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Vietnam Era Aircraft on Display!
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- Опубліковано 25 тра 2024
- Today was the Memorial Day event at @LoneStarFlightMuseum! There was a great turn out, and got to meet several veterans that flew in Vietnam, one of whom shared some of his experience there during that conflict. Also got to see some of you guys there!
While that was going on, one of our electrical guys took a deep dive into the AC power box that was pulled last week, and he found a bad contactor. ANd wouldn't you know, it was the one for external power! No wonder the fuse kept popping when trying to have the jet take external power!
For those of you that are on Instagram, check out Jack's page, as he regularly posts stuff from the hangar. His page is at:
/ jones.aviation
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The camo trainer is a Beechcraft T-34 Mentor, and the "T-6" is a North American T-28 Trojan.
very nice to see Jarod's Skyhawk next to yours! I'm a former avionics guy on A-4M's and TA-4F's and J's. Back then, an "F" was identified by the bent refueling probe, and the "J" by the straight probe. The J was intended to be a trainer only, so the guns were removed and stations 1 and 5 (the outboard ones) were removed. The J also had a lower thrust version of the J52. It's interesting that the Collings Foundation's TA-4F, BuNo 153524, was built as a F, but you can find pics on Flickr of it mod'ed to a J version. Jarod's TA-4, N518TA, was built from bits from a few aircraft, IIRC, and isn't marked with a BuNo or a F or J designation. When I've seen it, it was just painted with "TA-4". Also FWIW... "H&MS" was pronounced as "hams" back in the day.... but that's not going to be understood by the layman. A second bit of trivia... the bent refueling probe was a modification to the A-4 Skyhawk family to avoid having the straight probe interfere with the APG-53 radar. Personally, I liked the bent probe because it made it easier to get aircraft in and out of a crowded hangar. 😀
Great to see the F-4 out of the hanger again! Also good news about getting the external power situation pretty much figured out! Well done all! 🇺🇸
We polished some tail hooks on our RF-4's in the Kentucky Air Guard back around 1987! It looked awesome when we got done!
Now that would be awesome to see in person!
Crew Chief Al polished it up for the ramp display, nice and shiny!
So nice to see the vintage planes out on display! Thanks phor sharing.
Glad you enjoyed it!
Hey Diesel 👋 my cousin and I really enjoyed meeting and talking with y’all yesterday! Looking forward to seeing the F-100 and F-4 back in the air!
A pleasure meeting you guys as well! Definitely will have the camera in the cockpits when they take to sky again!
Great to have Phantom aircrew and maintainers come to view the jet. Being on the concrete flight line in the blazing sun can be harsh.
Good job on finding that defective relay, looking forward to you guys sorting out the electrics.
Indeed! Was a real treat to be able to talk to Phantom Phlyers that flew during Vietnam! Certainly was hot but thankfully not sunburned. I'll pass that along to our electrical guy on that contactor!
T-34 Mentor, primary trainer used by all of the services. The thing is basically a Beechcraft Bonanza with a bubble canopy. These got replaced in the 80's or 90's with a "turbo" version the T-34C which had an entirely different nose to accommodate the turbine engine.
What a collection! Unfortunately laid up at home for the weekend, but I'm enjoying learning the basics of the F-4 in DCS. I was just wondering about the generators syncing as I was switching between ground power and generators a few minutes ago... and here's the equipment!
It was great to see so many Vietnam era aircraft make it out for the event! The AC power box does a lot of the heavy lifting for electrical switching. What isn't shown is the generator control box that is located in the nose gear bay that manages the operation of the generators.
Looks like a T-34 Mentor
Thank you.
Progress! Nice show.
Thanks!
Great video ,love the Phantom ,brilliant work you are doing on the Phantom,will you be returning the Phantom to flying conditions,greetings from the UK 👍👍
Met him yesterday there. It was really fun.
Nice to meet you as well!
Bonzai Bonanza :) Love those planes (T-34) Great video man! Super
Yay! Congrats on finding yet another bad electrical part. I can't believe how many of them are in the same circuit and it hadn't been a problem, or it was and never got fixed? You guys have a nice display of aircraft there but I have to say I'm partial to the WWII era with the round engines. They just flat sound better than jets. Not that I don't like jets too. :) As always, thanks for sharing.
Looks like a cascade faliour event, where one component causes the failure of another.
Phantoms always have something to fix !
Indeed! Big thanks to our electrical guy for digging deep into that system! Sure was a nice display, and it is nice to see the old warbirds as well.
I`d say its a Beech T34 Mentor👌
I'd say you are correct!
T34
9:44 is that a patch on the wing?
That could be, though I'm not sure.
T-34 Mentor or an Navion
Dcs is screaming for a full on vietnam fest