Saturday's Paratroop drop.
Sat Jul 23, 2005 5:22 pm
This probably isn't really Wix hanger material, but I thought some of yall might be interested in seeing this. Besides; I'm all out of Honduras pictures 
Way too darn early this morning, I took another Loadmaster up to Ft. Bragg, NC for his checkride. We ended up dropping two lifts of the 82nd Airborn Division. Two hundred and four jumpers.
Aside from the fact that I'm supposed to be busy evaluating a kid, It's a little hard to take pictures of any quality because of the turbulance and vibration of the plane, but I did what I could.
Way too darn early this morning, I took another Loadmaster up to Ft. Bragg, NC for his checkride. We ended up dropping two lifts of the 82nd Airborn Division. Two hundred and four jumpers.
Aside from the fact that I'm supposed to be busy evaluating a kid, It's a little hard to take pictures of any quality because of the turbulance and vibration of the plane, but I did what I could.
Sat Jul 23, 2005 5:48 pm
Brad, very kool pics! Is that a C-17?
Sat Jul 23, 2005 6:16 pm
Yes it is, 96-0002.
Sat Jul 23, 2005 9:13 pm
Gaaaack! Is that crate still in the air? 
Might be civilian owned (CRAF) in the not too distant future.
Might be civilian owned (CRAF) in the not too distant future.
Sat Jul 23, 2005 9:26 pm
Brad
I run a different division now, but I used to manage the company that makes the cargo ramp actuators, cargo (upper) door actuators and the paratroop blast deflector actuator on the C-17. The division that I run now makes the load equalization cylinders in the cargo floor, as well as the ramp toe actuator, nose wheel steering valve and a few other misc components. A question for you. Boeing has adopted a "0" leakage policy on all dynamic actuators when we deliver hardware to the C-17 production line. The mil spec allows one drop per 25 cycles. They claim that it is driven by the "nit-picky"AF crews that accept the new aircraft in Long Beach. Do you ever notice any in service leakage on our hardware?
You can PM your answer if you like.
Thanks
BrianB
I run a different division now, but I used to manage the company that makes the cargo ramp actuators, cargo (upper) door actuators and the paratroop blast deflector actuator on the C-17. The division that I run now makes the load equalization cylinders in the cargo floor, as well as the ramp toe actuator, nose wheel steering valve and a few other misc components. A question for you. Boeing has adopted a "0" leakage policy on all dynamic actuators when we deliver hardware to the C-17 production line. The mil spec allows one drop per 25 cycles. They claim that it is driven by the "nit-picky"AF crews that accept the new aircraft in Long Beach. Do you ever notice any in service leakage on our hardware?
You can PM your answer if you like.
Thanks
BrianB
Sun Jul 24, 2005 11:01 pm
More likely DCMA. Will send you a PM.BrianB wrote:Boeing has adopted a "0" leakage policy on all dynamic actuators when we deliver hardware to the C-17 production line. The mil spec allows one drop per 25 cycles. They claim that it is driven by the "nit-picky"AF crews that accept the new aircraft in Long Beach. Do you ever notice any in service leakage on our hardware?