Ah Joel.....nothing like the venerable Hercules..... just maybe the greatest Turboprop EVER built.

 

Hey Joel
Not much changes with the C-130 (right HercDrivcer130)? I worked extensively on THE CURRENT C-130 corrosion and wing crack issues while at Mother MAC (I mean AMC) in 2004. Now I'm flying them around the flagpole--again! Same tails, same issues, same bandaids. A small correction to HercDriver130: it's definately the greatest Turboprop ever built!

Sorry to stray from the thread....

 

I was trying to be humble...... i had the greatest time flying C-130's at POPE AFB, 317 TAW, 40 TAS, 1987-1992. "E" models...1963, 64's, 68's and 70's. Ah to fly "Frankenherc" just one more time......

just something i found on the net....

http://www.wingsoverkansas.com/alfor...cle.asp?id=833

 

Or how about structural issues in supersonic fighters (aka F-15C's) that take 10 fold the stress of a C-17 every sortie. That also causes some crazy things as well - like breaking in two pieces.

 

Luv Jockey,

I agree with your quoted statements about AA. Most of the statements in the other thread about SW now apply to AA. I don't wish any bad news on anyone either - my previous posts weren't a slam against SW the airline they were a slam against some incompetents who compromised the safety of the traveling public. I have no desire to backpedal and downplay events that adversely affect the safety of the airplanes that people, including me, fly on daily regardless of the airline.

I hope more information about this is exposed to public scrutiny and I hope that if incompetence or malfeasance is uncovered the perpetrators are prosecuted. So far it sounds very similar to the events at SW last week only it involved more aircraft. ( "An AD was complied with but we are going to ground the aircraft anyway just to make sure." Right!) I can't wait to hear the real story.

The biggest difference between what happened at SW last week and what happened at AA today is that SW suspended the individuals involved rather quickly once it hit the press. AMR will give a huge $$$ bonus in the form of PUP bucks to the individuals who created the mess at AA, and then they'll put their PR team to work on squelching the story.

Fly Safe!

E.D.

 

I was probably the hamfist that broke all those F-15's. I guess I'm just lucky they lasted until now.

I wonder if the fuselage cracks on the F-15's has anything to do with the funding of the F-22 program?

 

Saw a piece on the Today show this morning…

They said the issue is about how the wiring is attached to walls of the wheel well. Must be attached every inch, so they had to make sure that the tie-downs are no more than 1.5 inches apart.

I’ll bet if they asked MD, oops…Boeing, they could get FAA approval to wait a day or two until the planes made it back through a mx base to check.

But then, that’s what got SWA a $10M fine.

At least the FAA is being reasonable, kinda like making sure the pilots don’t have toenail clippers in their suitcase which they will then place in cockpit right next to the crash axe.

 

Hmmm. If I remember correctly the C-141 had all kinds of wing cracks as they were fighting for the C-17 funding. They came up with a "fix" shortly after the C-17 was comming on line.

 

Boeing may be opening the door for the next airlifter to also be produced by a foreign company.

 

EagleDriver - you're hardcore, but at least you're consistent!