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  1. It certainly felt like the USAF had taken over Newquay Airport for 2 and a half weeks in June. I decided to stay away from the Airport during the four days of the G7 conference, the road closures and other restrictions would have meant viewing from a considerable distance with the associated frustrations of either low cloud or heat haze to contend with. Instead I decided to concentrate on the week before and after the conference when there were no such restrictions. I lost count of the total number of C-17 movements but I think that I counted 12 different serials, some visited two or three times.
  2. Some time ago, I posted images of the flight test C-17 at Edwards in 1991. At that time, I also said that I would post some images of the same aircraft as it arrived for display at the National Museum of the USAF at Wright-Patterson AFB. The aircraft is now on display, but these images show it in the restoration yard in May 2012, waiting for a crew from Edwards to remove flight test equipment for shipment back to Edwards. Its pseudo-Euro One scheme replaced with the current operational Air Mobility scheme. "Mission" symbols next to the crew door. Due to its proximity to Hollywood, Edwards was often 'loaned' to production companies. The C-17 showing its participation in a number of action films... Detail at the lower right of the crew door. That's right, there is actually a panel on each side of the jet and an emergency escape slides inside for the cockpit crew to escape quickly Though the escape slide concept assumes that g-forces in an out of control aircraft would be such that it would keep the crew members on the slide and propel them back and out through the jettisoned panel. Hmmmm.... Aft fuselage. Thats part of the XC-99 carcass in the background. The part that intrigued me as an ex stability and control flight test engineer, the installation of the stall recovery parachute. When doing high angle of attack flight test, the tail cone was removed at the vertical panel line and the reefed parachute exposed, looking sort of like a puckered... er... well you get the idea. The explosive warning triangle reads "STALL RECOVERY CHUTE". A USAF image showing the bobbed tail cone during a LAPES drop on the Rogers Dry Lake at Edwards. Nose gear, only because I failed to take a picture of it 20 years earlier. Thanks for looking, Sven
  3. Some detail shots of C-17 T-1 s/n 87-0025, at Edwards AFB in 1991, "T" indicating test... In the proposed Euro One camo of the early '80s... Flight test nose probe... Main gear sponson showing the positions of the opened gear doors... Main gear flight test instrumentation wiring (orange) Tufting was a plied to visualize the airflow under the wing root. Here it looks like the tufts have been removed, but the tape to hold the individual tufts remains\ Vertical tail with static pressure cone hanging from the top. Explosives warning triangle on the tail cone for when the departure recovery chute is installed. and the reel in the cabin for extending and retracting the static cone. This is just ahead of the cargo ramp blocking the right paratroop door. Flap actuator fairings. The red and black are adhesive residue from transducers and associated wiring that were attached for measuring air pressure. Winglet with photo tracking marks for flutter testing Left paratroop door and retracted spoiler, flap deflection reference marks Crew entry door and original C-17 logo. Note the explosives warning triangle below the data block. The explosives warning is for the "ESCAPE SLIDE & DOOR". Yes, there was/is a slide behind the pilot and co-pilot seats so that the crew could bail out in a hurry. I assume that they would be wearing parachutes during hazardous testing, having to stand up and don the chutes before bailout would defeat the purpose of the slides. I also guess that whoever thought up this arrangement assumed that any emergency would only involve positive Gs, other wise the slides would be useless. I'll post pictures of what she looked like when she arrived at the Air Force Museum in 2012 anon. Thanks for looking, Sven
  4. Hello all, I've decided to build somewhat of a tribute to recognise the drawdown of 13 years of Op Herrick by building some of the equipment that was used in the conflict. Multiple builds in multiple scales, not all will be aircraft though! This is what I've decided on so far: 1/144 C-17 1/72 C-130J 1/48 WAH-64D 1/48 Harrier GR-9 1/35 Jackal 2 I'll add all the builds to this thread instead of starting several. First up will be the C-17. Comments and suggestions welcome. Dave
  5. Radleigh

    NKC-17A

    Afternoon gang, I bought this kit (Revell 1/144th C-17) when Home Bargains had them for £7 (or £8, I can't remember the price?) a few months back, I bought it to convert and generally play around with modifying. No photos yet, but i'll get some up a bit later on. Fuselage half's are joined and I'm now just getting all the seams sorted, ready for some lumps and bumps to be added.. until later.... Radleigh.
  6. Hi guys, due to a change in my personal life and work (for the best) I'm not doing any large scratch building/modelling at the moment as I just don't have the time, so to keep my mojo afloat I'm doing this as it's fairly small and will keep me busy enough in what spare time I have. Needless to say I was happy to see these kits cheap in Home Bargains so I went back and grabbed one asap before they all went. I'm not a 1/144th person, even though I've always wanted to do this conversion I am now as a kit came up at the right price, perfect timing really! I will get photos up tomorrow.... Anyone want to guess what I'm up to? It's nothing exciting, just fun!
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