Wondering about the F-102...

(Peter Stickney) wrote:

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I've never heard an F-102 pilot say bad things about the airplane.
They all wished that it were a bit faster, though.

Dad loved the Duece. Back in the early 70's I can distinctly remember
Dad and me standing on the ramp at Buckley ANG base where he flew
the T-29 (he was stationed at Denver's Lowry AFB but flew the T-29
out of Buckley from time to time just before his retirement). An F-102
cranked up and taxiied away, and when I looked at my hard-nosed
ol' man there was tears coming out of both eyes.

From: Mike Marron


Dad loved the Duece. Back in the early 70's I can distinctly remember
Dad and me standing on the ramp at Buckley ANG base where he flew
the T-29 (he was stationed at Denver's Lowry AFB but flew the T-29
out of Buckley from time to time just before his retirement).

Surely not as a pilot. There was no reason an ADC pilot would have trained on a
T-29. It had 2 primary functions over its lifespan: navigator trainer and
cargo. The ones I worked on at Langley in the 1970s still had most of the
sextant mounts in place if memory serves.

Dan, U.S. Air Force, retired

(B2431) wrote:
Mike Marron wrote:

Dad loved the Duece. Back in the early 70's I can distinctly remember
Dad and me standing on the ramp at Buckley ANG base where he flew
the T-29 (he was stationed at Denver's Lowry AFB but flew the T-29
out of Buckley from time to time just before his retirement).

Surely not as a pilot.

Surely you don't know what in the hell you're talking about (as
usual).

There was no reason an ADC pilot would have trained on a
T-29. It had 2 primary functions over its lifespan: navigator trainer and
cargo. The ones I worked on at Langley in the 1970s still had most of the
sextant mounts in place if memory serves.

Make ya' a deal, sarge. If you make me prove that he was indeed a
T-29 pilot then you have to shut your pie hole and log off RAM for one
year. Conversely, I will do the same if you prove me wrong.

Deal?

From: Mike Marron
Date: 2/15/2004 5:14 PM Central Standard Time
Message-id:

(B2431) wrote:
Mike Marron wrote:

Dad loved the Duece. Back in the early 70's I can distinctly remember
Dad and me standing on the ramp at Buckley ANG base where he flew
the T-29 (he was stationed at Denver's Lowry AFB but flew the T-29
out of Buckley from time to time just before his retirement).

Surely not as a pilot.

Surely you don't know what in the hell you're talking about (as
usual).

There was no reason an ADC pilot would have trained on a
T-29. It had 2 primary functions over its lifespan: navigator trainer and
cargo. The ones I worked on at Langley in the 1970s still had most of the
sextant mounts in place if memory serves.

Make ya' a deal, sarge. If you make me prove that he was indeed a
T-29 pilot then you have to shut your pie hole and log off RAM for one
year. Conversely, I will do the same if you prove me wrong.

Deal?

Tell ya what, I'll wait until someone who was there tells me otherwise. I
really don't believe a thing you say.

Dan, U.S. Air Force, retired

(B2431) wrote:
Mike Marron wrote:

Make ya' a deal, sarge. If you make me prove that he was indeed a
T-29 pilot then you have to shut your pie hole and log off RAM for one
year. Conversely, I will do the same if you prove me wrong.

Deal?

Tell ya what, I'll wait until someone who was there tells me otherwise. I
really don't believe a thing you say.

Coward.

Dan, U.S. Air Force, retired

From: Mike Marron


(B2431) wrote:
Mike Marron wrote:

Make ya' a deal, sarge. If you make me prove that he was indeed a
T-29 pilot then you have to shut your pie hole and log off RAM for one
year. Conversely, I will do the same if you prove me wrong.

Deal?

Tell ya what, I'll wait until someone who was there tells me otherwise. I
really don't believe a thing you say.

Coward.


yawn

Dan, U.S. Air Force, retired