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Plane Crashes at Point Mugu Naval Air Station
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| 5-18-11
| Scott Weber
Posted on 05/18/2011 6:46:23 PM PDT by TankerKC
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To: verum ago
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posted on
05/18/2011 9:02:43 PM PDT
by
MindBender26
(While the MSM slept.... we have become relevant media in America.)
To: TankerKC
Local news (KTLA) yammering on about ejections seats...where do they get these experts? Traps.
42
posted on
05/18/2011 9:14:54 PM PDT
by
theDentist
(fybo; qwerty ergo typo : i type, therefore i misspelll)
To: magslinger
To: Professional Engineer
Ansul “Purple K” is the only really effective way.
To: okie01
So, the 717 designation has been applied to two different planes -- the KC-135 and the MD-95 (or DC-9, as it used to be). Yes...as well as early designs of the 720s.
45
posted on
05/19/2011 12:20:37 AM PDT
by
Gondring
(Paul Revere would have been flamed as a naysayer troll and told to go back to Boston.)
To: MindBender26
Pilot, Co-pilot, Nav?
What about the boomer.
It’s likely the Nav was replaced by INS and GPS. The KC-10 have been flying without Navs since the beginning. The KC-135 phased them out in the 90s.
Want to buy a used sextant?
46
posted on
05/19/2011 2:11:08 AM PDT
by
OwenKellogg
(Defund Elmo, TOTUS, and GOTUS)
To: verum ago
I am a little embarrassed to say that I had never heard of “Omega Tankers” (www.omegaairrefueling.com). So it really was a 707! Commercial air refueling is very a intriguing idea. Sadly, it looks like the company just lost half it's 707 fleet.
To: NCjim
A 720. You can tell the difference by looking at the overwing escape door. The 720 has one and the 707 has two. The 720 saw some limited civilian use but airlines wanted the longer 707 for extra passenger capacity so the 720 was used mostly by the military for refueling and other missions (RC-135, VIP etc.)
48
posted on
05/19/2011 4:32:16 AM PDT
by
saganite
(What happens to taglines? Is there a termination date?)
To: Professional Engineer
I think they are dousing the surrounding area as this IS California...and brushfires are a way of life...along with mudslides, earthquakes, fruits and nuts....
49
posted on
05/19/2011 4:32:16 AM PDT
by
Vaquero
("an armed society is a polite society" Robert A. Heinlein)
To: OwenKellogg
Want to buy a used sextant?
I tell folks about them on the -135s, they don't want to believe me. ;)
50
posted on
05/19/2011 5:32:12 AM PDT
by
TankerKC
(I feel 271 degrees out of sync today, which isn't half bad.)
To: Ditto
It's time for a new tanker in the fleet. Screw the politics.
Right on. It's almost a no-brainer to pick a current airframe and get on with it. I can't see why it's so expensive, and never did understand why not more KC-10's.
51
posted on
05/19/2011 6:02:13 AM PDT
by
jnsun
(The Left: the need to manipulate others because of nothing productive to offer.)
To: TankerKC
...All were able to escape with minor injuries Luckiest guys on Earth!.................
52
posted on
05/19/2011 6:36:50 AM PDT
by
Red Badger
(Jesus said there is no marriage in Heaven. That's why they call it Heaven............)
To: JaguarXKE
Yikes! My son is a KC-135 AC! It must have been a difficult birth...............
53
posted on
05/19/2011 6:38:42 AM PDT
by
Red Badger
(Jesus said there is no marriage in Heaven. That's why they call it Heaven............)
To: TankerKC; OwenKellogg
Want to buy a used sextant? I tell folks about them on the -135s, they don't want to believe me. ;) Hold on to ya'lls sextants and such. The GPS and other electronics doodads won't work in the next war...............
54
posted on
05/19/2011 6:40:33 AM PDT
by
Red Badger
(Jesus said there is no marriage in Heaven. That's why they call it Heaven............)
To: Experiment 6-2-6
A KC 135 is a turboprop......"
KC135 is a jet powered tanker. I think you mean KC-130, which is a turboprop.
55
posted on
05/19/2011 7:32:54 AM PDT
by
Victor
(If an expert says it can't be done, get another expert." -David Ben-Gurion, the first Prime Minister)
To: TankerKC
“Ejection seats?”
Good gawd, they are really ignorant.
Why do they let “reporters” report on something they know nothing about.
Ask the reporter why an aircraft can fly and you will likely get something along the lines of “Well, little angels pull the plane into the sky.”
56
posted on
05/19/2011 7:59:02 AM PDT
by
Hulka
To: Red Badger
To: Victor
Yeah, I see my bad.
Shows what happens when a Navy Surface Puke tries to identify Aircraft. =(
58
posted on
05/19/2011 9:02:16 AM PDT
by
Experiment 6-2-6
(Admn Mods: tiny, malicious things that glare and gibber from dark corners.They have pins and dolls..)
To: JaguarXKE
AC also is short for ‘aircraft’.................
59
posted on
05/19/2011 9:05:58 AM PDT
by
Red Badger
(Jesus said there is no marriage in Heaven. That's why they call it Heaven............)
To: Hulka
Why do they let “reporters” report on something they know nothing about. Because if they didn't, 'reporters' couldn't report on ANYTHING............
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posted on
05/19/2011 9:07:23 AM PDT
by
Red Badger
(Jesus said there is no marriage in Heaven. That's why they call it Heaven............)
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