A sad day for all Australians

[Alan Erskine[_4_]]

The final flight of the F-111 took place today.

[coffelt2]

"Alan Erskine" > wrote in message
ond.com...
> The final flight of the F-111 took place today.

Holy Cow! Went to the first F-111 maintainer's school over 50 years ago. (it
hadn't flown yet) Some of the original design features didn't make the cut,
I guess. (the wing ordinance hard points that rotated in conjunction with
wing sweep.. I don't think made it into production) Never even got close to
one after that except at air shows.

Old Chief Lynn

[flybywire]

ah no
do we have pics

cheers

mike

and we wont mention cricket


"Alan Erskine" > wrote in message
ond.com...
> The final flight of the F-111 took place today.
>

[Glenn[_2_]]

"flybywire" > wrote in message
...
> ah no
> do we have pics
>
> cheers
>
> mike
>
Well, someone apart from me added this image to my website today

http://www.warbirdz.net/largepic.php?ID=20382

[Alan Erskine[_4_]]

On 3/12/2010 9:10 PM, Glenn wrote:
>
> "flybywire" > wrote in message
> ...
>> ah no
>> do we have pics
>>
>> cheers
>>
>> mike
>>
> Well, someone apart from me added this image to my website today
>
> http://www.warbirdz.net/largepic.php?ID=20382

It looks like it came from the news vid that I saw. They showed the
very last (ever!!) dump-and-burn. Sad to see such a beautiful aircraft go.

[Steven P. McNicoll[_2_]]

coffelt2 wrote:
> "Alan Erskine" > wrote in message
> ond.com...
>> The final flight of the F-111 took place today.
>
> Holy Cow! Went to the first F-111 maintainer's school over 50 years
> ago. (it hadn't flown yet)

No, it hadn't, and it wouldn't fly for more than four more years. Hard to
believe "the first F-111 maintainer's school" was conducted over 50 years
ago.

>
> Some of the original design features
> didn't make the cut, I guess. (the wing ordinance hard points that
> rotated in conjunction with wing sweep.. I don't think made it into
> production)

They did.

[coffelt2]

>> Holy Cow! Went to the first F-111 maintainer's school over 50 years
>> ago. (it hadn't flown yet)
>
> No, it hadn't, and it wouldn't fly for more than four more years. Hard to
> believe "the first F-111 maintainer's school" was conducted over 50 years
> ago.

Yup, our unit at Edwards AFB was supposed to get one or two of the
first three off the line for flight testing. Maintenance familiarization
classes were held at Air Force Plant # 4, Ft. Worth, where General Dynamics
was still in pre-production stages.

When I left Edwards AFB about a year after the classes, there were
still no F-111's there for tests.

I think the engraved cigarette lighter General Dynamics gave us at the
school is still buried somewhere on my "work" bench.

Old Chief Lynn

[Bob (not my real pseudonym)]

On Fri, 3 Dec 2010 00:13:22 -0800, "coffelt2" >
wrote:

>
>"Alan Erskine" > wrote in message
ond.com...
>> The final flight of the F-111 took place today.
>
>Holy Cow! Went to the first F-111 maintainer's school over 50 years ago. (it
>hadn't flown yet) Some of the original design features didn't make the cut,
>I guess. (the wing ordinance hard points that rotated in conjunction with
>wing sweep.. I don't think made it into production) Never even got close to
>one after that except at air shows.
>
>Old Chief Lynn

Looks like the pylon sweep thing worked...

Also photos of the rare AWACSvark, and the little-known economy model
intended for air forces on a budget...

Bob ^,,^

[Bob (not my real pseudonym)]

On Fri, 3 Dec 2010 21:10:15 +1100, "Glenn" >
wrote:

>
>"flybywire" > wrote in message
...
>> ah no
>> do we have pics
>>
>> cheers
>>
>> mike
>>
>Well, someone apart from me added this image to my website today
>
>http://www.warbirdz.net/largepic.php?ID=20382

Sad.

And those look like Oz' new Super Bugs chasing them off?

[D. St-Sanvain]

Hello,

Bob (not my real pseudonym) a écrit :
> On Fri, 3 Dec 2010 00:13:22 -0800, "coffelt2" >
> wrote:
>
>>
>> "Alan Erskine" > wrote in message
>> ond.com...
>>> The final flight of the F-111 took place today.
>>
>> Holy Cow! Went to the first F-111 maintainer's school over 50 years ago. (it
>> hadn't flown yet) Some of the original design features didn't make the cut,
>> I guess. (the wing ordinance hard points that rotated in conjunction with
>> wing sweep.. I don't think made it into production) Never even got close to
>> one after that except at air shows.
>>
>> Old Chief Lynn
>
> Looks like the pylon sweep thing worked...
It is on the F-111 that all hard points rotate, but the exterior one ?

> Also photos of the rare AWACSvark,
:):):)

and the little-known economy model
> intended for air forces on a budget...
>
> Bob ^,,^
>

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[Ellen Irksome[_4_]]

Alan Erskine > wrote in news:4O0Ko.4045$gM3.2925
@viwinnwfe01.internal.bigpond.com:

> The final flight of the F-111 took place today.

SPAM




Oh, that.



"A sad day for all Australians?"
I was worried it was your birthday.