"Chairman Kaga" (mike-mckinnon)
09/08/2014 at 17:52 • Filed to: None
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"Chairman Kaga" (mike-mckinnon)
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"Every year it gets harder and harder to get muffler oil for a Pratt & Whitney TF30..."
For Sweden
> Chairman Kaga
09/08/2014 at 17:55 |
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I'd rather rule in Project Plane Hell than serve in Project Car Heaven.
Dusty Ventures
> For Sweden
09/08/2014 at 18:04 |
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But would you rather serve in Project Plane Hell than rule in Project Car Heaven?
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For Sweden
> Dusty Ventures
09/08/2014 at 18:05 |
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That's not something John Milton would have said.
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Dusty Ventures
> For Sweden
09/08/2014 at 18:08 |
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That's because John didn't ask the real tough questions.
f86sabre
> Chairman Kaga
09/08/2014 at 18:09 |
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Is that a Vigilante? Would Hoon.
CAR_IS_MI
> Chairman Kaga
09/08/2014 at 18:13 |
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Well at least this one looks to be clear to go down a long flat-ish roadway.
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Chairman Kaga
> f86sabre
09/08/2014 at 18:18 |
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F111 Aardvark, just west of Texarkana on I-30.
user314
> Chairman Kaga
09/08/2014 at 19:34 |
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FB-111A (S/N B4)
This appears to be the Flight Control Test Stand (T1). The test article had been a test bed featuring flight controls, hydraulics, but no ECS or fuel systems, and it's operational life was at the Engineering Test Laboratory in Ft Worth. At some stage after GD Fort Worth had finished with the airframe, the AF took it back, and it arrived at the 8AF Museum at Barksdale AFB, LA. to be made into a "FB" for static display. (1999) At that stage, it was in natural aluminum with the horizontals in a purple color, no wings, no rudder, no crew capsule. The nose cone was made not of Fiberglas but thick (and heavy) phenalic. The main and nose gear were constructed of machined pig iron. The wheels and tires are from other aircraft. The GD rep told me that the F-111 mock-up was "hand-made." It had a lot of "orange wire" instrumentation in the cock-pit, which was hooked to a minimal aluminum panel, no seats. In fact it had milk crates set up on one side. The headrest were made of wood as I recall. The mock-up was a production test model. Items considered for production were test fitted to this mock-up first. We found a set of wings at Davis-Monthan. One was burned out and was gutted of its leading and trailing edge 'stuff.' Needless to say on the incredibly small budget I had to operate on this project was fast turned into a back burner effort.
The museum curator, Mr. Harold "Buck" Rigg described the "aircraft" as he found....
At that stage, it was in natural aluminum with the horizontals in a purple color, no wings, no rudder, no crew capsule. The nose cone was made not of Fiberglas but thick (and heavy) phenalic. The main and nose gear were constructed of machined pig iron. The wheels and tires are from other aircraft. The GD rep told me that the F-111 mock-up was "hand-made." It had a lot of "orange wire" instrumentation in the cockpit, which was hooked to a minimal aluminum panel, no seats. In fact it had milk crates set up on one side. The headrest were made of wood as I recall. The mock-up was a production test model. Items considered for production were test fitted to this mock-up first. We found a set of wings at Davis-Monthan. One was burned out and was gutted of its leading and trailing edge 'stuff.' Needless to say on the incredibly small budget I had to operate on this project was fast turned into a back burner effort.
The retirement of the FB-111A negated the need for the static (as an FB-111A became available). The 8AF Museum gave the test article back to DRMO, who sold it to the current owner, Mr. Turner of Hooks, Texas. So now it sits, on the side of the highway, calling in sightseers to Mr Hooks Army Surplus business, where he says a lot of people come asking about the jet! (Thanks to Doc Servo and Mr. Joe Betts and Mr Charles Bogle for the info.)
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f86sabre
> Chairman Kaga
09/08/2014 at 20:12 |
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Oh, nice! I wonder how that came to be? Much love for the Aardvark.
