Refueling Flight
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Captain_Bob
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OK... first of all... let me just say that had to have been an awesome experience for you!
Secondly... I'm going to piggyback on your thread if you don't mind.
Your post brought back a flood of memories for me... The first time my feet left the ground for flight was during my 1985 ROTC fieldtrip to Carswell AFB in Fort Worth for a KC-135 flight. That's awesome that they still do those type of flights for ROTC cadets!
Here's a few pics from my experience... newly scanned and brought to you in the crystal clear, high definition clarity of my Kodak 110 Instamatic!
It was 0530 in the morning... pretty darn early for a 9th grader! Here's a couple of pics of the flight line: First is the GPU... Second is a line of some sort... Funny thing about these pics; they got me a quick visit from the SP's who were wondering where the muzzle flashes were coming from. Note to self... don't take pictures with a flash on an active airforce base flight line at night.
The flight deck and the boom operator's area:
Pics of the E3 AWACS over new Mexico... we also refueled a flight of F-4 Phantom's... but alas... I ran out of film!:
Thanks for allowing me to hijack your thread... and thanks again for the memories!
NKAWTG!
Bob
Secondly... I'm going to piggyback on your thread if you don't mind.
Your post brought back a flood of memories for me... The first time my feet left the ground for flight was during my 1985 ROTC fieldtrip to Carswell AFB in Fort Worth for a KC-135 flight. That's awesome that they still do those type of flights for ROTC cadets!
Here's a few pics from my experience... newly scanned and brought to you in the crystal clear, high definition clarity of my Kodak 110 Instamatic!
It was 0530 in the morning... pretty darn early for a 9th grader! Here's a couple of pics of the flight line: First is the GPU... Second is a line of some sort... Funny thing about these pics; they got me a quick visit from the SP's who were wondering where the muzzle flashes were coming from. Note to self... don't take pictures with a flash on an active airforce base flight line at night.
The flight deck and the boom operator's area:
Pics of the E3 AWACS over new Mexico... we also refueled a flight of F-4 Phantom's... but alas... I ran out of film!:
Thanks for allowing me to hijack your thread... and thanks again for the memories!
NKAWTG!
Bob
captainflyguy
New Member
one more......
LoadMasterC141
Well-Known Member
Ahh the memories! I'll never forget my first Space-A flight as a kid...Fairford to Griffiss, stopping in Lajes. 4 135's pulling a whole squadron of Warthogs home from Spangdahlem. Was very cool.
I've got some good pix of the refueling and then on of me on the billeting wall at Lajes. 15 years later, I have pix of refueling from the other end in a 141, and me standing on the same billetting wall.
Nice pics and thanks for bringing back the memories. I'll scan mine in sometime this week.
I've got some good pix of the refueling and then on of me on the billeting wall at Lajes. 15 years later, I have pix of refueling from the other end in a 141, and me standing on the same billetting wall.
Nice pics and thanks for bringing back the memories. I'll scan mine in sometime this week.
Captain_Bob
Well-Known Member
Hey thanks TC! It looked too small to be an air conditioning line... and too flimsy for a fuel line...
Appreciate the info!
Bob
Appreciate the info!
Bob
captainflyguy
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We called em "Huffers" on the boat.
fish314
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Giving those ROTC flights is a ton of fun too. Used to give 'em in the tanker (the REAL tanker- the 135!:nana2 and occasionally got to give 'em in the tweet. Of course, in the tanker, no one vomits on you! With the tweet, I have a puke rating of about .25 (a quarter of the kids yakked...). But still, seeing that much enthusiasm about your job kind of recharges your enthusiasm levels a little too.
and occasionally got to give 'em in the tweet. Of course, in the tanker, no one vomits on you! With the tweet, I have a puke rating of about .25 (a quarter of the kids yakked...). But still, seeing that much enthusiasm about your job kind of recharges your enthusiasm levels a little too.
fish314
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Sorry, not a dumb question at all. It's a Cessna T-37. The Air Force has used them for about 50 years for primary flight training. They call it a "Tweet" because the engines have this really loud high pitched squeal, so even though they really don't produce much thrust they produce about as much NOISE as some more impressive jets. Some folks also call it the "6000 lbs. dog whistle" or the "Air Force tool for converting jet fuel to noise.... only".
The USAF is almost done replacing them with a prop airplane called a T-6.
If you look at my avatar, the Tweet is the airplane in the turn, and the T-6 is the other one.
The USAF is almost done replacing them with a prop airplane called a T-6.
If you look at my avatar, the Tweet is the airplane in the turn, and the T-6 is the other one.
falconvalley
Absentee Dad of the OOTSK, Runner, Cat Frustrator
cTnT1786
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It's actually low pressure hi volume (only about 45 psi). Most people don't know that.
It's all relative, ain't it?
It's higher than the pressure that I use to inflate a balloon, and it's higher than the pressure in my automobile tires. I was trying to keep it simple.
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falconvalley
Absentee Dad of the OOTSK, Runner, Cat Frustrator
It's all relative, ain't it?
It's higher than the pressure that I use to inflate a balloon, and it's higher than the pressure in my automobile tires. I was trying to keep it simple.
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Rightious. I'm used to talking to young mechanics, so I must sound like an old, crusty broken record now, eh?
... I must sound like an old, crusty broken record now, eh?
Not at all. When your goal is accuracy, you can't really go wrong.
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