Spent 4 years on the carrier USS Constellation for VA-146 in the 1970's. It was fun watching the training video, nothing had changed at all on the flight deck. Fun times !
I can remember in 1979 I was a 17 year old kid at Dover AFB and under supervision I got to “Block in” a C-5 Transport Aircraft and I just remembered thinking that this thing is like parking something as big as a mall parking lot in a slot that was too small for it to fit on the flight line but with the help many other handlers and experienced pilots I managed to get that huge plane parked correctly! That was and still is a highlight in my life even at the age of 63 years old! Those dam planes are still flying!
I lived near a National Guard based and we used to park at the end of the runway to watch the C-5's take off! I can remember thinking, how does something that big even fly!
In my days of working at a national science foundation airbase (civilian, but with many military aircraft), an older hand imparted two nuggets of wisdom: 1) never chase your hat around a heliport, and 2) don’t walk near a propeller-turning or not-that’s just a bad habit. Whenever possible no hats were worn near the helicopters, but as it could be well below zero, you’d have to, in those times they’d either need a chin strap, or a tightly cinched hood.
Had a lineman misfuel Commander Twin recip with jet A. He'd only seen Turbine Commanders before and assumed. Pilot hopped in, took off, both engines quit at about 60 seconds of flight. He turned around, landed back at the airport dead stick no damage other than fuel contamination issues.
What's proper procedure for identifying the correct fuel for any particular aircraft? Seems like this kind of thing might be pretty easy to get wrong! I was a fuel delivery driver and sometimes there was a lot of confusion about what fuel got delivered where!
Thanks for posting this. I enjoy Periscope Films and was anxious to watch early '50s Navy air ops. Please Note: There are no Vought F4U Corsairs in this video. (In the description) Those 4-blade, 14' dia Aeroproducts props are connected to Douglas AD-1 Skyraiders (by way of a Wright R-3350 Turbo Compound radial engine).
That's just for low orbit... here on earth, just remember anything man-made orbiting the opposite direction would be your speed plus the other objects speed
I'm not old but they still use these in the United States Navy for training! Lol.
Great memories!
Spent 4 years on the carrier USS Constellation for VA-146 in the 1970's. It was fun watching the training video, nothing had changed at all on the flight deck. Fun times !
Thanks for your comment and for your service to our great nation.
I can remember in 1979 I was a 17 year old kid at Dover AFB and under supervision I got to “Block in” a C-5 Transport Aircraft and I just remembered thinking that this thing is like parking something as big as a mall parking lot in a slot that was too small for it to fit on the flight line but with the help many other handlers and experienced pilots I managed to get that huge plane parked correctly! That was and still is a highlight in my life even at the age of 63 years old! Those dam planes are still flying!
in 81 I was a new crew chief on KC-135s - my bird - built in 1957 - is STILL flying!
I lived near a National Guard based and we used to park at the end of the runway to watch the C-5's take off! I can remember thinking, how does something that big even fly!
Outstanding.....
In my days of working at a national science foundation airbase (civilian, but with many military aircraft), an older hand imparted two nuggets of wisdom: 1) never chase your hat around a heliport, and 2) don’t walk near a propeller-turning or not-that’s just a bad habit.
Whenever possible no hats were worn near the helicopters, but as it could be well below zero, you’d have to, in those times they’d either need a chin strap, or a tightly cinched hood.
Had a lineman misfuel Commander Twin recip with jet A. He'd only seen Turbine Commanders before and assumed. Pilot hopped in, took off, both engines quit at about 60 seconds of flight. He turned around, landed back at the airport dead stick no damage other than fuel contamination issues.
What's proper procedure for identifying the correct fuel for any particular aircraft? Seems like this kind of thing might be pretty easy to get wrong! I was a fuel delivery driver and sometimes there was a lot of confusion about what fuel got delivered where!
"some gas spills on the ground" man that was easy like 3-5 litres of gas, insane!
1:19 Fuel trucked parked in front of guns of the aircraft.
It’s the hats anywhere on the tech site that shocks me.
Thanks for posting this. I enjoy Periscope Films and was anxious to watch early '50s Navy air ops.
Please Note: There are no Vought F4U Corsairs in this video. (In the description)
Those 4-blade, 14' dia Aeroproducts props are connected to Douglas AD-1 Skyraiders (by way of a Wright R-3350 Turbo Compound radial engine).
Thanks -- we fixed this rather glaring error (we had a millenial do the write-up and she used Google image search to determine airplane models!)
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Remember. In outer space stationary objects are travelling at you at 17thousand mph.
No. If you can make it to space, things just float
That's just for low orbit... here on earth, just remember anything man-made orbiting the opposite direction would be your speed plus the other objects speed
@@MusicSoundPlayer If you're doing a spacewalk on the iss things are travelling at you at 17 thousand mph.
@@James-kd7dc It's all just floating. Watch the footage
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