Top Gun - Aviation Enthusiasts - No Politics

[delldude]

 
Probably because the production facilities in Claverton, NY no longer exist and the skilled workforce that built the aircraft is no longer there.  Which means it would be very expensive to bring it back.

 
Not bring back but cancel the program?

 

[777 fixer]

 
Not bring back but cancel the program?

 
Program was cancelled back in 92 and was not brought back.

 

[delldude]

 
Program was cancelled back in 92 and was not brought back.

 
Read it was a fine A/C but a maint hog......so they replaced it due to people wanting to make a buck.

 

[777 fixer]

 
Read it was a fine A/C but a maint hog......so they replaced it due to people wanting to make a buck.

 
Having worked on the A model, yes it was.  However that was one of the reasons behind the D model.  Reduced maintenance with newer model engines and completely revamped avionics package.

 

[delldude]

 

[xUT]

Hard to do a weight and balance in that condition... 😛

 

[Glenn Quagmire]

I have an excellent set of tools. I can fix that.

 

[777 fixer]

 
Better call Airbus AOG.

 

[Glenn Quagmire]

Pitching deck: 2 parts. I have the utmost respect for the guys. Dad did this during early Vietnam Wartime ops and a little after.

http://www.youtube.com/watch_popup?v=4gGMI8d3vLs

http://www.youtube.com/watch_popup?v=S0yj70QbBzg

 

[delldude]

Air Force does it better......LOL     Dad remember this? 
 
Note, no JATO packs on TO.
 

 

 

[delldude]

Pitching deck: 2 parts. I have the utmost respect for the guys. Dad did this during early Vietnam Wartime ops and a little after.

http://www.youtube.com/watch_popup?v=4gGMI8d3vLs

http://www.youtube.com/watch_popup?v=S0yj70QbBzg

 
Nice vid's, thanks for sharing. Must be fun.
 
I read a story of a pilot sweating and visibly shaken from continued missed approaches on a carrier........a carrier simulator......wow.

 

[777 fixer]

Air Force does it better......LOL     Dad remember this? 
 
Note, no JATO packs on TO.
 

 

 
A little naval aviation history.  The pilot of the C-130 was James H. Flatley III.  He's the son of James H. Flatley a legendary navy fighter pilot from WW II.

 

[777 fixer]

 
Nice vid's, thanks for sharing. Must be fun.
 
I read a story of a pilot sweating and visibly shaken from continued missed approaches on a carrier........a carrier simulator......wow.

 
Watching RAG squadrons doing CQ's was always fun.  Especially the F-18's.  To get through the mil power detent to burner the F-18 has finger lifts.  The nugget pilots would get a death grip on the throttle and unknowingly pull up on the lifts.  So when they caught the wire instead of going to mil they would go to full burner.  Rather impressive show.
 
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oqrsPSle4aA

 

[delldude]

That C-17 is like Onion City if nobody figured it out.

 

[777 fixer]

Carrier ops, Chinese style.
 
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CXB1D51ZU-8