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Post by pat perry on Jul 20, 2015 8:33:03 GMT 9
Some will know these names
Some will have been there
Some will be glad they weren't
All will appreciate the guts it took to do that mission
Sent from my iPad
Subject: F-105 pilot's last mission
Here is an interesting account of an F105 pilot's (Billy Sparks-RIP) last mission over North Vietnam. It is an amazing story of bravery and heroism that is real! This gutsy pilot is self-deprecating but it is clear he possessed tungsten steel gonads … and that his colleagues who risked their own lives to save his are truly heroes!!
Posted as PDF file of 7 pages:
Sparks_last_combat_mission.pdf (73.59 KB)
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Post by pat perry on Nov 3, 2015 8:44:08 GMT 9
Hey all you THUD specialists, Our Pal Ralph Robledo, Restoration Specialist is trying to get the canopy open on the F-105 at Castle Air Museum so they can bring it indoors and make it look fresh again.
Hi Pat, Just a quick question to see if we can get an assist on opening the Canopy on the F 105.. It was demilitarized before being placed on display, now we are bringing it into the Hanger for a badly needed restoration. I want to open the canopy, but I am not able to figure it out. No T O s and no one with any F 105 experience. Can you put a post on the website and see if there is any one out there that can give me an assist?
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Post by Jim on Nov 4, 2015 0:08:14 GMT 9
Hey all you THUD specialists, Our Pal Ralph Robledo, Restoration Specialist is trying to get the canopy open on the F-105 at Castle Air Museum so they can bring it indoors and make it look fresh again.
Hi Pat, Just a quick question to see if we can get an assist on opening the Canopy on the F 105.. It was demilitarized before being placed on display, now we are bringing it into the Hanger for a badly needed restoration. I want to open the canopy, but I am not able to figure it out. No T O s and no one with any F 105 experience. Can you put a post on the website and see if there is any one out there that can give me an assist?
Ralph
It's quite heavy, but can be lifted. I was in a no-chute runway excursion in 1967 and lost power after I came to a stop (nose down in the desert, engine running, sucking up sand). I shut down, unlatched the canopy, and, standing on the seat, lifted it on my shoulders. Damn heavy sucker !!!
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Post by sixerviper on Jan 3, 2016 9:47:16 GMT 9
On either side of the cockpit below the sill is a (usually) yellow manual canopy latch. Opening that latch exposes two pushbutton switches. The top one opens the canopy and the bottom one closes it. The canopy motor runs directly off the battery bus, so if you can get a 24V battery hooked up the canopy could open electrically.
If the canopy doesn't work electrically, there is a button on the very top of the canopy just aft of the glass (assuming this is a B/D model). You can push that button to disconnect the actuator from the canopy and raise the canopy manually.
Hope this helps some. I last worked on a Thud in 1981, so my memory is 35 years old now.
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