[simpits-tech] RE: F-16 flight

Sat, 28 Dec 2002 21:59:43 -0600

Hi Brian,

I meant to say in my last Email that because of the gulf war ( 91) the A-10
got a PR reprive and the USAF had a change of heart and thats why I got
involved in the process of the UTD simulator which had to be developed from
scratch. All of the Reflectone ( now BAE systems ) simulators had been
scrapped in the late 80s as a cost savings measure ( especially since the
A-10 was due to be mothballed in the early ninties and it was such an easy
airplane to fly in the first place) After the gulf war, all the remaining
A-10's in service were modified to NVG compatable cockpits, and had a CDU
added as well as a system called L.A.S.T.E. and an actual auto-pilot (
before that the Hog drivers had to HAND FLY THE AIRPLANES all the way
accross the atlantic ocean) The Gulf War got the Hog some glory and its
reprive. The UTD trainers are deployed right now and are a total blast to
fly.

----- Original Message -----
From: "Chris Woodul" <crewstation1@charter.net>
To: <simpits-tech@simpits.org>
Sent: Saturday, December 28, 2002 9:44 PM
Subject: Re: [simpits-tech] RE: F-16 flight

> 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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