Seems worth it.
No effing idea what that means, but cool shiny stuff, man!View attachment 680002
Installing a JT9-59 on a DC10-40.
I remember flying on those... and lots of other extinct birds... and they had smoking sections... damn I feel antiquated...It means our friend has been hanging a freakin' big jet engine on an old jumbo freighter. Pretty cool!
I rode on a lot of DC10s in their passenger-carrying heydays. Preferred the L1011, actually, but it was a smooth riding bird...
Cheers!
The cool thing about old airplanes is that most of the younger mechanics don't have a clue. I get called for a lot of DC10 work!I remember flying on those... and lots of other extinct birds... and they had smoking sections... damn I feel antiquated...
Yeah, in this case, I'm working for Omega, an Irish company that converts them to aerial tankers, then flies them on contract for the USN. Working on getting an AF contract now.That seems about right - they stopped building them in 1988, and Northwest retired the last passenger version still in scheduled service for US airlines in 2007...
Cheers!
I have only flown on one DC 10, it was British Airways named Epping Forest, it was later written off due to running off of the runway in Bogota MC DONNELL - DOUGLAS DC - 10Oddly enough, I've worked on DC10's for the last 20 years, but I've never flown on one. Taxi and engine runs, but always firmly on the ground.
Yeah, in this case, I'm working for Omega, an Irish company that converts them to aerial tankers, then flies them on contract for the USN. Working on getting an AF contract now.
Yep. As in aerial refueling.Aerial tankers - as in in-air refuelers? (does the USA actually sub-contract that out now?? )
Or fire-bombers? (Very cool but wicked tough on airframes as has been seen).
Or milk trucks with wings? ("And now, for something completely different!" )
Cheers!
...Or milk trucks with wings? ("And now, for something completely different!" )
Charles Bartowski would have been funnier...
Or Bill Brasky!Charles Bartowski would have been funnier...
Does that make it an “away” party fowl?
Tree-luminati Confirmed!
Took me a while. I learned on Cessnas, and been there, done that.This violates George Carlin’s rule that the best comedy is universal. But, it’s a way to find out how many aeronautically knowledgeable folks are here-
“How to tell if someone owns, or works on, a Cessna”
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That's pretty crazy! On a related note, my dad helped build a couple of packing plants in Indio, presumably so this exact thing wouldn't happen. I also wonder if there is any testing done to prove if the dates sent down are the same dates sent back. The whole deal sounds shady...View attachment 680504
USA product and they ship it to Mexico to pack and bring it back
You just need to work on bigger airplanes!This violates George Carlin’s rule that the best comedy is universal. But, it’s a way to find out how many aeronautically knowledgeable folks are here-
“How to tell if someone owns, or works on, a Cessna”
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Hmm....
I look at this bird and think: "CIA"
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