jfmajor60 Posted May 14, 2013 Author Share Posted May 14, 2013 A-6E by the way Quote Link to post Share on other sites
nicholassagan Posted May 14, 2013 Share Posted May 14, 2013 poop chute. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
phantom Posted May 14, 2013 Share Posted May 14, 2013 Entrance to Narnia? Quote Link to post Share on other sites
jfmajor60 Posted May 14, 2013 Author Share Posted May 14, 2013 Lol!!! Quote Link to post Share on other sites
f14 tomcat freak Posted May 14, 2013 Share Posted May 14, 2013 a-6e with a port on its port side lol Quote Link to post Share on other sites
KursadA Posted May 14, 2013 Share Posted May 14, 2013 (edited) It is a cooling air vent. I believe it goes with the extra avionics cooling intake fitted to the A-6E (all that air needs to exit the fuselage somewhere); I have not seen it on early A-6Es without the additional intake. Edited May 14, 2013 by KursadA Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Johnopfor Posted May 14, 2013 Share Posted May 14, 2013 (edited) Strange place for a gloryhole...... Poke it with a stick....see what happens..... Edited May 14, 2013 by Johnopfor Quote Link to post Share on other sites
jfmajor60 Posted May 14, 2013 Author Share Posted May 14, 2013 Oh Man must be a full moon tonight , Thx KursadA Quote Link to post Share on other sites
A6BSTARM Posted May 14, 2013 Share Posted May 14, 2013 That is the aft air cooling turbine exhaust. The aft air cooling turbine supplies cold air to the electronics in the bird cage area, this was modified when the CAINS (or Carrier Aircraft Inertial Navigation System) electronics suite was added to the A-6E in the early 1980s as part of the CILP (conversion in lieu of production )order of A-6's and later modified to the rest of the fleet as they went through the depot process. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
jfmajor60 Posted May 14, 2013 Author Share Posted May 14, 2013 That is the aft air cooling turbine exhaust. The aft air cooling turbine supplies cold air to the electronics in the bird cage area, this was modified when the CAINS (or Carrier Aircraft Inertial Navigation System) electronics suite was added to the A-6E in the early 1980s as part of the CILP (conversion in lieu of production )order of A-6's and later modified to the rest of the fleet as they went through the depot process. So an EA-6A would not have this vent then correct? Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Andre Posted May 14, 2013 Share Posted May 14, 2013 So an EA-6A would not have this vent then correct? See here: airliners.net. No vent that I can see. HTH, Andre Quote Link to post Share on other sites
jfmajor60 Posted May 14, 2013 Author Share Posted May 14, 2013 See here: airliners.net. No vent that I can see. HTH, Andre Great Pic thx, Thats the exact paint scheme I'm working on with BuNo 156987 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Andre Posted May 14, 2013 Share Posted May 14, 2013 Great Pic thx, Thats the exact paint scheme I'm working on with BuNo 156987 A choice that betrays an excellent taste. ;) Looking forward to pics of your model! Cheers, Andre Quote Link to post Share on other sites
A6BSTARM Posted May 15, 2013 Share Posted May 15, 2013 As far as I know and my references tell me, although the EA-6A did not receive the CAINS upgrade similar to what was applied to the A-6E Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Andre Posted May 15, 2013 Share Posted May 15, 2013 As far as I know and my references tell me, although the EA-6A did not receive the CAINS upgrade similar to what was applied to the A-6E Which would seem to make sense, since CAINS denotes Carrier Airborne Inertial Navigation System, and the EA-6A was firmly landbased when CAINS came along. Cheers, Andre Quote Link to post Share on other sites
A6BSTARM Posted May 16, 2013 Share Posted May 16, 2013 Andre, Yes and no. From 1989, a USNR VAQ-309, "The Axemen", EA-6A onboard the USS Enterprise with two AERO-1D's, a ALQ-167 ECM pod and an ALQ-76/99 pod on the centerline position. Taken by the DoN media during CVWR-30 work ups in the summer of 1989. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Andre Posted May 16, 2013 Share Posted May 16, 2013 Yes and no. Excellent pic - thanks for the correction! Cheers, Andre Quote Link to post Share on other sites
pminer Posted May 16, 2013 Share Posted May 16, 2013 poop chute. :whistle:/> LOL!...no way!! lol... Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Harv Posted May 16, 2013 Share Posted May 16, 2013 Andre, Yes and no. From 1989, a USNR VAQ-309, "The Axemen", EA-6A onboard the USS Enterprise with two AERO-1D's, a ALQ-167 ECM pod and an ALQ-76/99 pod on the centerline position. Taken by the DoN media during CVWR-30 work ups in the summer of 1989. "Yes and No" is correct. Being a Naval Reserve squadron under (CVWR-30 Reserve Air Wing 30)...the Pac Fleet reserve airwing, VAQ-309 were normally shore-based, but deployed on det with the entire reserve airwing (typically every-other year) aboard a carrier for a qualification period. On the off-years, CAG-30 would typically do a land-based det. I was with them the year following the above photo for a det aboard USS Nimitz in August 1990. The Axemen were flying EA-6Bs, and one of their pilots received the 'top hooker' award for the best boarding grades of the air wing for the line period. Not bad for a squadron flying and qualifying in new (to them) jets. The following year we (CAG-30) were back on land with a run through the SLATS course at NAS Fallon. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
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