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[Ole Cowboy]

That little air flap is AC wannabe.

Part of the 4/40 AC system. 4 windows down, 40 mph for low AC.

 

[SloppyShooter]

Part of the 4/40 AC system. 4 windows down, 40 mph for low AC.

I was gonna say 2/60, but it's not an integral part of that system.

 

[orbitup]

When I was stationed overseas our aircraft had 4 digit tail numbers but most were numbered under 100. Instead of calling "oh oh five four" the ground crew would call "balls five four". I'm assuming that it's more widely used than the ground crews at one base but I don't know for sure.

 

[easy rider]

Boeing sets the prevailing wages for government jobs in Western Washington making federal wages higher there than across the nation. The Same job in California pays over $2.00 less an hour even though it has a higher cost of living.

 

[toddnjoyce]

When I was stationed overseas our aircraft had 4 digit tail numbers but most were numbered under 100. Instead of calling "oh oh five four" the ground crew would call "balls five four". I'm assuming that it's more widely used than the ground crews at one base but I don't know for sure.

AF uses the term balls for two zeros in an aircraft tail number.

AF tail numbers today consist of two-digit year of delivery and last four digits of the serial number.

Navy/USMC uses the BuAir number for the aircraft. I have no idea how that number comes to be.

 

[SloppyShooter]

Why does the crude that gets pumped out of the Gulf, gets refined here, then shipped north, sell for less there?

 

[toddnjoyce]

There are two types of aerial refueling methods used by US forces.

USAF primarily uses a boom to transfer fuel from the tanker to the receiver. The boom is flown and controlled by the boom operator who lowers and extends the boom the the receiver. Once contact is made with the receiver receptacle, the receiver locks the boom in place for the fuel transfer. Occasionally, the locks won’t disengage requiring a brute force disconnect. This can break the boom extension off the tanker leaving the receiver with a unicorn horn.

Some USAF helicopters, tilt-rotors, and almost all USN/USMC aircraft utilize a probe and drogue configuration. The P&D consists of a probe that extends from the receiver aircraft and a drogue (basket) at the end of a hose extended from the tanker.

In this method, the receiver ‘stabs’ the probe into the basket. Occasionally, the basket will smack the receiver aircraft which can smash the canopy. Or a helo’s blades will sever the hose during the procedure.

None of the malfunctions are fun to deal with.

 

[Texasgordo]

There are two types of aerial refueling methods used by US forces.

USAF primarily uses a boom to transfer fuel from the tanker to the receiver. The boom is flown and controlled by the boom operator who lowers and extends the boom the the receiver. Once contact is made with the receiver receptacle, the receiver locks the boom in place for the fuel transfer. Occasionally, the locks won’t disengage requiring a brute force disconnect. This can break the boom extension off the tanker leaving the receiver with a unicorn horn.

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Some USAF helicopters, tilt-rotors, and almost all USN/USMC aircraft utilize a probe and drogue configuration. The P&D consists of a probe that extends from the receiver aircraft and a drogue (basket) at the end of a hose extended from the tanker.

In this method, the receiver ‘stabs’ the probe into the basket. Occasionally, the basket will smack the receiver aircraft which can smash the canopy. Or a helo’s blades will sever the hose during the procedure.

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None of the malfunctions are fun to deal with.

Whoa, that bottom picture looks really scary.

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[BRD@66]

Thank you to Ben E & Shotgun J.

 

[Sock Puppet]

The E-3 AWACS and E-8 JSTARS are derived from the Boeing 707-200 airframe; all E-3 airframes came off the factory floor.

All E-8 airframes were factory refurbs; that is the airframes were already in service before they were purchased back for conversion. Most came from airline service but at least one was truly a cattle hauler in the air cargo world.

Strange fact, it still smelled like crap at times as late as 2002...

 

[benenglish]

AF uses the term balls for two zeros in an aircraft tail number.

Job-specific lingo is a whole world of trivia.

An exclamation point is a "bang" in old typesetter parlance as well as in much of the computer world. In fact, most punctuation marks have short-word names that are used in some professions, e.g. an asterisk is a "splat" in some circles.

 

[Sock Puppet]

Or "hashtag" for "#". Most of the older, English-speaking adults call it "pound" or "pound sign". That gives a different perspective on the "#metoo" movement.

 

[easy rider]

Or "hashtag" for "#". Most of the older, English-speaking adults call it "pound" or "pound sign". That gives a different perspective on the "#metoo" movement.

To a pulp?

 

[General Zod]

USAF flying boom tankers have, on occasion, used the locking feature to "tow" damaged fighters to safer areas for ejection. I can think of two occasions over VietNam that I've read of it happening.

 

[General Zod]

On a related subject, once over Vietnam an F-4 Phantom pilot named Bob Pardo used his severely damaged Phantom to push his even more damaged wingman back toward the south so they could eject safely. Pardo and his backseater had the other Phantom lower their tailhook, and Pardo used the section of fuselage directly in front of his windscreen to push the other aircraft via the hook - which, if it had gone through the windscreen, could have flat-out impaled him. First the other aircraft's fuel tanks ran dry, then one of Pardo's engines caught fire, but he managed to get both aircraft far enough away from North Vietnam that all four aircrew were rescued after bailing out.

https://www.airspacemag.com/military-aviation/pardos-push-180962402/

 

[General Zod]

And speaking of Boeing...most, if not all of their in-house designs since WWII have had a 7 somewhere in the model number. 707, 737, 777...also the B-47, the B-17, the B-29 because 9-2=7, the B-52 because 5+2=7...

Designs that carried over from companies they purchased or merged with don't count. Except the F-16...and the F/A-18...

 

[nlam01]

My youngest sister has a Bachelor's in math. She was accepted to the university in Boston and is going into biostatistic studies in epidemiology. She is super smart

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[SloppyShooter]

My youngest sister has a Bachelor's in math. She was accepted to the university in Boston and is going into biostatistic studies in epidemiology. She is super smart


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And you got the looks?

 

[nlam01]

And you got the looks?

Lol
Actually, both of us get complimented a lot. She tried to follow my foot steps in modeling, but made it as far as entering a beauty competition. Lol
We're both on the same path, but hers is the path for the cure of diseases and mine is finding and excavating bodies.
Both of us will be scientists, but for different reasons. Hers will be biological and mine will be forensics.

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[SloppyShooter]

Lol
Actually, both of us get complimented a lot. She tried to follow my foot steps in modeling, but made it as far as entering a beauty competition. Lol
We're both on the same path, but hers is the path for the cure of diseases and mine is finding and excavating bodies.
Both of us will be scientists, but for different reasons. Hers will be biological and mine will be forensics.

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Whew!!! For a minute there, I thought you were gonna say yours was catching diseases.