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12-01-2013, 12:32 AM
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Senior Member
Join Date: Sep 2013
Location: Idaho
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Navy?
Ohhh the little boats in the big pond, PASS!
Sea food dislikes me, I'm good with that!
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12-01-2013, 01:52 AM
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#102
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phat phrog stunt crew
Join Date: Jul 2012
Location: bethalto il
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Remember seeing some hot shot pilot jettison a center fuel pod off an f15 at kadena when those planes first started showing up. Made a lot of noise and smoke. An equal amount from the pilots commander too I'm sure. Rumor was it was the wing commander that had his oops moment.
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12-01-2013, 07:34 AM
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Site Team - Lou
Join Date: Oct 2009
Location: South Eastern PA
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Originally Posted by B47
I don't know what all the commotion is about - the C17 is made for short field landings and take offs (STOL) and this simply proves it.
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The aircraft is very heavy and most municipal airport's have runways of asphalt.
I have seen what a C-130 does to a ramp not stressed to that level.
It rolled the asphalt up like a strip of lawn sod.
Tried to find a photo, but you can see from these road and runway photos, municipal airport runways are no where near as thick (nor supported by many feet of concrete) as larger airports with runways built for aircraft weighting over 100,000 pounds.
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12-01-2013, 09:12 AM
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#104
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Senior Member
Join Date: Sep 2007
Posts: 3,260
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Originally Posted by jevanb
our company flys contract for UPS, FEDx, British airways, DHL, and some others. if you have ever been into memphis, or louisville around 12am to 3am it is a mess, planes stacked for 90 miles out, and 40 deep to takeoff when someone has a issue that necssitate a turnaround it puts everyone into a tissy...including the crews setting up approaches, and the ones that are 150miles out
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The very first FEDX plan that was used for air delivery is on display at Smithsonian's Nation Air And Space Museum at the Steven F. Hazy Center in Chantilly VA at the South end of the main hanger. For those that don,t know where this Museum is located it is on Dulles Airport property. This is where the Space Shuttle Discovery is and this Museum is larger then the one in DC.
A great place to go and a lot of history to see.
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12-01-2013, 09:45 AM
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#105
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Senior Member
Join Date: Apr 2012
Location: Where the USCG sends us.
Posts: 371
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Originally Posted by dwaynerz
I avoided the navy because I didn't want to be called a seaman. Or coxswain. Or bosons mate. Won't even talk about admirals.......
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I is I am I are. Was a SN, Coxswain for many years, and still a Boatswains Mate, just a Chief one. And in the oldest Sea Service, the USCG.
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12-01-2013, 01:15 PM
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#106
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Senior Member
Join Date: Jan 2012
Location: Keller, Texas
Posts: 6,090
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Quote:
Originally Posted by herk7769
The aircraft is very heavy and most municipal airport's have runways of asphalt.
I have seen what a C-130 does to a ramp not stressed to that level.
It rolled the asphalt up like a strip of lawn sod.
Tried to find a photo, but you can see from these road and runway photos, municipal airport runways are no where near as thick (nor supported by many feet of concrete) as larger airports with runways built for aircraft weighting over 100,000 pounds.
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True - I don't ever think about runway/ramp strength when talking about aircraft - just assume that part of aviation is taken care of.
I read an article about the time the Strategic Air Command (SAC) was expanding the number of their bases and the merits of concrete vs. Asphalt runways was a highly discussed subject. They ended up with concrete for their runways.
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12-01-2013, 02:55 PM
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Senior Member
Join Date: May 2013
Location: St. Charles, MO
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When the old KCMO airport was being evaluated for upgrades for 707 service they found there was finally a reason to be pleased with former corrupt practices of a mayor. The runways were plenty thick enough, only needed to be extended.
I remember one runway near Lancaster, OH that was/is several hundred feet shorter in one landing direction that the other...
thinner on that end.
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12-02-2013, 09:15 AM
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#108
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Senior Member
Join Date: Dec 2012
Location: Michigan
Posts: 1,440
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Quote:
Originally Posted by rockwood06
The very first FEDX plane that was used for air delivery is on display at Smithsonian's Nation Air And Space Museum .
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is it a F20?? we have 9 of them with the avcon door designed just for Fedx, then they went with the avtek door which we have 4
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12-02-2013, 09:22 AM
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Senior Member
Join Date: Dec 2012
Location: Michigan
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just looked and yes a F20 with cf700`s and the avcon door, no wonder they upgraded ours have the honeywell 731 engines on most , but we also run the 700. Our 727`s came right off fedx`s line built at boeing for fedx, ser#`s are sequential, they are nice and never been a passenger hauler
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12-15-2013, 02:45 PM
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Senior Member
Join Date: Jan 2011
Location: Part Timing It Now
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Originally Posted by Ford Idaho
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No problem...they just went down to the local Auto Zone and picked up the latest diesel tuner and "tweeked the engines",
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12-15-2013, 02:47 PM
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#111
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Senior Member
Join Date: Jan 2012
Location: Keller, Texas
Posts: 6,090
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Quote:
Originally Posted by rracer5
No problem...they just went down to the local Auto Zone and picked up the latest diesel tuner and "tweeked the engines",
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Yeah - it's just that easy
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