Early Access - Canadair Sabre CL-13B
Added 2020-01-31 15:55:00 +0000 UTC*Does not feature cockpit due to radiation levels*
Hey all,
Here is your Early Access to the next Inside The Cockpit Episode. Hope you enjoy and remember to leave your comments.
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Bis
Comments
Hey, Bis, Sorry I missed your reply. I just now tried going back through weeks of email, finding so many that were pushed off-screen before I saw them. I really struggle with email (Patreon emails me others' replies.), but it's still the best way to reach me. Wow. Which aircraft did my Dad NOT fly? In the early 1960s, he was trying to decide whether to: stay in the Air Force (He figures he would have wound up in the Hanoi Hilton, after a Wild Weasel mission.); become a test pilot; go to law school. He got an acceptance letter, for being a test pilot, in the afternoon mail, after mailing payment for his first term of law school, that morning. They said he'd flown more different aircraft than had any other Captain in the US armed services. Most of it was because Dad had been sent to the Pendleton Marine Air Station, in California, by the Air Force, for exchange duty. There was some effort to get the services to work more together, rather than competing. Dad, as a 1st Lieutenant, went around to the Marine squadrons on the base, saying (truthfully) "I'm the ranking Air Force officer on this base, and I'm hear to check out in your aircraft. He flew the F4D Skyray, the F8U Crusader, the F9F Cougar (the swept-wing version of the Panther), their version of the T-33 jet trainer, their version of the F-86 Saber, the F3D/F-10 Skyknight (the only 2-seater he flew, other than trainers). Dad worked with a senior Marine pilot to develop "the air-to-air syllabus" for the Crusader, the Navy's and Marines's first aircraft that was supersonic-capable in level flight. They had to discover the "envelope" for everyone else to learn to push. That's how Dad got stuck in a "falling leaf stall," and had to punch out. His 'chute dropped in on a ledge, out in the desert, and it took 2 helicopters to retrieve him. With Air Force squadrons, Dad also flew the F-100 Super Saber, after the F-86 Saber (not the Snoopy nose model with radar), the F-80 Shooting Star, and the usual trainers. From law school onward, for another 27 years, Dad flew with the Virginia Air National Guard. The Air Guard gets older aircraft, and flies them longer, so Dad only flew two more aircraft, the F-84F (swept-wing) Thunderstreak (or "Super Hog"), and the F-105D Thunderchief (called "the Thud," because of its poor gliding profile, when so many were shot down in the Vietnam War). That's all I can recall. I hope you had fun reading this, rather than feeling tired.
Bill Lemmond
2020-02-13 16:15:55 +0000 UTCThink this is a good idea, I definitely should make another one to explain it a bit more in detail.
Military Aviation History
2020-02-03 07:56:49 +0000 UTCHey Bill, thanks very much and thanks for sharing. Always happy to hear family and pilot stories - do you know what planes he moved on to after the F86?
Military Aviation History
2020-02-03 07:55:59 +0000 UTCBis, I hope I can get across how much this video means to me. My Dad graduated US Air Force pilot training in the early 1950s, shortly after the Korean War, and I think the first aircraft he was assigned, in an operational squadron, was some version of the F-86 Saber. I wasn't born, yet. But some of my earliest memories are of the 1:32 scale model Saber, mounted on a wall peg, by its engine exhaust, on a wall in Dad's den. He had a collection of around a dozen such models, each a different single-seat, single-engine jet fighter aircraft. I still have a few of them, in various states of preservation. I know I damaged a few, playing with them. I also have a large picture frame, holding a collection of photos from Dad's earliest days as an operational pilot. Dad passed away in 2013, from a second stroke. All his health problems - COPD, heart valve replacement, two bouts of cancer, and the strokes, came from the smoking I couldn't figure out how to get him to quit (because I'm mildly autistic). My youngest brother got him to quit around age 60, about my current age. We had Dad for another 20 years, probably because of that. Please remember, if you stay away from nicotine (the number 5 insecticide), you'll see so many wonderful leaps in technology, and hopefully more gradual social improvements. We want you all around as long as possible. Got to keep Bis supported for making videos. :)
Bill Lemmond
2020-02-03 04:16:19 +0000 UTC11:04 If you do, I'll buy you a beer. Or two...
Minion
2020-02-02 00:17:13 +0000 UTCNice job! It may be a good subject for a video talking about "radioactive cockpits". Its not the cockpit but some of the gauges used night-glow paint that used radio active paint as the light source (a technology used since 1910's!! This is a big concern among collectors, especial those who make sure they are safely stored. Owning a few old instruments I use some sensible and simple precautions. Other resources: http://resources.conservation-us.org/osg-postprints/wp-content/uploads/sites/8/2015/05/osg022-11.pdf https://nuclearsafety.gc.ca/eng/resources/radiation/could-your-collectible-item-contain-radium.cfm https://www.epa.gov/radtown/radioactivity-antiques OH MY GOD!!! I just saw this picture! The big clock in middle, my parents have that one! https://www.epa.gov/sites/production/files/2019-02/antiques-clocks.jpg Ours is made in Scotland, but is the Westclox "Big Ben"... UPDATE: internet research, it is a 1975 Big Ben, Style 8 Repeater Alarm, likely not radium paint (relived).
Joe Kudrna
2020-02-01 02:39:30 +0000 UTC
