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Here is a link that you can look up any tail number. https://users.rcn.com/jeremy.k/serialSearch.html

I'm sure some of you have came across this on the net but for those of you who haven't enjoy. I am glad they had more than 2 guys in the flight deck to keep up on the faults the computer was spitting out. I guess the Aussie term "Flat Out" is task saturated. Subject: A bad day on the A-380 ________________________________ 1. From a friend. Lots to things for this crew and their ground support team to think about and work on. Here are just SOME of the problems the QANTAS guys had in Singapore last week aboard QF32, in addition to the engine failure.... * massive fuel leak in the left mid fuel tank (the beast has 11 tanks, including in the horizontal stabiliser on the tail) * massive fuel leak in the left inner fuel tank * a hole on the flap canoe/fairing that you could fit your upper body through. * the aft gallery in the fuel system failed, preventing many fuel transfer functions * fuel jettison had problems due to the previous problem above * bloody great hole in the upper wing surface * partial failure of leading edge slats * partial failure of speed brakes/ground spoilers * shrapnel damage to the flaps * TOTAL loss of all hydraulic fluid in the Green System (beast has 2 x 5,000 PSI systems, Green and Yellow) * manual extension of landing gear * loss of 1 generator and associated systems * loss of brake anti-skid system * unable to shutdown adjacent #1 engine using normal method after landing due to major damage to systems * unable to shutdown adjacent #1 engine using using the fire switch!!!!!!!! Therefore, no fire protection was available for that engine after the explosion in #2 * ECAM warnings about major fuel imbalance because of fuel leaks on left side, that were UNABLE to be fixed with cross-feeding * fuel trapped in Trim Tank (in the tail). Therefore, possible major CofG out-of-balance condition for landing. Yikes! * and much more to come.......... Richard was in the left seat, (FO in the right), SO in the 2nd obs seat (right rear, also with his own Radio Management Panel, so he probably did most of the coordination with the ground), Capt Dave Evans in the 1st obs seat (middle). He is a Check & Training Captain who was training Harry Wubbin to be one also. Harry was in the 3rd obs seat (left rear). All 5 guys were FLAT OUT, especially the FO who would have been processing complicated 'ECAM' messages and procedures that were seemingly never-ending!

There were alot of KC-135E's that were 55 or 56 models but are all retired, Chile now flys 1 or 2 KC-135E's but I believe they are 57 models. I read the Utah ANG guys are the only current E model guys who train the Chileans. The 55th at Offutt had the only AD KC-135E they used as a trainer and trash hauler, don't know if they still have it. Not many TF-33 equipped -135's left around flying.

All 55 and 56 Model KC-135's are retired that is to include J-57 and TF-33 equipped models, their wing is different from the 57 thru 64 models which wouldn't take the CFM56 unless we put whole new wings on them. All in all the planes avionics are more update compared to a KC-10 or E-3 which still use steam guages. What I remember about the A model and what newest block R model it is comparing the Wright flyer to the ME-262. If you saw a 55/56 model it was probably a TF-33 equiped NKC-135 AFMC test bird flying target mission for the YAL-1 747-400 airborne lazer which have been recently retired. The CFM-56' equipped Navy E-6's had a write up in the Tinker base newspaper of having over 20K hours on the wing before they had to remove for mx on the other hand I had some bad luck with my E-3 I was a Crew Chief on , changed seven TF-33's on the same plane in 3 weeks on a OSW deployment.

Any models of RC-135V's before they got reengined and KC-135A's in their early 90's Shamu scheme.

The 55 and 56 models have been all retired, their wings are different from the 57 thru 64 models and would have reqd alot more engineering to take the new CFM56's.

The biggest problem the USN and USMC have with their legacy F-18's ABCD's is they reaching the end of the # of carrier traps they can do.

If you guys go to Incirlik try Pops Leather down in the alley for a headset comfort kit or order them online. https://www.popsleather.com/new_catalog.php3?tp=38&cksess=0617-05e326ecf5041a41b8138b8b28f0df16-13724013674

Back in WW2 acft recognition was taught to nearly everybody, it meant life or death to aircrew coming into a allied airbase on a IFE without radio's to indentify themselves to allied AAA gunners that they were friendly. The most recent incident was the Blackhawk shootdown in northern Iraq by F-15's . The 707/135 ? is that they were both developed from the 367-80 which is now display in Uvar Hazy museum at Dulles IAP. The official USAF designation on a 707 is the C-137B for a 707-153B or C-137C for a 707-300 which E3,E6 and E8's are based on. The 707 wings on the -300 are bigger than the 135's and 137B's wing which the dimensions are indentical. The 367-80 presently has the 707-300 wing installed. There was a proposal by Boeing before the KC-135R to retrofit -135's with the -300 wing. That would have given the -135 20K more gas in the wings. Fuselage dimensions, you can slide a 135 fuselage inside a empty tube 707 fuselage. The fuel, hydraulic,electrical, and landing gear systems on a 707 are different and not compatable with a C-135.

All your arguements about the Oclubs are the same on the enlisted side, the NCO clubs stateside were a place you can have a beer and tell your boss your a A$$&*le while you are buying a round during all girl swimsuit review . Being forced to use clubs for ALS graduations, Pin Ons Etc with crappy service bad food and over priced beer are the norm. Got so bad if you wanted a Senior rated endorser on your EPR you had to be a club member. What made it change to crap. MADD (Mothers against drunk driving)and then the infamous Navy Tailhook party in Vegas just after Desert Storm. With so many drunk driving incidents in the civilian world and most if not all states going to a 21 age limit to drink it cut drastically into the bottom line and attitude at clubs. 18 year old E's no longer allowed to drink and if caught with a beer in their fridge in the dorm was a automatic Art 15 which put all partying off base. Senior E's getting busted walking out the club after 2 beers by a pissed off 18 year old cop having their careers destroyed. Getting the stink eye when at a function at the club you pop the cap on your second bottle of beer. The clubs used to be a place you possibly could get laid with a large portion of the civilian female population allowed to frequent the club, if any of the KC-135A grey beards remember the Galaxy at Mildenhall prior to 9/11. I am the GodFather of alot of kids because of that place. Going back to when I was Tech school at Sheppard 1980, the Airmans club there was one of the biggest buyers of beer in the state of Texas. I guess now it is as exciting as 9pm in Toledo Ohio.

Glad to here no fatalities, curious to here if it is another shaft problem.

Had a knucklehead working with me at Transient Alert who couldn't tell the differance between a T-6 and A-6, he lasted about a week. He spent all his time in the tool crib before he came to us. I always get a kick when shoes think 135's and 707's are the same.

Tsgt Bart Holmes was a good friend and a good FE RIP

https://www.telegraph.co.uk/travel/travelnews/8001351/SkyRider-new-saddle-seat-allows-airlines-to-cram-more-passengers.html I guess we can look forward to these seats on our next freedom bird World Air charter MD-11 cattle car. As you can tell I am not a fan of commercial air travel anymore if I ever was.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7jW2r_xUswk Finally a good video that is not gay coming from USAF members.

That new Navy utility uniform is ideal for acft mx, it will hide any oil stain. Plus compared to their old work uniform they don't look like Federal inmates on work release anymore. Plus it hides a fat Navy chicks ass better. When deployed to a FOB they wear DCU's or whatever the USMC wears if attached to them. Can any old timers here explain to me why at a Red Flag in August when we still wore DCU's and BDU's could not wear our DCU's at Nellis on the flightline in 120 degree heat ?

Wouldn't that be a airfield management problem?

Link to pics, not pretty https://www.avweb.com/newspics/galleries/airventure2010/jack-roush-crash/large/02.jpg https://www.avweb.com/newspics/galleries/airventure2010/jack-roush-crash/large/01.jpg

My compliments to the CAF egress troops.

Here is a link of some good pic's. It appears that the right engine was not putting out anything if you look at the exhaust nozzles. I'm just a mx dude so I am assuming that f-18's don't fly well with just one engine. https://www.theglobeandmail.com/news/national/prairies/cf-18-fighter-jet-crashes-in-alberta/article1649943/#photos

I was given the book a few years back as a xmas present, I was at EGUN during Eldorado Canyon launching out KC-135Q's chasing Habu for battle damage assessment. IT was a night that I will never forget, very rarely did they launch both SR-71's and all the supporting KC-135Q's plus the two KC-135Q's that were from Plattsburgh which usally flew with dirty tanks and only got cleaned up to carry JP-7 only when a Beale Q model broke hard. The other days at EGUN I never got tired of watching the SR-71 takeoff plus I loved the sound of the start carts with their Buick 454's going to max rpm to turn the J-58's so they can light them of with the TEB triethylborane tabs to get the JP-7 fuel to burn.

I was talking to a T-38 mx guy who used to work for Cessna in Witchita who was on their JPATS bid. The Cessna 526 Citation jet was superior in all ways to the the T-6 which the Navy insisted on the side opening canopy and a turboprop. As mx lay person I don't understand a turbo prop trainer for USAF UPT studs which we only fly C-12's and C-130's in numbers plus not counting what SOCOM has in their inventory. The C526 looks like it would have been a great attack acft with that straight wing, lots of hard points. My friend told me after the competition the USAF told Cessna to destroy the acft. He called the T-6 the Sen Bob Dole gift to Beechcraft Kansas. I don't see the T-6 being around as long as the Tweet just because this acft wasn't built to take the abuse of the T-37. Here is a link about the C526. https://cessnawarbirds.com/2009/08/26/cessna-jpats-citationjet/

At least you were able to get your mx troops some recognition,most heavy mx sq I have known guys that have not one medal for anything for a whole 20 year career.

The most dangerous thing you will do is drive from Eskan to USMTM, the Saudi's driving habits are definately offensive and also insane, think driving NASCAR. Did Eskan prior to the big move to Prince Sultan AB after the Khobar Towers bombing. Yes it gets God Awful hot. Plus don't drink the water out of the taps.

For all you pilots that got banked and became mx officers, how did you endure your time in mx before going back to requal? Was it eye opening to see the other side of the debrief table? Did it help as you progressed during your career? Just curious from a Crew Chief that had a few banked pilots in my section during the early 90's. The early 90's was not very fun after Desert Storm from the mx side, VSI/SSB early retirements gutted alot of experiance on the active duty side which made for more long days if you were the only 7 level.