And what country can preserve its liberties if their rulers are not warned from time to time that their people preserve the spirit of resistance? Let them take arms. The remedy is to set them right as to facts, pardon and pacify them. What signify a few lives lost in a century or two? The tree of liberty must be refreshed from time to time with the blood of patriots and tyrants.
Sunday, May 12, 2024
USAF Kansas ANG 127Th Tactical Fighter Squadron Jayhawks F-4 Phantom in the engine test cell, running at full afterburner.
I’ve done that. Big steel blocks in front of the main wheels. Really odd feeling being at max, looking up and seeing closed doors a few feet off the nose.
"If ya got em, smoke em."
ReplyDeleteI used to be part of a F-106 engine test cell crew. Saw the after burner running just a few feet away. Awesome. Awesome. Scary awesome.
ReplyDelete"Did you remember to double-check the tie-downs?"
ReplyDeleteI’ve done that. Big steel blocks in front of the main wheels. Really odd feeling being at max, looking up and seeing closed doors a few feet off the nose.
ReplyDeleteNo chains or safety tether? I have a vague recollection of a mishap during this sort of test. It didn't end well...
DeleteThe AF might be a bunch of entitled pansies, but they do learn from their mistakes.
DeleteAlameda NAS had a test cell, Run all kinds of engines at night, Windows you could see in as your making way back to the ship.
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