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Lets hear all the strange things people come up with who know absoultely nothing about the hog but think they do. The following I heard or should I saw I was told while on the East coast Demo team in 94

JAFO: How did you get these planes here?
Me: (pionting to a flatbed truck)
JAFO: WOW! I guess you guys can slap them wings on pretty quich huh?


JAFO: I Built these planes you know....
Me: Yes sir you did? how interesting
JAFO: Do you know why we had to put that there(pointing to apu exh)
Me: No (thinking to myself---but I am sure you will tell me)
JAFO: Its because this plane cant fly straight and the trust it produces in flight keeps this baby flying! <img src=newicons/anim_bs.gif border=0 align=middle> <img src=newicons/anim_lol.gif border=0 align=middle>

JAFO: (pointing at sway braces)- When did they convert these to spray nozzles for crop dusting??????
Me: I couldnt respond......

No this one I met in Port St Lucie Flordia. An older gentlemen came up looking at the hog, he was with mr knowitall (you know these types) and I was lucky no to get mr knowitall, anyway, the older gentleman comes up and starts some small talk with me, then he says I think I built this jet. I said the usual, but somthing became clearer, he knew internal stuff that the average "joe" wouldnt, like location of old "ettr" boxes, and stuff like that. anyway he pulls out this retirement card from Fairchild. WOW someone who actually knows what they are talking about! <img src=icon_smile_cool.gif border=0 align=middle> We talked for about an hr and I let him get a little closer than the normal public, he had some interesting stories.


Ok enough of mine. I know other demo teams have kept a "stupid question log" so lets hear some!

JB

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LOL, when I was on the Demo Team, I used to get a kick out of overhearing "Mr. Knowitall" tell their friends at the airshow all about the Hawg...LOL 90% of the time the would be wrong. It's tough to not correct them. One really memerable moment is when I overheard two ederly gentlemen conversing. The one swore to the other the gun was a .50 cal<img src=icon_smile_shock.gif border=0 align=middle>...LOL. The best question I ever had was from an 8 year old kid..."Sir, what is the muzzle velocity of the GAU-8 30MM Gatling Gun?" I was speechless...

Go Ugly Early !
No body's ugly after 2:00 A.M.

Edited by - Hogmender on Jan 26 2004 06:58 AM

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I always appreciate the airshow guys that stagger over to your jet and tell you about the day a Hog "saved my bacon over in the Nam!" I cant tell you how many of these guys I have met.

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The best question I ever had was from an 8 year old kid..."Sir, what is the muzzle velocity of the GAU-8 30MM Gatling Gun?" I was speechless...
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I could see how that would leave anyone of us speechless!

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Being into pest control and agriculture, I'm gonna HAVE to remember the crop-dusting one...Now, how to keep from laughing before I pull it off...<img src=newicons/anim_bannana.gif border=0 align=middle><img src=newicons/bounce.gif border=0 align=middle><img src=newicons/tard.gif border=0 align=middle><img src=newicons/anim_lol.gif border=0 align=middle><img src=newicons/tard.gif border=0 align=middle><img src=newicons/bounce.gif border=0 align=middle><img src=newicons/anim_bannana.gif border=0 align=middle>

They say, "To understand a man, you have to walk a mile in his shoes," but his clownshoe proved a most uncomfortable fit.

you musta missed the thread recounting how Janes Defence claimed the A-10 could jettison an engine that was on fire, they had a chart and everything! <img src=newicons/anim_lol.gif border=0 align=middle> <img src=newicons/anim_lol.gif border=0 align=middle> give me the 8 year olds anytime lol

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The only time you have too much fuel is when you're on fire.

LOL, explosive engine bolts IIRC.

Idiots.

<img src="http://www.worldaffairsboard.com/sigs/snipersig.jpg " border=0>

So then Egress would be involved in removing the engines..<img src=newicons/anim_lol.gif border=0 align=middle> Kewel! I wonder where you would 'pin' the engines!

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Edited by - jbpig on Jan 26 2004 11:35 AM

LOL, I remember that discussion about ehe "ejectable" engines...

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No body's ugly after 2:00 A.M.

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THAT WAS A HOOT OF A THREAD.

IT WAS AT FT RUCKER HERAD 2 GUYS TALKING ABOUT THE "AFTER BURNERS"
<img src=newicons/anim_shock.gif border=0 align=middle> THATS WHY THE TAIL LOOKS LIKE THAT
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PRESS TO TEST

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Ya afterburners! That is when the pilot gets a no-start with a fine fuel mist coming out the tailpipe and the crewdog asks "sir, are your circut breakers pushed in?" There is always dead silence on the comm link and then the Crew dog says "don........"Pow instant afterburner! <img src=newicons/anim_lol.gif border=0 align=middle>

JB

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<img src=newicons/anim_lol.gif border=0 align=middle> that's TOO kool ROFL

"We sleep safely in our beds because rough men stand ready in the night to visit violence on those who would harm us". George Orwell

Fighting For Justice With Brains Of Steel !
<img src="http://www.fas.org/man/dod-101/sys/ac/atengun2X.GIF" border=0>

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hey SOMEBODY has GOT to get a pic of that happening!! PURELY by accident of course could blow some major minds with a pic like that!! "Sure A-10 has re-heat and I got the pic to prove it" bar bets anyone? lol

"We sleep safely in our beds because rough men stand ready in the night to visit violence on those who would harm us". George Orwell

Fighting For Justice With Brains Of Steel !
<img src="http://www.fas.org/man/dod-101/sys/ac/atengun2X.GIF" border=0>

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The only time you have too much fuel is when you're on fire.

I MUST CORRECT MYSELF.......usually when you get the 'afterburner' effect it is not because of a un-set circut breaker, it is because the inverter was left off...I just realized my mistake while replying to another thread. Crew dogs set the CB's for the pilots so we would NEVER forget to re-set one, but we dont turn the inverter on, flight-suit-inserts do that just before starting the APU.

I know I messed up but hell its been 4 years since I worked on a hog

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When I was in a Alaska I met an elderly woman who lived there with her husband. She asked me what I did and when I told her I was associated with the A-10 she started asking me specific questions about the Hawg and past Mods that where done. Turned out when she was younger she used to work at the Fairchild factory building up wire harnesses for the jet.
I was floored.

Some of the most outrageous crap I've ever heard on the A-10 is at the FireHog site. The guy that runs it spouts off like an expert and spews more dis-information than anyone I've heard.

Being responsible means sometimes pissing people off.
Gen Colin Powell ret

DB

Who is at the firehog site.... From my knowledge a former hog pilot from the 91st was working that project.....I might be wrong

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After burner? Yeah, I got one myself one night after changing a starter control valve. Had plenty of fire!!! All the way out the tab-v and up the outside wall...oh, also ran one out of fuel in saudi

jbpig..
I used to know is name, it's Ed something.
Always has the last word. Will not take objective points of view that don't match his.
I'm all for the A-10 having another life, but this guy is just out there.


Being responsible means sometimes pissing people off.
Gen Colin Powell ret

DB yes youare right Ed H_____. Or as we used to call him "code 2 H_____. He rarely an i stress rarely brought a jet back code 1. usually a minor fix that could have been fixed on the spot like 1 of 2 bulbs burnt out..stupid stuff like that

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Isn't that what 'APU' stands for?..."Afterburning Power Unit"? <img src=newicons/anim_lol.gif border=0 align=middle>

Hajji, you can run, but why die tired?

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I once at an airshow had a lady ask me where I sat during flight and people if you are asked about afterburner just tell them we use something even better we have after fan and we do not look out for jet blast we have to watch out for fan fluff

live to wrench,wrench to live and 727's do truly suck

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jbpig..
I used to know is name, it's Ed something.
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Hey, it's not this ed, don't get mad at me!

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jbpig..
I used to know is name, it's Ed something.
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Hey, it's not this ed, don't get mad at me!


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We know sir, you would have still been in high school during the time frame they are talking about! <img src=icon_smile_approve.gif border=0 align=middle>

BTW- how's the wife during and how far alone is she?

HMFIC

I remember someone on this site asking if the hog could fly underwater. Duh I dont think its a sub.<img src=icon_smile_tongue.gif border=0 align=middle>

Fender
"A woman drove me to drink
and I hadn't even the courtesy to thank her".
W.C. Fields

START A A-10 WHEN ITS -20F
INSTANT AFTER BURNER!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

PRESS TO TEST

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