On Sat, 08 Feb 2014 21:18:02 +0000, Bob Lowe
wrote:

replying to Bob Lowe, Bob Lowe wrote:
Bob Lowe wrote:

Yes Jim - I just looked at your link, Ti64...and book marked it as
'Essential'.
And your guesstimation rule is easy to remember. Another thing, the first
time
I saw the engine mounting bolts on a 707 right after it went into passenger
service again I was surprised....As I remember they were three, either 3/4
or 1
inch bolts holding each engine on. Thank you Jim.


Hey John B - You mentioned Puff...I use to watch Puff in action just south
of DaNang in 67-68...maybe we there at the same time. And TO's..I
initiated a few TO's while working for Douglas.

Bob Lowe

I arrived back in the States and the first TV I saw had pictures of
5th Special Forces fighting their Tet '68 offensive about a block from
the house I had lived in, in Nha Trang :-)

But actually the Gunny Birds were a horror to maintain. We had one
ship that after a couple of missions the mini guns started to "list".
The "Tin Benders" lifted a panel in the floor and the formers and
brackets that supported the floor were corroded and failing. We ripped
the floor out and re-built it but that bird was out for nearly a
month. I have no idea where the A.F. got those things but one, I
checked, was as old as I was :-)

The squadron's brag was that if we got there before Charley had gotten
through the wire then it was a done deal - we never lost a camp or a
fort. I used to eat in the 5th S.F. NCO mess as a guest based on that.
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Cheers,

John B.