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Steve that's a great looking EP-3! They would park with our MC's at Kadena when they were on the island.
The EP that had the mid air with the chinese fighter and emergency landed on hainan island is going on
display at the Pima Air Museum .
Cheers...Ron
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That's a good looking T2...I have a couple hundred hours in them here at Kirtland when I was a Lockheed
employee. I never like those MCARS pods...had hose trouble and the VDD would get a mind of it's own. That
head on shot makes me want to "clear number 3" for engine start.
Cheers...Ron
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Awesome "steam jet"...I've got a lot of time under A model 135's
when I was a loadmaster on A model C-5's.
Cheers...Ron
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That's coming along very well. Even the raft floor is glossy with water!
Jack King (the voice of Apollo) and Gene Kranz would be proud!
Cheers...Ron
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The ocean looks really good....love the sea dye lingering around too! The initial burst
of sea dye is like anti freeze color then it disapates. Gonna look great when finished!
Cheers...Ron
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Jim Lovell and the crew of Apollo 13 are glad the recovery chutes got them to the water!
That's looking really awesome! Great job so far!
Cheers...Ron
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You're very welcome!
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And a B-52 with 2 Hound dog missiles under the wings!
Cheers...Ron
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Nothing says Cold War Strategic Air Command's part of the ICBM triad
than a Titan II missile! Great job!
Cheers...Ron
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That's looking really good! Can't wait to see the finished product!
Cheers...Ron
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Don't quit....Gene Kranz..."Failure is not an option"
Cheers....Ron
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Looking good! Are you going to add a shark fin in the water? The SEALS that recovered the spacecraft
said the rotors beating the water in addition to the sound of the spashdown attracted some curious
sharks out in the Pacific.
Cheers....Ron
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That's a great looking Eagle! A lot of attention to detail there...great job!
I think that Eagle came from Kadena...I spent 4 years there in the Special
Operations Wing there and saw the F-15's fly every day.
Cheers...Ron
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That's awesome so far!
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Just remember that most of it burned off coming back through the atmosphere!
Cheers....Ron
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Thanks for the link!
Cheers....Ron
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My dad was on the Apollo 11 launch team. He worked the rocket engines on the Lunar Module.
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That looks awesome!
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Kinda off topic but does anyone make a B-17 crew inflight to put in the seats for a flying display?
I know Monogram had a set of crew figures in the high end B-17 kit.
Now back to our regular scheduled B-17 chat.....
Cheers....Ron
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On 8/7/2024 at 5:33 PM, Scooby said:
They definitely all spin the same way.
I used to adjust the synchrophaser manually in the cockpit until they went to solid state electronics. These adjustments automatically synchronizes all propellers so that they rotate at the same speed. It cut down on vibrations and increased crew comfort and efficiency.
I can’t imagine if one engine was spinning in another direction. That would be a nightmare.
Had a few syncrophasers on the old MC-130 that would wander off and the engineer would unsync them all and then re-sync them up. Was a lot of vibration for that brief period of flight.
Cheers...Ron
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Lookin good! I flew the T2 as a Lockheed employee here at Kirtland. The old girl gained
a lot of weight. When they put the hose pods on and other associated equipment the
operating weight was around 102,000 pounds. Max takeoff was 155,000 so it really limited
the payload it could carry.
Cheers...Ron
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That Pioneer Airways DC-3 was a good looking airplane too. My old boss in C-5's when he was a
young loadmaster flew on AC-47's in South Vietnam. He said it was a great airplane to fly in.
Cheers....Ron
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I've built three of those Monogram C-47's over the years. You did a great job on yours! No TSA...no jetway
no fighting for an overhead bin...people dressed nice to fly and got real silverware for their inflight meal.....
Cheers....Ron
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Great job....fantastic display and cabinet/table too. Wish I had the woodwork skill
for some display stuff I want to do.
Cheers...Ron
What did you just finish building?
in The Display Case
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I dead headed in the Hanoi Taxi when it was still an A model stationed at Norton AFB.