LSP_Matt Posted June 14, 2022 Share Posted June 14, 2022 Awesome pics K2. lucky you. We have so few jets in Aus. If i even hear anything remotely like a V12 flying around I'm running out the door to spot whatever it is. LSP_K2 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GreyGhost Posted June 20, 2022 Share Posted June 20, 2022 Thought I'd post this here ... Enjoy ... -Gregg LSP_K2 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GreyGhost Posted June 20, 2022 Share Posted June 20, 2022 1 hour ago, MARU5137 said: Nice video Gregg. Did your Father ever work on these aircrafts when he was at McDonnell Douglas? Thank you. Maru, Dad had retired well before the Super Hornets came along both in fleet and Blues service but back in the 80s, his department did make the oil tanks for the smoke system on the Blues' OG Hornets ... The tanks are installed where the normal placement of the gun system is ... ~Gregg Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LSP_K2 Posted June 20, 2022 Author Share Posted June 20, 2022 34 minutes ago, GreyGhost said: Maru, Dad had retired well before the Super Hornets came along both in fleet and Blues service but back in the 80s, his department did make the oil tanks for the smoke system on the Blues' OG Hornets ... The tanks are installed where the normal placement of the gun system is ... ~Gregg My dad too retired from Mac. Over his time there, he worked on various design areas of the Harrier, F-4 and F-15. He loved working there. GreyGhost 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GreyGhost Posted June 20, 2022 Share Posted June 20, 2022 16 minutes ago, LSP_K2 said: My dad too retired from Mac. Over his time there, he worked on various design areas of the Harrier, F-4 and F-15. He loved working there. That's cool Kevin, my dad worked from the Douglas side of the company. Worked as a Machinist in Fabrication at El Sugundo, Long Beach and Torrance, CA on everything from DC-8, -9, MD-80, DC -10, MD-11 to military on A-4, F-4, F-15, F/A-18, T-45, YC-15, KC-10, C-17 ... He retired as the C-17 and T-45 programs were ramping up ... -Gregg LSP_K2 and Jack 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ScottsGT Posted June 21, 2022 Share Posted June 21, 2022 The Corsair, is it the same one Joe crashed? Rebuilt? Somewhere I have a pic of my son standing under it the day before it went down. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LSP_K2 Posted June 21, 2022 Author Share Posted June 21, 2022 25 minutes ago, ScottsGT said: The Corsair, is it the same one Joe crashed? Rebuilt? Somewhere I have a pic of my son standing under it the day before it went down. I have no idea. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sabrejet Posted June 21, 2022 Share Posted June 21, 2022 Would go just to see the Super Guppy! GreyGhost and LSP_K2 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ScottsGT Posted June 22, 2022 Share Posted June 22, 2022 On 6/20/2022 at 10:01 PM, LSP_K2 said: I have no idea. I just looked up the N number. That’s it. I also forgot that I went and took photos of it back around 1995 before it was restored when I was building a 1/4 scale ziroli RC Corsair. LSP_K2 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Alex Posted June 23, 2022 Share Posted June 23, 2022 Awesome photos! The B-29 is great. And for some reason, I had no idea that the F-35 canopy hinged at the front!?! Now I know... GreyGhost and LSP_K2 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gerhard Posted June 23, 2022 Share Posted June 23, 2022 (edited) Excellent photos. Who owns that Mosquito? My heart aches to k now we will never see these down here in South Africa. Heck, not even our own Air Force really flies anymore. Edited June 23, 2022 by Gerhard Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GreyGhost Posted June 23, 2022 Share Posted June 23, 2022 6 hours ago, Alex said: Awesome photos! The B-29 is great. And for some reason, I had no idea that the F-35 canopy hinged at the front!?! Now I know... The canopy is hinged like that due to the F-35B model's lift fan cover being so close to the canopy and to maintain as much commonality between the three models, all are hinged that way ... -Gregg Alex 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LSP_K2 Posted June 23, 2022 Author Share Posted June 23, 2022 11 hours ago, Gerhard said: Excellent photos. Who owns that Mosquito? My heart aches to k now we will never see these down here in South Africa. Heck, not even our own Air Force really flies anymore. The airshow web site doesn't really say. There were apparently a lot of aircraft that were either supposed to be there and weren't, or they never left the ground. The show itself (static display area) was about a quarter mile west of where I was sitting, so I have no idea what was really there at all. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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