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To: snoringbear

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=e84ZLDo948U

“Thunder Pig”


19 posted on 10/07/2013 12:36:45 PM PDT by Doogle (USAF.68-73..8th TFW Ubon Thailand..never store a threat you should have eliminated))
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To: Doogle
Good video, but I expected something more spectacular. In the late 1950s I was working on a drone recco program with Texas Instruments and Fairchild. They brought a C-119 down to Addison airport with a complete electronics lab in the hull. At the same time, down the field, Collins Radio was installing some spook equipment in C-130s. One day the Fairchild pilot decided to do a STOL demo with the C-119. I guess he used 1000 feet or so of runway, about the same as the 123 in the video. The same day, one of the C-130s came out and did a real STOL takeoff. That concluded the "airshow" for that day.

A few days later, the C-119 made a very short traffic pattern and came back trailing smoke along with a bit of flame. The Fairchild guys were out the back door before it stopped rolling. A big crane was borrowed from Collins and an engine change got done on the apron in front of the TI hangar.

40 posted on 10/07/2013 1:58:47 PM PDT by 19th LA Inf
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