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I got to tell you, it was (and still is I'm sure) an adventure putting one of those intake covers on a CFM-56 in the North Dakota winds!

Mark

Oh, it still is. You can take my word on that one(even in Japan).

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NICE phots! Is that Milwaukee where it is landing?

Nope. Right in my backyard...well almost. Appleton, WI Outagamie County Airport aka KATW I'm a stones throw away from the airport. After it made a pass by my place I went over to catch them on approach.

Here one is passing by in the pattern past my place.

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A couple from the Utah ANG. 151st ARW. The E-model (57-1510) is waiting for it's last flight up to Hill Aerospace Museum. The R-model (64-14828) is a regular flyer there. I took these photos on 3/19/09. Note the sticker/painting (?) on the T.O. box inside 64-14828. Pretty cool!

Mark

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Just got back from a quick trip to Grand Forks and managed to get this shot of the KC-135A, sn 63-8005 on display at the front gate. They repainted her sometime last year but I'm not sure how to describe the color. I see what they wanted to do - the old SAC scheme - but the gray has a green tint to it. It should be more of a gloss gray like FS 16473. Notice also they put a flag on the tail, a-la the current AMC style. But, they got it backwards! I guess the folks who painted it had their hearts in the right place. I just wish they would have chatted with the historian! Or me!

Mark

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A little off topic. EC-135K 53-3118 taken on a Kona wind day, (southernly winds) landing at the Honolulu International Airport/Hickam runway, circa 1975 or 76, before the reef runway came into service. One of my favorite shots.

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Best wishes,

Grant

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On page 6, on tail 80054 (w/the orange stripes): is it an optical illusion or did the rudder run the full length of the vertical fin on early models? And on that particular jet, the fin and rudder assembly seem a bit larger than on later jets. Maybe I'm just seein' things. :thumbsup:

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