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If one of you guys can help that would be great!!!!!
I'm in the process of trying to get an ejection seat a Escapac 1E-9
the plane number is on the canopy breakers ser# 60524.
Can anybody tell me what unit it was in, photo's or plane history???
Thanks Dana
Long live the hog <img src=newicons/icon_hog.gif border=0 align=middle>!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

dcway

I didnt know old A10's had Escapacs in them. Color me stupid 'n all.

By this time tomorrow I shall have gained either a pearage or Westminster Abbey........Nelson

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YGBSM !

Hawg166 I know the two YA-10s had escapacs in them and I belive the 6 pre-production aircraft may had had them also but I thought the production aircraft had the ACEII, maybe Coach or A10stress can help us out with an answer.

Also I'm a bit confuesed Dana, do you have this aircraft somewhere and looking for info on it or do you just have parts of the aircraft?

HMFIC

0524 to AMARC as AC0091 Aug 7, 1992.

get muddy

All of the early birds had the Douglas Escapacs in them the A10 had the IE-9

The later varient of the "Stapac" Stabilised booster Roocket was incorporated into the Aces2. The Rails For the Aces 2 and the Escapac/Stapac. Are identical. The Aces 2 was the Drop in upgrade. All escapacs were discontinued.

later UpCO took over the ACES2 Series.

"The power to Destroy the planet, is insignifigant to the power of the Air Force----Mudd Vader

Thanks Mudd, would you know about what year the ACESII were put into the A-10?

HMFIC

When I got to D-M in 78 all the 75 and 76 year jets had the ESCAPAC seats in them. We had a massive TCTO effort in 79 to refit all the jets with the ACESII. THe jets after that came with the ACES II seat.

"face it....perhaps your only purpose in life is to serve as a warning to others!"

Thanks M&M!

HMFIC

Hi Dice
I'm trying to get the seat and when i can some history to go with it!!!!! Like with all my seats if they have A/C ser.#'s i try to
find unit pictures and info!!
Also thanks everyone for the input!!!!!!! it makes looking for info
faster with you guys!! Thanks again. Dana

Long live the hog <img src=newicons/icon_hog.gif border=0 align=middle>........................<img src=icon_smile_cool.gif border=0 align=middle>

dcway

Well Dana I guees the part of this aircraft's histroy which ties to the seat is it was stationed at Barksdale AFB LA from 1976-1982 with that seat was installed, it was used in the training of new Hog drivers.

I'll see if I have any photos....

HMFIC

Hi Dice
I found a picture in an old magzine of #60524 !!!!! It has
a 'MB' tail code. I found it just by luck .. Can you get to whole history of the A/C ?? units it flew with,, also the picture shows the seat in it <img src=icon_smile_big.gif border=0 align=middle>. Do you also have away to look up other A/C #'s
I have 3 seats out of A-7D's that i'm looking for info on !!!
Thanks again !!!!!!!!!! Dana
Long Live The Hog <img src=newicons/icon_hog.gif border=0 align=middle>..........................

dcway

Dana, either my info is wrong or incomplete because I show 76-0524 as only being stationed two places, Barksdale and DAVIS MONTHAN AFB AZ. and the MB tail code you speak of was Myrtle Beach SC.??

Can you scan the photo and post it?

HMFIC

I seem to remember that tail number being in the 358th while I was at D-M.

"face it....perhaps your only purpose in life is to serve as a warning to others!"

Dana, yep that's Myrtle Beach (the pic you sent me) and I went back and looked at my data again and there is a gap in it. My listing first shows 524 at Barksdale LA but the date is 1982 and she's a 76 model. I would say she was assigned to MB from the time it rolled of the line in 76/77 until 1982 when it was transfered to BD. Hope this helps and thanks for forcesing me to look at my data closer, I will update my info to include the MB assignment.

HMFIC