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TDCTDI Samba Advocatus Diaboli
Joined: August 31, 2013 Posts: 12816 Location: North Carolina
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Posted: Sun May 29, 2016 6:51 pm Post subject: Re: One bad apple, spoils the bunch |
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flyboy161 wrote: |
That's funny. The C-17 I'm working now is from Stewart! Back when I was active duty I was a flight engineer on C-141B's. We did formation airdrop, so yeah, I can relate to the noise and the smell of burnt jet fuel. I loved it. |
It's quite possible what I remember was actually a c-17, but those were some big damn aircraft. Stewart had some big ass hangers that could actually house those beasts. But it's insane to see one with the tail pointed down, losing altitude, recover with this low pitch gutteral roar that sounds like a soundtrack to a sci-fi flick. _________________ Everybody born before 1975 has a story, good, bad, or indifferent, about a VW.
GOFUNDYOURSELF, quit asking everyone to do it for you!
An air cooled VW will make you a hoarder.
Do something, anything, to your project every day, and you will eventually complete it. |
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enjoyther1de Samba Member
Joined: December 19, 2010 Posts: 1279 Location: chino,ca
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Posted: Sun May 29, 2016 8:28 pm Post subject: Re: One bad apple, spoils the bunch |
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TDCTDI wrote: |
flyboy161 wrote: |
That's funny. The C-17 I'm working now is from Stewart! Back when I was active duty I was a flight engineer on C-141B's. We did formation airdrop, so yeah, I can relate to the noise and the smell of burnt jet fuel. I loved it. |
It's quite possible what I remember was actually a c-17, but those were some big damn aircraft. Stewart had some big ass hangers that could actually house those beasts. But it's insane to see one with the tail pointed down, losing altitude, recover with this low pitch gutteral roar that sounds like a soundtrack to a sci-fi flick. |
Workin on tail doors 30 foot in the air is quite fun. And that's for a "regular" aircraft. _________________ HBB took me to BBV. |
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flyboy161 Samba Member
Joined: December 26, 2009 Posts: 2091 Location: Perry, GA
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Posted: Sun May 29, 2016 8:48 pm Post subject: Re: One bad apple, spoils the bunch |
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enjoyther1de wrote: |
TDCTDI wrote: |
flyboy161 wrote: |
That's funny. The C-17 I'm working now is from Stewart! Back when I was active duty I was a flight engineer on C-141B's. We did formation airdrop, so yeah, I can relate to the noise and the smell of burnt jet fuel. I loved it. |
It's quite possible what I remember was actually a c-17, but those were some big damn aircraft. Stewart had some big ass hangers that could actually house those beasts. But it's insane to see one with the tail pointed down, losing altitude, recover with this low pitch gutteral roar that sounds like a soundtrack to a sci-fi flick. |
Workin on tail doors 30 foot in the air is quite fun. And that's for a "regular" aircraft. |
They are all impressive to watch. It's hard to imagine 850,000 pounds rising into the air, but that's what C-5's can do. I've been working around them for 27 years.
TDCTDI, what kind of work do you do? A&P? _________________ My father's 1970 Beetle-
http://www.thesamba.com/vw/forum/viewtopic.php?t=603879
The 1964...Diamond in the rough
http://www.thesamba.com/vw/forum/viewtopic.php?t=612776
My 1958 Morocco Bug-
http://www.thesamba.com/vw/forum/viewtopic.php?t=611483 |
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TDCTDI Samba Advocatus Diaboli
Joined: August 31, 2013 Posts: 12816 Location: North Carolina
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Posted: Mon May 30, 2016 7:12 am Post subject: Re: One bad apple, spoils the bunch |
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No sir, just an automotive mechanic fascinated by everything mechanical. enjoyther1de made the comment about working on tail doors. _________________ Everybody born before 1975 has a story, good, bad, or indifferent, about a VW.
GOFUNDYOURSELF, quit asking everyone to do it for you!
An air cooled VW will make you a hoarder.
Do something, anything, to your project every day, and you will eventually complete it. |
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flyboy161 Samba Member
Joined: December 26, 2009 Posts: 2091 Location: Perry, GA
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daven Samba Member
Joined: January 13, 2009 Posts: 351 Location: Dayton OH
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Posted: Tue May 31, 2016 3:48 am Post subject: Re: One bad apple, spoils the bunch |
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As an EW tech at Grand Forks I received orders and as a farewell the guys in my section picked up my bug and placed it sideways in the commander's parking spot. Thanks guys.
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enjoyther1de Samba Member
Joined: December 19, 2010 Posts: 1279 Location: chino,ca
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Posted: Tue May 31, 2016 5:40 am Post subject: Re: One bad apple, spoils the bunch |
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flyboy161 wrote: |
My bad. So, Enjoytheride, what kind of work do you do? |
Commercial door repair. Sometimes the doors are just way up there. lol _________________ HBB took me to BBV. |
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flyboy161 Samba Member
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flyboy161 Samba Member
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enjoyther1de Samba Member
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Posted: Tue May 31, 2016 5:13 pm Post subject: Re: One bad apple, spoils the bunch |
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flyboy161 wrote: |
enjoyther1de wrote: |
flyboy161 wrote: |
My bad. So, Enjoytheride, what kind of work do you do? |
Commercial door repair. Sometimes the doors are just way up there. lol |
When installing elevators, my guys are working 55 feet in the air. We use two 80 foot JLG's with four guys and a Condor with Jib crane to manhandle it up into place. A good crew can install all four in 8 hours. I do NOT miss those days |
I used to hate heights. Money will make a person do strange things though. Now I kinda enjoy the thrill of it all.
Speaking of thrills, being at the top of a 28' ladder whilst a helo lands 20, from you will get the old sphincter muscle workin! _________________ HBB took me to BBV. |
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Air-Cooled Head Samba Member
Joined: October 15, 2002 Posts: 4070 Location: Chicago Suburbs
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Posted: Thu Jun 02, 2016 9:00 am Post subject: Re: One bad apple, spoils the bunch |
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Keith wrote: |
I'm willing to bet there is no damage because, the person or persons that did this, likely lifted the front by the bumper and slid it over, that's why there are drag marks. Me and my buddy used to do this all the time to my '71 super beetle. Just double check that your bumper and the bumper brackets and mounts aren't screwed up. They likely aren't.
I mean, this is something people used to do as a joke back then. |
X2.
Back in H.S. (when Bugs were just another car) there was an ass-hat teacher who drove a Bug. We'd drag his car from it's parking spot into the isle, just for spite. (In retrospect, WE were the ass-hats!) _________________ Everything known to man has been written.
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flyboy161 Samba Member
Joined: December 26, 2009 Posts: 2091 Location: Perry, GA
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Posted: Thu Jun 02, 2016 10:33 am Post subject: Re: One bad apple, spoils the bunch |
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Air-Cooled Head wrote: |
Keith wrote: |
I'm willing to bet there is no damage because, the person or persons that did this, likely lifted the front by the bumper and slid it over, that's why there are drag marks. Me and my buddy used to do this all the time to my '71 super beetle. Just double check that your bumper and the bumper brackets and mounts aren't screwed up. They likely aren't.
I mean, this is something people used to do as a joke back then. |
X2.
Back in H.S. (when Bugs were just another car) there was an ass-hat teacher who drove a Bug. We'd drag his car from it's parking spot into the isle, just for spite. (In retrospect, WE were the ass-hats!) |
I suppose it's some kind of karma, for me at least _________________ My father's 1970 Beetle-
http://www.thesamba.com/vw/forum/viewtopic.php?t=603879
The 1964...Diamond in the rough
http://www.thesamba.com/vw/forum/viewtopic.php?t=612776
My 1958 Morocco Bug-
http://www.thesamba.com/vw/forum/viewtopic.php?t=611483 |
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Jon Schmid Samba Member
Joined: May 29, 2012 Posts: 2034 Location: Southern California
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Posted: Thu Jun 02, 2016 12:43 pm Post subject: Re: One bad apple, spoils the bunch |
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Air-Cooled Head wrote: |
Keith wrote: |
I'm willing to bet there is no damage because, the person or persons that did this, likely lifted the front by the bumper and slid it over, that's why there are drag marks. Me and my buddy used to do this all the time to my '71 super beetle. Just double check that your bumper and the bumper brackets and mounts aren't screwed up. They likely aren't.
I mean, this is something people used to do as a joke back then. |
X2.
Back in H.S. (when Bugs were just another car) there was an ass-hat teacher who drove a Bug. We'd drag his car from it's parking spot into the isle, just for spite. (In retrospect, WE were the ass-hats!) |
When I was in high school guys on occasion would take the then new Honda 600E's and lift them so they were half in the street and half on the sidewalk. Only took a couple of guys to do it. The driver would have to back down the sidewalk to the driveway opening to get back on the street. |
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