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Start here => Free For ALL => Topic started by: Parts on June 24, 2009, 08:18:09 PM
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I love flying videos with or without music
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-f1cwycSWq0
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A10 on the job.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wCqXbfGEPMI&NR=1 (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wCqXbfGEPMI&NR=1)
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And to think the air force didn't want them at first
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What a waste that would have been.
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How abut these
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=K7rAUu8djZ4
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:plus: The Blue Angels are the best of the best.
Our Brit Allies stopped Operation Sea Lion dead in it's fucking tracks.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=m34qk_jU3kQ&NR=1 (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=m34qk_jU3kQ&NR=1)
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And to think the air force didn't want them at first
They have tried to phase them out more than once. Nothing else can get the job done nearly as well, and can take the beating the A-10 can.
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Those depleted Uranium projectiles do a fine job of fucking shit up. :thumbup:
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http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2HEgdRkuF-U
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You said flying right? LOLOLOLOL :zoinks:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=teYAY8UteUQ
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They are old school now but the F15 was king once upon a time.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pPbN4i9Y_SQ&NR=1 (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pPbN4i9Y_SQ&NR=1)
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Here is one that brings back memories. This is the Squadron I served in from November 1978 to September 1981. I had gone to FRAMP (Fleet Replacement Aviation Maintenance Personnal) School after leaving A School , from 30 June 1978 to October 1978 and had a two week leave before going to my Permanent Duty Station in Rota Spain. This video shows both the inside and outside of the EA-3B very well, including the hatch on the bottom that killed my friend TJ.
An In Flight Plane Captain in Training had Combat Presurized the Cabin (a total no no on the Flight Line) and was giving TJ a signal that TJ did not understand and was likely incorrect since TJ was an experienced Lineman. The Trainee Plane Captain then directed TJ to open the lower hatch to confer and neglected to relieve the Combat Pressurization. The hatch was 50+ inches long and about 34" wide weighing in @ 90 + pounds, add to that 2.5 to 3.5 PSI of Combat Pressurization and well over two and a half tons of force knocked TJ head first into the Nose Landing Gear Strut splattering brain, blood and such all over the Tarmac.
I had been relieved of my weekend Duty early so I was at Benny's Bar,and because they didn't want any of TJs Line Shack buddies to have to clean up what was left after the Paramedics took his body away, they (Maintenance Control) got two guys from Airframes Shop to hose off the Tarmac, one of whom was my buddy Oscar, because they did not know that Oscar and TJ were good friends. So none of us who ran with TJ were happy about his death, but Oscar was especially upset.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RfYeiy31h_A (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RfYeiy31h_A)
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That's horrible. I'm really sorry PPK :(
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Thanks Gus, it's old stuff that stopped hurting a long time ago. In any case there was much more good then bad times serving in Spain.
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I'm glad you can look back on it now without as much pain. I feel lucky really to not have had a friend of mine die yet.
How does it feel like to fly a plane?
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I wasn't a Pilot, I was Maintenance and so was TJ. I worked in the Electrical Shop and TJ was Line Shack, Plane Captain was a designation for someone who had qualified to Launch, Recover and Tow Aircraft, Launch and Recovery in this case meaning giving hand signals in coordination with Spotters to let the Pilot know when and where to turn the Aircraft out to cruise safely to the landing strip for takeoff and bring them back after a landing so they were parked and secured safely. Line Shack also fueled and defueled Aircraft, did Pre Flight walkarounds and provided the bulk of people for washing Aircraft (a big fucking job).
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I wish I got to see some of this when I did work experience at Heathrow Airport. There wasn't enough time though :-\
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What did you do there Gus? Nobody is allowed on a working Flightline w/o proper training. Too much shit can go wrong.
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Just followed different workers everywhere around the airport. Usually check-ins and whatnot. Although it did make me consider working there for a while.
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You could do a lot worse then Aviation as a career Gus, Aircraft are fascinating and taking a Hangar Queen and making it Flight worthy in a two week, or less, turnaround is very satisfying to see it take off, especially if you get to do the launch. Even after assignment to our shops we ocassionally got tapped to do a launch. All of our maintenance people were qualified as Lineman/Plane Captains.
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It must be fascinating :laugh: What qualifications do you need? As in, is uni necessary?
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Without Military Training over here stateside an A&P license (Airframes & Powerplants) is needed and Embry Riddle Aeronautical University is the main school here for that You probably have similar programs in the UK, some Airlines may have their own training programs for Line Personnal but I'm not sure.
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I shall check this out.
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Taken at Camarillo airport.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Wx2BbNr4Pj4
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-kB-BGMXxZc
I'd need one for each foot.