rpiereck
New Member
Only my second post here at jetcareers, but I figured I'd share some pictures:
One of our Boeing CH-47 Chinook helicopters looking sharp at the ramp in Camo Humphreys, Korea. The aircraft looks extra nice because it just came back from reset maintenance at Korean Airlines (KAL) Maintenance Facility in Gimhae Intl (RKPP) in Busan, South Korea. The airframe was stripped bare and had all cracks and stuff fixed, new wire harness and tons of other new parts installed. Almost a new aircraft!
Looking out of the bubble window of a Chinook on base to land on rwy 36L, RKPP; the coast of South Korea below.
On final, runway in sight:
KAL Maintenance, Gimhae, South Korea: you can see the tail of a 747 inside the first large hangar: they perform pax to freighter conversions here and there are usually Korean Air, United Airlines and other airlines aircraft going through the conversion here.
Tail end of a Chinook under maintenance, already has the new paint
Front end of the same aircraft
A KAL aircraft taking off on rwy 18R
Waiting for the pilots to show up...
Crewchief on his seat during flight back to "The Hump"
This is me sitting on our maintenance mule, the Gator, loaded with toolboxes, boxes of oil, food, water, gear, etc. I am a Chinook technical inspector and we had a DART (Downed Aircraft Recovery Team) setup in advance of a mission going out. We stay on standby in case anything breaks or an aircraft does a precautionary landing or worse anywhere in Korea. We just drive our Gator into a Chinook and fly away. We love our Gators.
One of our Boeing CH-47 Chinook helicopters looking sharp at the ramp in Camo Humphreys, Korea. The aircraft looks extra nice because it just came back from reset maintenance at Korean Airlines (KAL) Maintenance Facility in Gimhae Intl (RKPP) in Busan, South Korea. The airframe was stripped bare and had all cracks and stuff fixed, new wire harness and tons of other new parts installed. Almost a new aircraft!
Looking out of the bubble window of a Chinook on base to land on rwy 36L, RKPP; the coast of South Korea below.
On final, runway in sight:
KAL Maintenance, Gimhae, South Korea: you can see the tail of a 747 inside the first large hangar: they perform pax to freighter conversions here and there are usually Korean Air, United Airlines and other airlines aircraft going through the conversion here.
Tail end of a Chinook under maintenance, already has the new paint
Front end of the same aircraft
A KAL aircraft taking off on rwy 18R
Waiting for the pilots to show up...
Crewchief on his seat during flight back to "The Hump"
This is me sitting on our maintenance mule, the Gator, loaded with toolboxes, boxes of oil, food, water, gear, etc. I am a Chinook technical inspector and we had a DART (Downed Aircraft Recovery Team) setup in advance of a mission going out. We stay on standby in case anything breaks or an aircraft does a precautionary landing or worse anywhere in Korea. We just drive our Gator into a Chinook and fly away. We love our Gators.
....oh well, BEER 30 it is:rawk:
