My last C-130 J ride was a 9+ hour jaunt from Guantanamo Bay Naval Station to SLC. Retired E-7, former CE and EIS (ANG) troop. We were a tanker wing but I think we flew more times than not on C-130’s. Fun times. A salute to you both, Sirs, and happy flying.
F-15 Crew Chief from Nellis here. I grew up just west of Philadelphia. We used to go to McGuire to get uniforms when I was in Civil Air Patrol in high school. Modena is a VOR not too far from Coatesville Airport where we did our orientation flights, and used as a base for our practice (and occasionally real) Search and Rescue missions. My only ride in a C-130 was in an AFRES plane from NAS Willow Grove to Wright Patterson AFB to visit the museum. I wanted to be a loadmaster after that trip. My recruiter at the Philly AFEES station said they didn't have any slots, but I could be a Crew Chief on fighters; that was when I went on DEP. Come to find out a guy in my BMT flight at Lackland got assigned to loadmaster school without a prior contract. Lying f-ing recruiter. Imagine that...
The right 010 is because WRI RAPCON probably was setting up a long final of westbound traffic to PHL RWY27L in front of you so they sent you up to MXE.
"C-130J copilots are certified to fly in both seats and have a currency requirement to get multiple left-seat rides every year." You mean outside of Upgrade training? If so this is new to me. 6000 hrs legacy Herk time.
No pressure monitor system. We also have a very large spread of acceptable pressures. We deflate all the time for dirt and non standard runways. Its all just part of the herk. In this case it was probably a combo of the ramp and the 30 knot winds lifting the right wing.
My last C-130 J ride was a 9+ hour jaunt from Guantanamo Bay Naval Station to SLC. Retired E-7, former CE and EIS (ANG) troop. We were a tanker wing but I think we flew more times than not on C-130’s. Fun times. A salute to you both, Sirs, and happy flying.
Watching you guys work is so satisfying! 😁 Please don't stop showing us these videos! We LOVE them!
F-15 Crew Chief from Nellis here. I grew up just west of Philadelphia. We used to go to McGuire to get uniforms when I was in Civil Air Patrol in high school. Modena is a VOR not too far from Coatesville Airport where we did our orientation flights, and used as a base for our practice (and occasionally real) Search and Rescue missions. My only ride in a C-130 was in an AFRES plane from NAS Willow Grove to Wright Patterson AFB to visit the museum. I wanted to be a loadmaster after that trip. My recruiter at the Philly AFEES station said they didn't have any slots, but I could be a Crew Chief on fighters; that was when I went on DEP. Come to find out a guy in my BMT flight at Lackland got assigned to loadmaster school without a prior contract. Lying f-ing recruiter. Imagine that...
The J must feel like a sportscar, relatively speaking. Very nice RoC.
Thats what Hasard Lee said about his experience flyng the F16. It was like a sportscar
Amazing amazing don’t stop!
Stationed at Dyess 70's. Firefighter. Lots of assault strip stand by, LAPES, etc.
Knew that voice sounded familiar heard you on Philly approach that day.
1st Much appreciated as always!
Love the female controller when you pushed to tower....."See you!". 😂
The right 010 is because WRI RAPCON probably was setting up a long final of westbound traffic to PHL RWY27L in front of you so they sent you up to MXE.
Have you flown into Sabre AHP KEOD? We had a Dyess guy in here the other day.
I have! We go in there every once in a while.
0:05.. turning the volume way down.... 😂😂😂😂
So the AF did away with the flight suit?
We are still wearing nomex flight suits. Just two piece OCP flight suits. There is a little more info on them in the video description.
"C-130J copilots are certified to fly in both seats and have a currency requirement to get multiple left-seat rides every year." You mean outside of Upgrade training? If so this is new to me. 6000 hrs legacy Herk time.
J-ism for sure. The J is a weird culture blend of legacy and other non herk influences.
I thought all pilots do preflight walk around. Wouldn't they have checked tires.
We did. We didnt see an issue on walk around but didnt know why we were leaning.
No pressure monitor system. We also have a very large spread of acceptable pressures. We deflate all the time for dirt and non standard runways. Its all just part of the herk. In this case it was probably a combo of the ramp and the 30 knot winds lifting the right wing.
Why don't you use a simple spirit level on your panel to immediately see if you're leaning.
We can see it in the HUD and on the instruments. Just didnt know why we were leaning.