jinxx1 Posted March 2, 2015 Share Posted March 2, 2015 A few photos from the MCAS Yuma airshow, Sat 28 Feb. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
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Djack Posted March 3, 2015 Share Posted March 3, 2015 Nice! So wish I could have been there, instead I got to stay here in beautiful KC in the snow. Thanks for sharing...post more if you like! David Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Exhausted Posted March 9, 2015 Share Posted March 9, 2015 Thanks. Is the CH-46 an active bird in a heritage scheme? Quote Link to post Share on other sites
jinxx1 Posted March 9, 2015 Author Share Posted March 9, 2015 Thanks. Is the CH-46 an active bird in a heritage scheme? The CH-46 is an active bird. One of nine left and it is slated to be the last operational CH-46 next year. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Exhausted Posted March 9, 2015 Share Posted March 9, 2015 I'm specifically referring to this particular bird. If it's active, then it's a hell of a heritage scheme for a non-hundredth anniversary year! The Flying Leatherneck Museum at Miramar has a -46 on display that looks nearly identical. Also, sometimes the museum birds make it to the flight line for display, but I don't think they'd make it to Yuma. FWIW, NAS Pensacola also uses a lot of museum birds to fill up the static displays. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
jinxx1 Posted March 10, 2015 Author Share Posted March 10, 2015 I'm specifically referring to this particular bird. If it's active, then it's a hell of a heritage scheme for a non-hundredth anniversary year! The Flying Leatherneck Museum at Miramar has a -46 on display that looks nearly identical. Also, sometimes the museum birds make it to the flight line for display, but I don't think they'd make it to Yuma. FWIW, NAS Pensacola also uses a lot of museum birds to fill up the static displays. It is an active bird. While it is in a true heritage scheme it still works for a living. The Phrog is rapidly disappearing and this helo is painted in a "Phrog out" scheme. What I was told was that there are three Phrogs left at Yuma and six on the East coast. This one will leave Yuma sometime this year and is currently slated to be the final H-46 in service. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Exhausted Posted March 10, 2015 Share Posted March 10, 2015 Pharewell to Phrogs! Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Flankerman Posted March 10, 2015 Share Posted March 10, 2015 That's an interesting cover on the Tail Reaction Nozzle on that USMC AV-8B (7th photo down) - the stencilling says 'GR Mk1'. Part of a batch of spare parts/consumables purchased from the RAF ??? I'm surprised that the USMC would use something they hadn't got through the US supply chain - I thought some US company would have bid for the contract and charged zillions of dollars just to change the stecilling...... Fascinating..... Ken Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Exhausted Posted March 10, 2015 Share Posted March 10, 2015 The Gr1 covers are probably left over from the AV-8A days. I noticed them even before the Brits retired their Harrier fleet. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
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