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aterry: We might have crossed paths at FTW...I moved to the program from Block 60, about the time BF-2 came out of Fuel Ops. Only travel...

Nauga....Could be....GD factory guy from 1986 to end of '87. FTI from Jan 88 til May 94. Back to the factory til Halloween 94 layoff...

Only live missile stuff I ever got to play with, was some parts for a payload fairing on an Atlas 2. They were instrumented for a test...

Even though I had an engineering title, I did very little down that path. Only true engineering work I did was to design a quick look...

Always thought that program was used to hide another even blacker program.... aterry1067: I did the Flight Test thing for about 7...

Yep...

Still there for a few more years. I date back to the GD days....

They progressed from a Stearman to a BT then a T-6 and on to the Mustang or other fighter. By the time they go to the fighters, they had...

70 foot wood trusses are going to be massive. The material cost alone would most likely exceed the cost of steel trusses and their...

If I'm in one of my trucks, then I have to walk up to the ATM in the drive thru, as it's the only one at the bank, and the security...

Could be leased engines or simply they were exchanged when due overhauls or hot sections.

You'd have to run thru all the books, but just based on calendar and airframe time, there are a butt load of required phase inspections...

Tools, If I remember correctly, one of the dead was a 30+ year mechanic that was about to retire. If they are anything like our shop, if...

Garee: They were the first one that popped up in a very broad search on just the tube size, that had a photo with the right angle stems.

Like these: https://www.tiregeek.com/products/8-00-6-major-brand-tire-inner-tubes-with-tr87-bent-metal-valve-set-of-2