Date: Mon, 28 May 2007 21:19:15 -0400
Reply-To: "Peter T. Owsianowski" <pnoceanwesty@GMAIL.COM>
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From: "Peter T. Owsianowski" <pnoceanwesty@GMAIL.COM>
Subject: Re: Cockpit of a C-141,
was: Fabricating a radiator fan on indicator light,
with surprise ending!
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Camped in a Nissan BlueBird Wagon in a weeklong drive around Hokkaido in
'81. Would have been amazing in a bus. It's funny, I spent 18 months in
Japan and 18 months in Euurope back then and can't recall seeing a bus. Not
on the radar, I guess!
On 5/28/07, Aristotle Sagan <killer.jupiter@gmail.com> wrote:
>
> Speakin of that, I still regret the 69 Westy I almost bought when I got to
> Travis in December of 1976. $1900. Clean. Could have gotten a 100% loan from
> the credit union. Now that would have been the vehicle for the two years I
> spent there. As it was, I bought a 74 Fiat 128 SL and did a lot of car
> camping in both it and my GF's Mitsubishi (I think) station wagon.
>
>
> I still have no idea why I didn't buy the bus. Something about the
> salesman jerking me around or something.
>
> tim in san jose
>
> On 5/28/07, Peter T. Owsianowski <pnoceanwesty@gmail.com> wrote:
> >
> > Flew many a 141 from Misawa airbase to Yakuska and back in '79/81 on
> > Space A. 1st time I saw a 141 was on night guard duty at Ft. Dix Thought
> > the guy was going to crash - he came in so steep at McGuire.
> >
> > Wish I would have known about buses back then! Would have some much
> > better camping trips!
> >
> > Pete
> > '79 Westy "Aardvark"
> > '87 Westy "Joe's Van"
> > '02 Audi A6 Avant
> > WWW. Busesbythebeach.com <http://busesbythebeach.com/>
> >
> >
> > On 5/28/07, Aristotle Sagan <killer.jupiter@gmail.com > wrote:
> > >
> > > The reason they stretched them was because they could. It was known as
> > > one
> > > of the most overpowered airplanes in the AF inventory in the late
> > > 70's. They
> > > could also land in a lot shorter field than a C-5 Galaxy.
> > >
> > > Now the good thing to come out of the C-141B was the idea for Omar's
> > > stretch
> > > Westy. I wouldn't call that overpowered though.
> > >
> > > tim in san jose
> > >
> > > On 5/28/07, Evan Mac Donald <macdonald1987@sbcglobal.net> wrote:
> > > >
> > > > Aristotle Sagan < killer.jupiter@GMAIL.COM > wrote: <SNIP>
> > > >
> > > > I would be surprised if there were still 4 in the cockpit these
> > > days. What
> > > > would they all do? Ah yes, pinochle, AF style (double deck)
> > > >
> > > > <SNIP>
> > > >
> > > > Sad to relate to all of you, but there are no longer any C-141s on
> > > > active duty. Budget restraints, or some such. Same story for the the
> > > "G"
> > > > model B-52s that I used to have under my care. Maybe it was politics
> > >
> > > > involving the "new" C-17 Globemaster III for the C-141s. Kind of
> > > odd,
> > > > though. Most of them got a big airframe and equipment update, then
> > > soon
> > > > after were retired. Go figure.
> > > >
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > > --
> > > Where ever you are, there you be. Unless you're driving my van, in
> > > which
> > > case, you ain't got there yet.
> > >
> >
> >
> >
> > --
> >
>
>
>
> --
> Where ever you are, there you be. Unless you're driving my van, in which
> case, you ain't got there yet.
>
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