle and pinched the wiring. Shorted things out and canopy motor was inop. In the process of rewiring (and relocating the wires) I opened up the LH Aft electronics bay. Here is a picture of some of the notes on the door. Maybe some of you recognize these
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Post by MOW on Aug 30, 2013 9:56:45 GMT 9
Have been working on an issue with 590086 that surfaced at our airshow. It seems that the wiring for the canopy motor was routed over the emerg landing gear handle. One of our guests yanked on the handle and pinched the wiring. Shorted things out and canopy motor was inop. In the process of rewiring (and relocating the wires) I opened up the LH Aft electronics bay. Here is a picture of some of the notes on the door. Maybe some of you recognize these 8DThat's great! Classic reminders of days gone by.
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Post by shadowgunner on Aug 30, 2013 10:47:43 GMT 9
Forgot to mention that in the upper left corner of the door is a cartoon of "Beaker" from the Muppet Show. My guess is that someone had a last name or nickname of Beaker. Eab,Eab,Eab,Eab!
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Post by shadowgunner on Aug 30, 2013 11:06:32 GMT 9
A few pics from the Wings Over Wine Country Airshow. Here's 590086 with a crowd awaiting their turn to see the world's finest and fastest interceptor Also Mustang pics. Red Dog XII flown by PCAM Prez Lynn Hunt.
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Post by shadowgunner on Aug 30, 2013 11:09:58 GMT 9
A few more pics; Lady Jo ( another local P-51) Speedball Alice, and a local B-25. Also included in the upper margin of the B-25 shot is an OV-10 that joined us and did some FAC style flying.
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Post by shadowgunner on Aug 30, 2013 11:12:28 GMT 9
Last pic is a DC-4 that visits often and does flyovers at events.
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Post by ma1marv on Aug 30, 2013 12:27:46 GMT 9
It would be wonderful and quite entertaining to have all the doors on 787 opened while we are at Wright -Patt for the reunion! I know I left a message or two inside of that aircraft! Might even find traces of hair and skin! I'm looking forward to the reunion and I want to talk with a representative from the museum about the crazy nose trainer we sent them from Lowry when we closed the tech school down! MArv
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Post by MOW on Aug 31, 2013 6:30:06 GMT 9
Forgot to mention that in the upper left corner of the door is a cartoon of "Beaker" from the Muppet Show. My guess is that someone had a last name or nickname of Beaker. Eab,Eab,Eab,Eab! Oh no busted! Really 'Beaker' is there? Well, truth be told, that was one of us in the 87th Phase Dock. That was the nickname we gave to SrA Steve Lynch, a crew chief type who worked for me in Phase, and we used to draw it everywhere.
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