Chappie Posted June 21, 2005 Share Posted June 21, 2005 Yesterday, I TiVO'd a show on The Military Channel about Red Flag. They showed shots of the bomb loaders loading live weapons, and I noticed there are now sunshades over the revetments. Very good idea!! I've been to Nellis twice, once for Air Warrior in August (1996), and the other for Green Flag in September (2000) and both times the temps in the revetments were well into the 110s. Once we put one of those big round thermometers in a couple of the revetments and the highest temp I saw was 125 degrees!!! Dry heat or no-- 125 is damn hot! Chappie Link to post Share on other sites
Guest mr. tomcat Posted June 21, 2005 Share Posted June 21, 2005 We are going to see these shades just about everywhere it gets hot. I believe they cost approximately 50K each. The high temps are wrecking havoc with the sensitive electronics aboard todays modern aircraft. Cheers, Dave Link to post Share on other sites
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