Boeing Shuts Down Production Line At Pa. Plant (possible helicopter sabotage)

CPS 3 Philadelphia ^ | 5/13/08 | Not bylined

[EBH]

Check my profile for far more details.

[mad_as_he$$]

If I was running that plant both those helos would be stripped down and inspected from top to bottom. Every machine in the place would be spot checked for similar issues.

[mad_as_he$$]

Then secured with the almighty wire.

[uncitizen]

Keep a close eye on anyone named (fill in the blank): __________.

Obama?...Hussein?...

[exit82]

"If I was running that plant both those helos would be stripped down and inspected from top to bottom. Every machine in the place would be spot checked for similar issues."

Amen to that, bro. Take no chances. Glad the initial questionable items were noticed.

[exit82]

Please send your washer here for questioning. There has obviously been a security breech of some kind here. ;)

[exit82]

TJ—thanks for your service to our country. Yes, the Jesus nut is critical to the operation of the helo.

IF I had my way, every one of these big helos would be equipped with a huge air bag that would cushion the fall if the power fails and the helo heads earthward. We lose too many good man to these helo crashes.

[exit82]

Wow—you know the spec for the UH-1?

I heard the term “Jesus nut” used by some folks here on FR years ago and I thought the term was one of the most descriptive terms I had ever heard. Kind of says it all.

[ArrogantBustard]

Keep a close eye on anyone named (fill in the blank): __________.

Sheehan?

Benjamin?

Paul?

[magslinger]

A friend when I was in the Navy had been a gunner and crew chief in the Army. What he didn't know about Hueys probably wasn't worth knowing. He may have been joking about the torque for all I know, but it has stuck with me for nearly three decades.

Mostly those whirly eggbeater things are PFM to me. Don't like them. Don't trust them. Don't understand how they stay in the air. When they do.

[magslinger]

Safety wire and epoxy glue, the space age equivalent of baling wire and masking tape.

[MHalblaub]

"The late Frank Piasecki’s tandem rotor concept is one of them, hard to beat for everything you mentioned."


Focke Achgelis Fa 61

Maiden flight 26 June 1936

[Tex Pete]

“They’re still making Chinooks? You would think they would have come up with something better by now.”

Chinooks are the workhorse helicopter of the Army.

Several pilots I know who have flown them over the years(one from the Vietnam era ‘til the 90’s) say they are a snap to fly, especially the newer models.

One guy said it was easier to fly and more responsive than any other Army helicopter. He said he could control the stick with one finger.

[toddlintown]

“I have personally seen commercial airliners sabotaged by disgruntled union mechanics.”

Did you report this?

[SunkenCiv]

Rep. Joe Sestak, a Democrat whose district includes the plant, said he was told during a briefing that wires that appeared to be broken or severed were found in one helicopter and a suspicious washer was found in a second.

Hey, if it's sabotage, we'll need to search all the US veterans and any nuns who work at the plant, and ignore all the Mohammedans. Pass the word.

[nw_arizona_granny]

Ping.

[300magnum]

DoD: Chinook helicopters at Pa. plant vandalized By RANDY PENNELL, Associated Press Writer
15 minutes ago

RIDLEY PARK, Pa. - Investigators have concluded that two military helicopters were vandalized on the production line at a Boeing factory near Philadelphia, the Defense Department said Thursday as it offered a reward.

http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20080515/ap_on_re_us/boeing_shutdown_chinook_7;_ylt=ArkWTqmRLs_a7RdylvASOpME1vAI

[LurkedLongEnough]

Wow. That is a great find.

It is well known that money is one of the top incentives to treason. Bad guys could have used the bank account information to identify people in financial trouble, gamblers, underpaid, disgruntled, etc. - also from the “personal information”.

Bad guys could also have used stolen information to substitute a fake employee with the same credentials as a bonafide employee - or even “add” an employee (or a group of them) and put the data back afterwards and the switch was never noticed.

[Lexinom]

Correct me if I'm wrong, but I think Piasecki's was the first with the front-rear arrangement, the "pickle" shape.

This is Dogship in 1945.

[southernerwithanattitude]

Everyone working on that Helicopter has a DOD clearance. It takes over a year to get cleared and it must be updated every five years.