An Extreme 1970s Mobile Home Resto-Mod - Core77
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Hey Ken,
Hope you're doing well.
That one just may have enough gauges for you!
It says over 130 gauges.
Wonder what the hell he plans to use all of
them for? Wasn't it a KC-130 you flew, bout
haw many gauges did it have, just in your view?
Marsh Wilkes
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Hope you're doing well.
That one just may have enough gauges for you!
It says over 130 gauges.
Wonder what the hell he plans to use all of
them for? Wasn't it a KC-130 you flew, bout
haw many gauges did it have, just in your view?
Marsh Wilkes
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Subject: [GMCnet] An Extreme 1970s Mobile Home Resto-Mod - Core77
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Hi, Marsh, too long since we've seen/heard from you. Please come to some
of the rallies -- you just missed one close to you in Pensacola.
It was the JC-130 I flew for the aerial recovery of satellites, and the
MC130 for special operations ground-to-air man recoveries. I never counted
the instruments, but we had 8 instruments for each of the 4 engines, plus,
as a WAG, 30 instruments each for the pilot and copilot. The flight
engineer and navigator each had their share too. More amazing was the
number of circuit breakers in the cockpit: There were 6 major panels, each
with (again, WAGs) about 10 columns of about 15 rows of breaker. Not all
of those positions were filled, but I'd say a conservative estimate would
be 500+ circuit breakers, each with an engraved label.
Later model C-130's, and upgrades, have eliminated a LOT of those
instruments and breakers (and the flight engineer & sometimes navigator) --
but the functions, and others, are still essential and are performed
somehow.
Ken H.
of the rallies -- you just missed one close to you in Pensacola.
It was the JC-130 I flew for the aerial recovery of satellites, and the
MC130 for special operations ground-to-air man recoveries. I never counted
the instruments, but we had 8 instruments for each of the 4 engines, plus,
as a WAG, 30 instruments each for the pilot and copilot. The flight
engineer and navigator each had their share too. More amazing was the
number of circuit breakers in the cockpit: There were 6 major panels, each
with (again, WAGs) about 10 columns of about 15 rows of breaker. Not all
of those positions were filled, but I'd say a conservative estimate would
be 500+ circuit breakers, each with an engraved label.
Later model C-130's, and upgrades, have eliminated a LOT of those
instruments and breakers (and the flight engineer & sometimes navigator) --
but the functions, and others, are still essential and are performed
somehow.
Ken H.
