Singlemalt
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where and how does that attach to the airframe?
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raratt
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A couple of BIG bolts at the center line.
raratt
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It's a J-58.
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doublejj
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This was the first program I worked on at Boeing after I got out of the Army. PHM 1 Pegasus class Hydrofoil Fast Attack Boat. I guess because I had spent time on the Navy Tango boats and knew port from starboard Boeing figured I would fit in here. Plus i could qualify for a security clearance. I actually worked in the tool and die shop assigned to this program. Making jigs and weld fixtures mostly Oh and pulling wheel chocks every time they moved her. Pegasus was the first one so there was a lot of R&D and it went back and forth from Lake Washington to the hanger in Renton a lot.
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Churchlady
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Wow, what year was that? What was the 2nd program you worked on? So exciting!This was the first program I worked on at Boeing after I got out of the Army. PHM 1 Pegasus class Hydrofoil Fast Attack Boat. I guess because I had spent time on the Navy Tango boats and knew port from starboard Boeing figured I would fit in here. Plus i could qualify for a security clearance. I actually worked in the tool and die shop assigned to this program. Making jigs and weld fixtures mostly Oh and pulling wheel chocks every time they moved her. Pegasus was the first one so there was a lot of R&D and it went back and forth from Lake Washington to the hanger in Renton a lot.
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doublejj
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you would have had to been there.........
Churchlady
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I was. I don't recall you. Again, what year and what was the 2nd program you worked on there bigshot?
doublejj
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It was a long time ago & looked a lot different back then
Churchlady
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So you don't recall the year you worked on that 1st program, or what the 2nd program was that you worked on while at Boeing? These are about the easiest questions you could get on this topic you brought up. They will get more difficult.
doublejj
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You are going to have to see my publicist.....I wont answer that many questions for free.
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Grandpapy
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6000 lbs.It's a J-58.
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Churchlady
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Understood. Those were difficult questions lol. A year. A program. No way would I answer that lol. Unless I was full of shit.
doublejj
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well maybe you are......who are you?
Churchlady
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You'll have to see my publicist. I won't answer that question for free. Derp.
I was stationed aboard a CG Cutter out of Key West & remember her - Man, was she fast & deadly!This was the first program I worked on at Boeing after I got out of the Army. PHM 1 Pegasus class Hydrofoil Fast Attack Boat. I guess because I had spent time on the Navy Tango boats and knew port from starboard Boeing figured I would fit in here. Plus i could qualify for a security clearance. I actually worked in the tool and die shop assigned to this program. Making jigs and weld fixtures mostly Oh and pulling wheel chocks every time they moved her. Pegasus was the first one so there was a lot of R&D and it went back and forth from Lake Washington to the hanger in Renton a lot.
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As I recall they experienced a whale strike with the forward foil while "flying", several of the crew were seriously injured.
raratt
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25,500 lbs thrust. I worked on an electronic system for that bird that weighed almost 1000 pounds.6000 lbs.
doublejj
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They were fast, aluminum hulls. The 'bridge' looked like the cockpit from a 747 with yoke sticks. They did literally fly thru the waves. Once on plane it didn't mater how ruff the seas were she rode flat & steady. The Navy crew members that i talked to said her speed and turn rates were much better than those posted. They were designed to engage several targets at once, land, sea, or air...
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wascaptain
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what a heart break,
a bro i served with in the crotch, sent me this pic, of a pic, of his dads grad class from ft. knocks in 1942.
his dad made it back and retired from the ford plant in kanas city mo.
but has been pasted since before i served with spider in the 70s.
spider or any of his living kin cant make him out.
makes me wonder how many made it back....and if any or left at all.
r.i.p spiders pop
a bro i served with in the crotch, sent me this pic, of a pic, of his dads grad class from ft. knocks in 1942.
his dad made it back and retired from the ford plant in kanas city mo.
but has been pasted since before i served with spider in the 70s.
spider or any of his living kin cant make him out.
makes me wonder how many made it back....and if any or left at all.
r.i.p spiders pop
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One of the men whom shaped who I am today was the XO on this ship.
He carried some grievous shrapnel scars.
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He carried some grievous shrapnel scars.
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