[simpits-tech] RE: F-16 flight

[Chris Woodul]

Thats it! You answered it!


----- Original Message -----
From: "Sean Galbraith" <sean.g@paradise.net.nz>
To: <simpits-tech@simpits.org>
Sent: Saturday, December 28, 2002 10:02 PM
Subject: Re: [simpits-tech] RE: F-16 flight


> 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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