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Published: 2007-02-06 03:51:33 +0000 UTC; Views: 268; Favourites: 6; Downloads: 4
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Taken while on a hurricane evacuation from Tyndall AFB. F-101F flown by Col. Lawyer. I was in the backseat of the wing aircraft an F-101B. Sorry about quality of photo. I took a picture of the picture, I did not have a scanner at the time. Original was taken with a Canon AT-1 camera and Kodak film, I do not remember type.Related content
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Incredible! What an opportunity. You caught him about two inches off the ground.
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man that was before simulators so if f**ked up its over no resets that had to be awesome being a fighter pilot
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Unfortunately I was not the 'fighter pilot', just the crew chief. I did have my pilot's certificate and an altitude card which helped get me on a few fighter flights.
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oh, well did you ever drive a voodoo
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I did get to fly in them a couple of times, but never got a ride in an 'F' model, so no stick time for me to log. I was certified to run up the engines and taxi the planes.
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thats close enough for me you ever work on the F-105 i liked those
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Only in training did I work on the F-105. The training was for combat repair of the aircraft where-ever they were. It is amazing what you can use to get an airplane from one place to another!
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Nice shot !
I've got a friend up here who used to fly Voodoos in the RCAF/CAF or whatever you want to call it.
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I have a couple more I will post later. The Voodoo does not get much publicity. Did your friend get to fly Hawk One?
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at Teterboro School of Aeronautics[those hallowed halls!,what a S***HOLE!] where i got my A&
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Yeah the fuel system was different. If the temperature got high the fuel would expand and then piss out the vent. One would then need to stop the flow with one hand and then jblow into a small hole to reseat the vent valve to stop the flow!
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what a nightmare some things are to work on! some design engineers must really hate guys like us!
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I'm not sure about that, I'll have to ask. I DO know he had to bail out once.....some exercise involving an escort of a U.S. B-47 or something to that effect...he was hotdogging and, well, things apparently went too far....
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he,s lucky to be alive to tell about it.........using one of those earlier type egress systems was called"commiting suicide to keep form getting killed"
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At Tyndall we had an ejections seat trainer for the F101 seat. I got a ride on that. What a blast! Pull the handles and before you know it you are on your way down from the top of the rail.
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the "Dilbert Dunker" for swabbies-Fun Ahoy......not!
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