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| heywooood, Image # 38677 | 25 May 17 22:31 |
simulation Hun |
| heywooood, Image # 38676 | 25 May 17 22:31 |
oh yeah.. |
| heywooood, Image # 38675 | 25 May 17 21:54 |
and I was going to take a week or two between builds.. |
| heywooood, Image # 38674 | 25 May 17 21:52 |
mini sub?? |
| David Duckett, Comment for image # 38669 | 25 May 17 20:17 |
| Not to mention the obvious that if his fellow mechanic hits the start button without knowing he's there.....chopped liver. |
| David Duckett, Comment for image # 38669 | 25 May 17 20:09 |
| Agreed it's a ham shot. I do question the looks on their faces. Sorta like they just set up a date.
I doubt it's a decommissioned ac for a couple of reasons. If it were it would have the intake covered and all panels sealed with white stuff ( don't know what it is). It would be very unusual to have a decom ac next to a fully loaded version next to it on an active flight line. You can tell it's active by the canopy being open and the ladder in place on the ac in back. I have seen them together at air shows here when they bring ac from the Pima Air Museum to display with operational ac but the canopies are usually shut and there are no ladders unless it is an exhibit specifically set up for open cockpit display..
All the people who work at the storage facility here, called the boneyard, are civilians.
The pilot is holding the probe just in back of the sign which says NO HAND HOLD..
If you work on the flight line and have a toolbox all tools must be in foam lined trays cutout to the shape of each tool. When you get through your toolbox must have all the tools in place. If one is missing the aircraft will not be allowed to take off until it's found. If the two striper is truly a mechanic there is the possibility that he could lose a tool while screwing around. The dirt on his shoes might not mess an engine but a screwdriver will.
A major problem for any aircraft, and jet aircraft in particular, is debris on the runway that shouldn't be there. It is called FOD and stands for foreign object damage. Anything can be FOD. It used to be common for each squadron to furnish several people to form a line of people across the width of the flight line and walk the length of it picking up everything thing found.
On any base safety is the primary concern and there are lots of people whose only job is safety, and they are everywhere. The flight line is a dangerous place so naturally there are all kinds of regulations relevant to safety. Violating them can get you in trouble. Ignoring them can get you killed.
So, the dumb ass in the intake is having fun perhaps but he' s making some serious mistakes. If the aircraft is damaged, or crashes, he could wind up paying for it. |
| LASTWOODSMAN, Comment for image # 38669 | 25 May 17 16:50 |
| Looks like a good-natured "ham" shot - probably on a decommissioned a/c without an engine ... just havin' some fun. |
| heywooood, Comment for image # 38672 | 25 May 17 13:01 |
| check out this link - and then click on the images to see the BIG picture
https://www.nasa.gov/centers/dryden/multimedia/imagegallery/F-100/E63-10169.html
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| heywooood, Image # 38672 | 25 May 17 13:00 |
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| heywooood, Comment for image # 38669 | 25 May 17 10:01 |
| Right? You have to figure that whatever was on the crewmans shoes, gravel, sand etc. is now all over the inside of that duct. I thought the guy standing was a pilot by that watch he has on. Maybe he caught that feller sleeping in there? |
| David Duckett, Comment for image # 38669 | 25 May 17 09:14 |
| There's obviously something wrong here. The guy on the right is a pilot, uniform, insignia,...and the two striper in the intake is an idiot. This would never be allowed and they would most assuredly not be smiling! |
| BriandKilby, Comment for image # 38669 | 25 May 17 07:27 |
| the nose cleaner! |
| heywooood, Comment for image # 38669 | 25 May 17 00:58 |
| these two..." yeah just wait there, I'm gonna go grab fifty feet of flight line for ya - the pilot can't take off without it. Don't move - I'll be right back" |
| heywooood, Comment for image # 38668 | 25 May 17 00:55 |
| the aircraft I am modeling also had the straight refueling probe the pilots all hated. I think the angled probe was retro-fitted to most of the earlier bloc Huns - we'll see |
| heywooood, Comment for image # 38665 | 25 May 17 00:53 |
| very helpful for detailing the main gear |
| heywooood, Comment for image # 38667 | 25 May 17 00:51 |
| obviously this one tells me about the three main gear doors, the strut diameter and actuator arm angle and attachment point, the wheel and hub, brake lines etc..
this is a beauty for setting up the main gear |
| heywooood, Comment for image # 38668 | 25 May 17 00:48 |
| lots of good stuff here. the nose gear, the slat position, refueling probe incidence, pylons, open canopy angle, good stuff |
| heywooood, Comment for image # 38669 | 25 May 17 00:46 |
| this one tells me I've never had a bad haircut... |
| heywooood, Comment for image # 38670 | 25 May 17 00:45 |
| this one tells me about the fillet around the windscreen, the curvature of the flange around the canopy, shows the small vent location just forward of the National insignia and tells me I need more pictures of that gun sight and the ejection seat. |
| heywooood, Comment for image # 38671 | 25 May 17 00:42 |
| anyway - these are pretty good general reference photo's - this one is good for color reference, gauge layout, and the shape and angle of the side panel - there is another picture in this series of the right quadrant as well as a center forward shot of the panel and gun sight |
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