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| jgood, Comment for image # 23952 | 31 Oct 11 08:46 |
| How could you identify that 737? |
| David Duckett, Image # 23952 | 31 Oct 11 06:48 |
An Alaska Airlines 737 on approach to Tucson International and a tow plane and glider from El Tiro Glideport, 4 miles away. |
| David Duckett, Comment for image # 22776 | 22 May 11 15:33 |
| For more info, type DC-130 into your search engine. It was a long time ago. |
| David Duckett, Comment for image # 22776 | 22 May 11 15:06 |
| Our system was called Microwave Command Guidance Systems. There was a radar tech and an officer using what was basically a control stick. The movement of the stick caused different commands to be sent and the track was plotted on a board in front of the operator. No video. We had the same system on the ground here which could control the drones if the A/C lost them. In Korea, the ground site controlled the drone. On one memorable occasion, the track being plotted showed a giant phallic symbol, with attachments, pointed towards the coast of China. Since they were tracking the drone, too, I always wondered what their reaction was. |
| jgood, Comment for image # 22776 | 22 May 11 14:49 |
| So these were radio controlled? How did the operator fly them? I take it there was no remove video view for the operator in those days? Just some telemetry readings? And they just piloted them back to a safe area, and deployed a parachute to land them again? Cool stuff! |
| David Duckett, Comment for image # 22776 | 22 May 11 04:46 |
| The drones were also used for electronic counter measures. Additionally we had a site in Osan, Korea and from there the drones were flown off the coast of China where they gathered and sent back radio transmissions. The drones were recovered by Jolly Green helicopters which snagged a deployed parachute. |
| David Duckett, Image # 22776 | 22 May 11 04:16 |
This is a DC-130A carrying four Ryan drones. The photo was taken on Davis-Monthan AFB, Tucson, by a guy who was on my crew at the time. We had Automatic Tracking radar gear on board which was used to fly the drones and my crew helped maintain it. This was 1974-1978. The drones were used in Viet Nam to take photos and who knows what else they did. |
| David Duckett, Comment for image # 19098 | 30 Aug 10 03:16 |
| Near Tucson, Arizona |
| NiteSeer, Comment for image # 19098 | 30 Aug 10 02:40 |
| Where is this at? We had some hi winds in Okieville, too. |
| David Duckett, Image # 16945 | 14 Mar 10 00:08 |
From the Wings Palette site |
| jgood, Comment for image # 13583 | 01 Aug 09 07:30 |
| You can't miss the sound of 4 Merlins on one aircraft! |
| Xanadu, Comment for image # 13583 | 31 Jul 09 23:15 |
| It landed today in Winnipeg. Flew right over my work and I missed it!!!!!
ARGGGGHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH..........going to see it on Monday though.
Heard it though, quite a distinctive rumble those engines make. |
| sweetwillie, Comment for image # 7874 | 19 Apr 08 22:26 |
| Wish I was there, I love air shows. Especially when you can feel the rumble in your gut. |
| David Duckett, Comment for image # 7874 | 19 Apr 08 21:27 |
| No, they hadn't started the tours yet. |
| John M Oshust, Comment for image # 7874 | 19 Apr 08 21:25 |
| Wow! Did you get to go in her? |
| David Duckett, Image # 7874 | 19 Apr 08 21:16 |
At the Marana airport this morning |
| Abby Marie, Comment for image # 2600 | 14 Apr 08 16:48 |
| Steve: Many thanks, my picture was a bmp, I will try again in jpg |
| SteveM, Comment for image # 2600 | 13 Apr 08 21:55 |
| Only thing else I can think of is to make sure the pictures are .jpg and not bmp or tiff. What happens after you click the "upload" button? When I try to upload a large file or a .bmp picture the "Image to Upload" just goes blank again and nothing else happens. |
| Abby Marie, Comment for image # 2600 | 13 Apr 08 21:31 |
| And with 7 sons, I do have a bunch of grandkids, 17 at last count. Could those boys ever eat. At thanksgiving I bought 6 more turkey legs so all could have a drumstick. |
| JohnG., Comment for image # 2600 | 13 Apr 08 20:59 |
| O.K. A/B.....now is the time to get one of the grandchildren to show you how to get your photos posted here. We are all waiting... |
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