ColinR Posted November 22, 2020 Posted November 22, 2020 Shamelessly nicked from Reddit - The story of an aircraft that brought it's crew together , usually in fear, Great read tho' Wc-135 Retirement Story Adrian, Panzerwomble, dennismcc and 1 other 4
Oldbaldguy Posted November 23, 2020 Posted November 23, 2020 Believe it or not, airplanes are people too. Each was has its own personality. Some have a heart of gold and you just love ‘em to death and others can be as nasty as a contrary wife or a pissed off pitbull. Ben Brown and ColinR 2
aircommando130 Posted November 23, 2020 Posted November 23, 2020 6 hours ago, Oldbaldguy said: Believe it or not, airplanes are people too. Each was has its own personality. Some have a heart of gold and you just love ‘em to death and others can be as nasty as a contrary wife or a pissed off pitbull. That's for sure! I've got time in C-5A/B...C-130E...MC-130P...MC-130H and some other non AF airplanes. Some tails were always fun to fly and others...better bring more clothes cause she didn't like to fly! Cheers...Ron
Confusionreigns178 Posted November 23, 2020 Posted November 23, 2020 It's weird to think that some military aircraft are considered reliable if they are available for their intended missions 60% of the time. These airframes are often hugely complicated and require extremely intensive maintenance. I don't know if it's true, but I remember reading that the C-5 Galaxy required 80 hours of maintenance for every hour it spent in the air. The cost of the servicing must have been enormous. IIRC, the B-2 stealth bomber costs the US tax-payer a cool $95,000 per hour of flying. Chris.
Troy Molitor Posted December 1, 2020 Posted December 1, 2020 A great story. Thanks for sharing this with us.
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