Hi Chris,
I fondly recall the USAF C-54 that served as the base commander's AC early
in my civilian employment at Arnold AF Station. I rode it to Andrews for
technical society meeting in DC. Flying at around 7000 ft above the
Appalachians was a nice way to see a lot of beautiful countryside.
Jim Nichols
Tullahoma, TN USA
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From: "Chris Trask" <christrask@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
To: "Olympus Camera Discussion" <olympus@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Sunday, October 09, 2011 7:11 PM
Subject: Re: [OM] IMG: Red Knight Clean-Up
> >
>> One more shot from the airport. This is a Canadian-built T-33 that owner
>> Chris Rounds uses on the airshow circuit. He also owns the AT-6 shown
>> previously.
>>
>> The "line girl" doing the wash-up will be leaving shortly, with her
>> military husband. She will be sorely missed.
>>
>> http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/OldNick/Red+Knight+Clean-Up.jpg.html
>>
>
> My first experience with a jet aircraft was a T-33 at Otis AFB, a very
> long time ago. The tip tanks were empty so we got to do some aerobatics.
> Then the air conditioner quit and it got pretty warm Fortunately, it does
> not get too hot around Cape Cod at that time of year.
>
> My second flying experience that summer was at the controls of a C-54.
> I would often go out to base ops and look across the field to the Coast
> Guard station, where they had a half dozen SA-16's (Grumman Albatross).
> That was my first choice (USAF Air Sea Rescue) and the C-130 was second.
> Most of the people in my UPT class had never heard of the SA-16.
>
> Chris
>
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