Who Likes Aircraft ?

[super-bee_ski]

On this day, November 02, 1947:

 

[Bladecutter]

Aircraft...right now its kind of like pimp my ride for aircraft. We get in old planes and modify them to accept new software, engines and various other systems. I'm on the avionics/electrical side of things

How many miles of wire in a C-5?

 

[Bladecutter]

crunchy eyeballs on a Octupus
I did eat 13 Ballutt in the Philippines back in 1983!

Edgiest ive gotten is rocky mountain oysters w/ scrambled eggs. I do like escargot.

 

[Bladecutter]

Aw, nothing great, they do that for us when we do 20 or more years....
Your is better!
Trust me...
Cant "post" Speed and Altitude, but that lil' F-22 flew a good "profile for you"
Sound barrier a couple of times !!
Ba Boom!

I wanted to give this some thunk before i responded. Your's IS Great because of the 20+ years!!
I never did that.......hat's off, i am Humbled, times over.
Thank You for Your Time & Service Ski!

 

[super-bee_ski]

So yeah, November 02, 1947 the Spruce Goose (Made of Birch wood) Hughes H-4 Hercules Flying boat
Flew on this day in history.

Some allege that it never flew.
That is it "flew" to the Ground Effects.
(Ground effects flight is defined as flight of air vehicle, height achieved no greater than the wing span of the vehicle)
So the Spruce Goose would have to have achieved an altitude of ABOVE 320' because that is the wing-span of the air vehicle.
It really did NOT climb that high...

 

[super-bee_ski]

No biggie Jimi,
Many of us did it
Thanks!

 

[super-bee_ski]

First and only "Flight" 02 November 1947:

 

[super-bee_ski]

Wing span of 320'
Now, the biggest ever will be the Mojave CA built, Richard Branson's "STRATO-LAUNCHER"
Wing span of: 385 feet.

 

[Bladecutter]

Wing span of 320'
Now, the biggest ever will be the Mojave CA built, Richard Branson's "STRATO-LAUNCHER"
Wing span of: 385 feet.




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Burt Rutan, right?

 

[Photon440]

The very last F-22 built, before a paint job.

 

[super-bee_ski]

Photon, we would get them "All Yellow"

 

[super-bee_ski]

Burt Rutan, right?

Yes Jimi, Burt is a nice guy
Dick (his brother, Veit Nam pilot etc, is a DICK)

 

[Photon440]

Photon, we would get them "All Yellow"

Primer for composites?

 

[Bladecutter]

Photon, we would get them "All Yellow"

That sounds like a looker.

 

[Claytonhc]

How many miles of wire in a C-5?

I really don't know anymore but I guess and say hundreds if not thousands. We delete a lot of wires for our mod. With the new computer systems added there's actually less wires needed because one computer can do the job of 3 separate components from the 70's and 80s. Kinda neat if ya get into nerdy things like that.

 

[Claytonhc]

Yeah, the F-22 line shut down a few years ago.
That all moved to Dallas/Ft.Worth around 2012ish?

Do you know Lou Natally, EE at Marietta?
Ron Lucas, ME ?

I do actually hahaha small world lol

 

[Claytonhc]

The very last F-22 built, before a paint job.

I've actually laid hands on that bird and watched it take off from here. They'd always put on a little show for us on take off. I can't wait till they come back for mod work

 

[super-bee_ski]

Primer for composites?

Yup, "WE" currently have many panels "YELLOW"
Reason being:
Often removed for maintenance, so it is cost effective to not finish them.
Again we have "Flight Test birds"

 

[super-bee_ski]

Yup, "WE" currently have many panels "YELLOW"
Reason being:
Often removed for maintenance, so it is cost effective to not finish them.
Again we have "Flight Test birds"

 

[super-bee_ski]

On this day, November 03, 1957: