What Do You Do????

[68gt390]

I have had three Siberian Huskies and a Golden Retriever mix that I rescued off the street. WOW what a dog!
Oh, I have a warped sense of humor too.
Thank YOU ALL for welcoming me to this site!
~~~~Donna

Donna;
I have attached a picture of our youngest family member (Siberian Husky mix). We found her at the local shelter when she was 6 months old. Someone had dumped her off at the end of a farmers driveway. She has really turned out to be a great addition to the family.

Don

 

[Mustanglvr]

Nice looking dog! I have a bunch of anklebiters myself. Big dogs are nice too.

 

[Diesel Donna]

Awwwwwww Don what a cutie! I can see the Husky in her.
I went to see Eight Below yesterday and I knew there would be tragedy and triumph but my eyes still leaked through the whole movie. What a sap I am.

 

[Joes68]

Paul,
I was stationed at Luke AFB AZ from 81-83, Griffiss AFB, NY from 83-84, Beale AFB, CA from 84-89 and Rhein-Main Germany from 89-92. I worked out of Portland, Or and Klamath Falls, Or. for the Air National Guard until 2002.
Ron

 

[sam]

I am a manufacturers rep for a dental equipment company. Selling patient chairs, operator stools, cabinets, lights and autoclaves...............cover the 6 New England states and based out of my home in New Hampshire.
Sam

 

[PFSlim]

Ron

Do you ever remember seeing the Kansas Air Guard "Jayhawks" F-16's when you were located in Portland? We flew out of their on TDY several times. Oh yes, that was the trip that I did the stupidest thing I have ever done. Hiked up Hood with a group of guard buddies with no climbing experience and alot of no sense!!! We made it to the saddle before we came back and got in trouble by the groomer that we were idiots!!!

Paul

 

[Joes68]

Paul,
I only worked at the Portland base for a year but did see the Jayhawks the one time. I do miss working the fighters, they're a blast. I did get an F-16 flight and nothing compares to a fighter jet!! Did you ever have the chance to fly in one? I've been skiing at Mount Hood a few times but never climbed the sucker, you guys must've been crazy. Mother Nature can turn on you in a second up there! I've seen quite a few rescues on the news.
Ron

 

[rvrtrash]

Like the one where they crashed the helicopter and caught it on tape?
Steve

 

[PFSlim]

Ron

That is the butt chewing we got from the groomer. We were young and dumb, didn't think anything of it at the time. We actually stayed up there so long the ski lift shut down and the guy got a chance to chew our butt from the ski lift to Timberline Lodge.

I had a ride in an F-4, before we converted to F-16's, then turned down a ride in a B-1B (which was our next airplane) after I was commissioned.

Paul

 

[Redwingrobb]

Too bad you didn't ride in the B-1. When I was stationed at Dyess AFB in the mid-80s they were still bedding the B-1 down after replacing the B-52s. One day they told us that the B-1 was going to try a barrel roll. WOW! Never saw a bomber streak down the flightline at 500+ knots pull straight up and perform a barrel roll. Amazing plane...Robb

 

[Joes68]

Paul,
Why did you turn down the B-1 ride?? I took the KC-135 ride to refuel the SR-71. That was cool hangin out the back side refueling the blackbird. Looks like we've started a new thread: What mountains have you climbed and what planes have you flown in......
Ron

 

[Midnight Special]

Paul,
Looks like we've started a new thread: What mountains have you climbed and what planes have you flown in......
Ron

...I posted these on a another thread, but since the subject here is dear to me - 'thought I'd post them again. Warbirds anyone?? 'Envious of you guys who fly in the modern fighters however ;-)

 

[p51]

...I posted these on a another thread, but since the subject here is dear to me - 'thought I'd post them again. Warbirds anyone?? 'Envious of you guys who fly in the modern fighters however ;-)

FYI: A website that combines the best of breed of both stangs, from the '40s and the '60s...

http://www.mustangsmustangs.com/

 

[PFSlim]

Paul,
Why did you turn down the B-1 ride?? I took the KC-135 ride to refuel the SR-71. That was cool hangin out the back side refueling the blackbird. Looks like we've started a new thread: What mountains have you climbed and what planes have you flown in......
Ron

At the time, I was working in the Air National Guard full time on ejection seats. First the F-4D (which I loved working on and getting a ride in), then came the F-16A/B/C/D. Then we converted to the B-1B. I was still working on ejection seats and spent alot of time in the back seat changing out seat components.

For those who have never seen the inside of a B-1B, there is a pilot and copilot in front and an offensive and defensive operators in the back two seats. They basically look at computer screens and have a small (say 6 inch by 12 inch) windown to look out of.

After I was selected to be a commissioned officer and came back from OCS, my commander asked if I wanted a ride. I said no thinking I would be setting in one of the back seats. As it turns out, when you get a ride in a B-1, you start and end in the back but spend most of the mission flying up front. I didn't know that at the time!!!!

Oh, well. I am lucky to get the ride of a lifetime in an F-4 and it probably would have given me 12 years of bad luck to have another cool ride.

Thats my story and I am sticking to it.

Paul

 

[rananim]

Rescue specialist, Urban Search and Rescue (part of FEMA), when not doing that, I drive fire trucks for San Diego Fire Dept. - fire engineer.
Sven

 

[tworings]

I am an executive secretary for a water utility for the last 7 years, and before that for a computer graphics peripherals manufacturer for 18 years. My husband works for 7Up/RC Bottling Co. (for over 30 years). My hobbies are beading, shopping, reading....and I guess now restoring "my" GT/CS (my husband claims he bought it for my 50th birthday). For the last 5 years I have also been a team captain for the Susan G. Komen Race for the Cure in Newport Beach, CA (we call ourselves Team Turtle because we are so slow). Pictures at my website: www.lisaring.addr.com I think I am going to have to add a GT/CS page to my website to cronicle restoration progress.

 

[PNewitt]

Welcome both Sven and Lisa. I used to live in San Diego...I did JBA's logo for them a long time ago, too.

Lisa--nice website, and what an honorable group--"Race for the Cure".

Regarding F-4's and Ejection seats: Fred Goodell (Shelby chief engineer, 1966-70) told me a story about that. During late 1966, he was at an L.A. airshow (most likely El Toro), and saw something on an F-4 Phantom ejection seat. He talked to the Air Force rep there, and low and behold, the next monday morning an Air Force truck was there at Shelby American with a seat. They told Fred: "just call us when you're done with it".

So...you know how the '67-70 Shelbys have the retractable shoulder harnesses--in a "Y" shape? It's from a F-4 Ejection seat.

That's how they did things then--"seat of the pants engineering". Later, Fred worked for a company (BMY) that made military vehicles. At over 70, he was out there in "Desert Storm" watching how they worked. What a guy. He's no longer with us, but I was thankful for our conversations...

Paul N.

 

[twoclassics]

...What district do you dispatch? I listen to 'Omaha' 74 and 57 (northern Cal & Donner Pass) regularly at night while doing artwork et-al. I then hear the train horns in Colfax (9-miles away) & keep track of them by virtue of drag detectors.

Speakin' of keepin track of things - I recently discovered how track workers keep 'track' of their $@!+. ;-))

I work out of the Omaha dispatch center and my territort goes form Kansas City to Mc Alester OK. Chuck

 

[PFSlim]

I have pulled many inertia reels. That is what the Air Force calls a retractable shoulder harness. It was cool the way the Martin-Baker seat worked.

During normal operation, the pilot could move forward or back, just like a normal seat belt in a car. A pilot could also lock the inertia reel. This would pin the pilot to the seat. During ejection and after the D-Handle (between the legs) or the Face Curtain (at the head box) was pulled, an initiator would fire and automatically retract and pull the pilot against the seat before the seat would leave the aircraft. This would ensure the pilot was in the correct "ejection posture" before leaving.

Paul

 

[Midnight Special]

I work out of the Omaha dispatch center and my territort goes form Kansas City to Mc Alester OK. Chuck

...Very nice! I have friends who are UP engineers and I applied to to the SP back in 1980. I'm glad now that I didn't get hired as it is not a job for the 'family' oriented. I did get to spend a day with the UP 'Steam Team' last spring in Cheyenne while visiting my brother in Denver. One of my 'air race' friends is a long-time UP engineer connected to the Heritage program there...