[simpits-tech] RE: F-16 flight

[Sean Galbraith]

Ahhh, the "Night and Adverse Weather Strike" prototype.  I believe that it 
is now at Edwards, there was some discussion on it on either the "Wrecks 
and Relics" or USMILAV lists a couple of months ago...

Sean.

At 09:44 PM 12/28/02 -0600, you wrote:
>Hi Brian,
>
>The two seater was around back in the late seventies when the A-10 was in
>Production. I think it ended up at Edwards for an attempt at making the
>backseaters station a dedicated WSO position ( after the trainer version
>failed) but then that idea died as well. That two seater probably has not
>flown in 18 years?? I cant confirm this right off the bat. Until the 1990
>invasion of Kuwait the A-10 itself was on its last legs. The USAF did not
>want it. All the flight simulators were scraped and sold off in the late
>80's. I worked on the UTD ( Unit Training Device) and in the process I ended
>up getting to keep an A-10A cockpit section that was cut off a real A-10 at
>Davis Monthan AFB ( AMARC) in Tuscon Az. I was thrilled cause they thought
>that the cockpit was a piece of scrap that had no more use to them since
>they had already reverse engineered it. I ended up trading it to a friend in
>California who still has it today. I also got to see the plane they cut off
>the cockpit from at DM in person. They had the front end proped up on Wooden
>crates to keep it level since it had no nose gear ( or nose for that matter)
>It was almost a 16 foot long cockpit section with the titanium bathtub in it
>and the canopy etc. When at DMAFB that time I did look for the two seat A-10
>in the rows but did not see it. It may reside at the Edwards AFB musuem in
>California.
>
>Cheers,
>
>Chris
>
>----- Original Message -----
>From: "Brian Sikkema" <hangr18@hotmail.com>
>To: <simpits-tech@simpits.org>
>Sent: Saturday, December 28, 2002 9:23 PM
>Subject: Re: [simpits-tech] RE: F-16 flight
>
>
> > 90% sure. This was some years ago... any idea when exactly it was
> > mothballed?
> >
> > Brian
> >
> > ----Original Message Follows----
> > From: "Chris Woodul" <crewstation1@charter.net>
> > Reply-To: simpits-tech@simpits.org
> > To: <simpits-tech@simpits.org>
> > Subject: Re: [simpits-tech] RE: F-16 flight
> > Date: Sat, 28 Dec 2002 21:15:48 -0600
> >
> > Are you sure? there was only one Two seat A-10 and it was a Fairchild 'One
> > Off' becuase the Hog was so easy to fly that the airforce found no need
>for
> > a two seat coversion trainer. The only one I know of has not flown in many
> > years and is in storage.
> >
> > ----- Original Message -----
> > From: "Brian Sikkema" <hangr18@hotmail.com>
> > To: <simpits-tech@simpits.org>
> > Sent: Saturday, December 28, 2002 8:06 PM
> > Subject: Re: [simpits-tech] RE: F-16 flight
> >
> >
> >  > I've heard of celebs getting flights before (hell a local TV
>Anchorwoman
> >  > managed to score a flight in one of the VERY few 2-seat A-10's out
>there,
> > I
> >  > still wanna know how that happened), but firing a sidewinder? PILOTS
> > don't
> >  > get to do that very often!
> >  >
> >  > Brian
> >  >
> >  > >Somehow he scored a ride in viper and got to fly, pull 9G's and fire
>off
> > a
> >  > >sidewinder.
> >  >
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