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N910SS is a Citation, now C68A. This pic needs to be corrected.
Written on 16/10/2021 by ajlutz
I am a little older than the average A&P, actually a Charles Taylor Master Mechanic. I was a Mechanic at Delt's Hangar at Love Field in 1966 -68 and performed C Check on Delta's CV440, DC6 and DC7 as well as C-46 aircraft.
Written on 16/10/2021 by Gerald Churchill
Thanks for the photo, recall the "Screen and Exhaust Check" very well !! Ah the P&W 3350 !!
Loved our Pigs, the Super Hornet is a wonderful aircraft, and I'm sure our crews love flying it but in some respects we still haven't replaced capabilities that F-111's provided. Notice the AGM-142 Popeye stand-off missile under port wing?
Written on 16/10/2021 by Michael Alston
I flew the "A" model version of this, called a C-130D back in the early 1970's. We were home based at Elmendorf AFB in Alaske but usually had two and sometimes three birds and crews at Sondrestrom AB (now Kangerluusuaq) on a rotation basis. We were the sole link to the "outside" world for the personnel stationed at two DEW (Distant Early Warning) sites out on the Greenland Icecap (Dye II and Dye III also called Sob Story and Sea Bass)at elevations of approx 7600' msl and 8700' msl. I have 42 C-130 ski landings in my logbook - not many have those. Woo, hooo! Old geezer, Jim.
Written on 16/10/2021 by James Banas
Anything wearing a Swastika that ends up in a ditch, is just fine with me.
Written on 16/10/2021 by Chris Croft
Photo looks orientated wrong.
Written on 16/10/2021 by James Wisely
GO NAVY, BEAT ARMY!
Written on 16/10/2021 by Chris Croft
McNamara's Folly.
Written on 16/10/2021 by Chris Croft
Dave, forgive me. I'm still looking for bucked rivets!!
Written on 16/10/2021 by adelma
Back in 1961ish, while in the US Naval Air Force and only still
Written on 16/10/2021 by Andrew Botwick
in my late teens, I was given a chance to join a crew to fly on board a Naval DC-6 from NAS Floyd Bennet Field in Brooklyn to Biggs Airforce Base, El Paso Tx. During the flight, and after the captain learned I got my Private Pilots license a few years before joining the Navy, I was asked if I’d like to sit right seat for a while! Needles to say it was an amazing experience. Up to that time, I only piloted assorted high wing, 2 seaters!
It wasn’t long before I was given a chance to grab the yoke!!!
What I remember most, now 50+ years later, was flying a DC-6 couldn’t have been different from driving an Elephant! I had never flown anything where I couldn’t even see the wing… or had to wait for a responce from the controls!!!
G-CLAA
Written on 16/10/2021 by masonite
agree; the Raven was an ECM a/c and had the equipment atop the vertical stabilizer -- plain as day
Written on 16/10/2021 by a mentor
would agree with you @Michael; the Widgeon is quite smaller
Written on 16/10/2021 by a mentor
I worked on these back in the 60’s for Delta, use to taxi and warm the engines up before first flight of the day each morning on our layover. Easy to start, very smooth running 3350’s.
Written on 16/10/2021 by John Saulsbury
A Great job, and nice picture. On leaning out for cruise on a WC we used 10 percent lean, a lot of noise on TO
Written on 16/10/2021 by Peter Sayers
Thanks, Diana! It's an older livery for them if I'm not mistaken, but it sure pops.
Written on 16/10/2021 by Jason Reina
When nothing was integrated and good preplanning and mental arithmetic was needed to keep you 200 miles ahead of the a/c.
Written on 16/10/2021 by CHRIS ROBEY
thank you David!
Written on 16/10/2021 by Uwe Zinke
Dual suction venturies mounted starboard side. Sans engine driven vac pump. Nice shot of a real classic at KFFZ.
Written on 16/10/2021 by CHRIS ROBEY
I started walking out to the wing tip one day and the slope was getting more down, uncomfortable feeling, went back to the centre. The Abbotsford Flying Club got an all access private tour one day. We went for a picnic later and the plane headed straight for the beach we were at. They spun the aircraft around to cool us down. Fun times.
Written on 15/10/2021 by Dave Jones
Now THAT is a real airplane!
Written on 15/10/2021 by Jim Smith
747 at YYC?
Written on 15/10/2021 by AlbertaGopher
Great Shot! Thanx!
Written on 15/10/2021 by Diana Rose
iconic!
Written on 15/10/2021 by Diana Rose
@Diana, Serge, David, Bill - thanks so much!
Written on 15/10/2021 by The Martin Alliance
@Ken - I'm honored to hear that, I appreciate it!
@Michael - that must have been quite an experience. It never fails to amaze me how these giants can curve through the skies so gracefully and smoothly.
A very hard-working bird bedded down for the night in Saint-Hubert. She has certainly
Written on 15/10/2021 by David Seider
earned her rest!
Oh - nice sunset, too! ;)
And I'm not going to even PRETEND to pronounce "Kuujjuaq" or "Tasiujaq", much less
"Kangiqsualujjuaq". ;)
@adelma
Written on 15/10/2021 by David Seider
Well, there IS a lot of plastic in there!
@Michael Wulfsohn
Written on 15/10/2021 by David Seider
I'm glad that I am not the only one! That is what I saw when I first brought up the pic! ;)
Team McChord!
Written on 15/10/2021 by Bob Harrington
It's been a very long time since we've seen a Hawaiian fleetbird here. This one is a charter. Hopefully, within the next year, we will see regularly scheduled HAL service launched here.
Written on 15/10/2021 by Gary Schenauer
Well snapped, Uwe!
Written on 15/10/2021 by David Seider
Thanks
Written on 15/10/2021 by Derek Marshall
Andrej, good observation. Might be piloted by someone other than the guy that has to pay for the overhaul.
Written on 15/10/2021 by DonFuller312
This has been on the ground for over 2 years? Why?
Written on 15/10/2021 by Stephen Evans
I can almost see the long barrels sticking out from behind the trees - and missing!
Written on 15/10/2021 by Ken Lane
Nice shot.
Only in Canada !
Written on 15/10/2021 by ROLAND BALCH
Looking at all 3 photos, that landing gear does not look like it is very heavy duty. Nice looking kit build, perhaps a bit heavier struts?
Written on 15/10/2021 by John Yarno
WOW!
Written on 15/10/2021 by John Yarno
Looks much more like a G-111 Grumman Albatros.
Written on 15/10/2021 by Michael Carden
I had a great time working with NWA at EHAM and KDTW back in 1997.
Written on 15/10/2021 by Ron Bauer
Still in touch with some of the people I worked with back then!
Worked on the A model at Mtn. Home AFB, Id. Miss those days.
Written on 15/10/2021 by Jester
Beautiful. Do we know if Delta is going to fly the airplane to airshows, etc?
Written on 15/10/2021 by Michael Carden
If it was an EF-111 it would have had the characteristic "football" on top of the tail that contained the receivers which were part of the ALQ-99 ECM system it shared with the US Navy EA-6B Prowler.
Written on 15/10/2021 by Alan Schaffter
Linda foto Mr. Phillips!! Beautiful shot Mr. Phillips!!
Written on 15/10/2021 by Marcelo Back
Impressive!
Written on 15/10/2021 by Bill Folger
NWA had a bad reputation for negotiating unfairly. While that may be so, they treated me very well when I had an extended sick leave. I also wish they were still around. And the contracts I flew under worked well for me and my family.
Written on 15/10/2021 by Griff Griffin
It's great to see The Queen needed in the cargo sector.
Written on 15/10/2021 by user3956
This isn't The Queen's first rodeo!
Written on 15/10/2021 by user3956
Even The Queen's feet look good!
Written on 15/10/2021 by user3956
