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Title: Pirate, I've been to your old neck of the woods this week... Post by: Black Diamond Vol on December 31, 2015, 03:03:25 EST And wouldn't you know it, I ran into my ex up there. She's gone gray since I last saw her, but she still has the same fat ass, and she probably still leaks fuel, too. :biggrin:
(http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v106/blckdmndskr/IMG_20151229_163710004.jpg) (http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v106/blckdmndskr/IMG_20151229_163750131_HDR.jpg) Title: Re: Pirate, I've been to your old neck of the woods this week... Post by: PirateVOL on December 31, 2015, 03:26:22 EST The AF spent way too much $$ keeping that pig flying far too long, even after they got a 2nd permanent and another temp test bird.
What is really sad is the last C-17 is going to a foreign customer. Once again we shut a line down too soon. Far too many C-17s got rode very, very hard and put up wet during GWOT. The original birds with my toy installed went home to Charleston twice a year, for HSC. Each time their 781s were several dozen pages long (spent way too much time in G081) The C-17 is a fantastic aircraft, does a great job moving stuff and people and despite several attempts by aircrew only one has been lost (due to extreme aircrew stupidity at Elmendorf) Title: Re: Pirate, I've been to your old neck of the woods this week... Post by: Black Diamond Vol on December 31, 2015, 03:39:03 EST The AF spent way too much $$ keeping that pig flying far too long, even after they got a 2nd permanent and another temp test bird. What is really sad is the last C-17 is going to a foreign customer. Once again we shut a line down too soon. Far too many C-17s got rode very, very hard and put up wet during GWOT. The original birds with my toy installed went home to Charleston twice a year, for HSC. Each time their 781s were several dozen pages long (spent way too much time in G081) The C-17 is a fantastic aircraft, does a great job moving stuff and people and despite several attempts by aircrew only one has been lost (due to extreme aircrew stupidity at Elmendorf) I didn't even know T1 was up there, I was shocked to see it. I assumed they would've kept it for the museum at Eddies. That's an impressive place, though. It's been probably 10 years since I've been to the Smithsonian A&S museum in DC, but to my recollection I'd say the one at Wright-Pat is comparable. |