In Vale, Oregon
In Lakeview, OR
My bike and the a old friend from my first program
In Lakeview, OR
My bike and the a old friend from my first program
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Spied while on my Bike trip
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WTF is that mounted on front of that truck? A NW totem pole?
AzPete
Well-Known Member
Looks like a fireplace insert.....
I can see some mods for the RV......gotta find an old caddy.
I can see some mods for the RV......gotta find an old caddy.
classicdoug
Member
That's a pre heater for the radiator.
Doug
Doug
tarafied1
Well-Known Member
I like the Caddy thing!
And hanging out back was a two seat ski lift. :lol
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opentrackerSteve
Guest
Where was the pic of the F-4 taken? I believe they are still flying them at Holloman AFB as targets. We had them at Point Mugu until about 4 years ago (shortly after one crashed at the airshow - both pilot and wso got out but parachuted into the fireball).....
AzPete
Well-Known Member
Tyndall AFB flies them as remote control targets also.
http://www.panhandleparade.com/index.php/mbb/article/flying_jets_without_pilots/
Not all of the jets that use the runways of Tyndall Air Force Base need a pilot. A handful of older jets with advanced drone technology can take off and land without the pilot leaving the ground. That’s because several Vietnam-era F-4 fighter jets have been retrofitted with 1.2 million dollar systems that allow them to be used as flying targets.
The 82nd Aerial Targets Squadron, part of Tyndall’s 53rd Weapons Evaluation Group, operates the drone program. Lt. Col. Gregory Blount, their Director of Operations, said at first it’s hard to switch from pilot to drone controller.
“It’s a little more complicated than your standard remote control aircraft,� Blount said of the F-4.
“So we do a lot of training to maintain their proficiency to do that.�
Pilots are needed only when training missions are flown, to keep an eye on the controls without touching them. Blount said it was an “interesting� feeling as a pilot to be without control of his plane for an entire flight.
“You’re only a millisecond away from taking control, so that’s a little more comforting,� Blount said.
“We have a system in the jet where we can disengage the remote control and take it over and fly it ourselves if we need to.�
The F-4s, called QF-4s as drones, are used when a weapons system needs to be tested using a direct hit on a real target. They are only used in target ranges over the Gulf that have been cleared by earlier flights. And if anything goes wrong, the jets can be quickly destroyed in mid-flight. Then once all of them are gone, new planes will come in.
“The ability to have a newer and more maneuverable, more capable aircraft is out there,� Blount said.
“In about three to four years down the road we’re going to be transitioning to the QF-16, where we’ll be taking older model F-16’s and converting them to full scale aerial targets.�
http://www.panhandleparade.com/index.php/mbb/article/flying_jets_without_pilots/
Not all of the jets that use the runways of Tyndall Air Force Base need a pilot. A handful of older jets with advanced drone technology can take off and land without the pilot leaving the ground. That’s because several Vietnam-era F-4 fighter jets have been retrofitted with 1.2 million dollar systems that allow them to be used as flying targets.
The 82nd Aerial Targets Squadron, part of Tyndall’s 53rd Weapons Evaluation Group, operates the drone program. Lt. Col. Gregory Blount, their Director of Operations, said at first it’s hard to switch from pilot to drone controller.
“It’s a little more complicated than your standard remote control aircraft,� Blount said of the F-4.
“So we do a lot of training to maintain their proficiency to do that.�
Pilots are needed only when training missions are flown, to keep an eye on the controls without touching them. Blount said it was an “interesting� feeling as a pilot to be without control of his plane for an entire flight.
“You’re only a millisecond away from taking control, so that’s a little more comforting,� Blount said.
“We have a system in the jet where we can disengage the remote control and take it over and fly it ourselves if we need to.�
The F-4s, called QF-4s as drones, are used when a weapons system needs to be tested using a direct hit on a real target. They are only used in target ranges over the Gulf that have been cleared by earlier flights. And if anything goes wrong, the jets can be quickly destroyed in mid-flight. Then once all of them are gone, new planes will come in.
“The ability to have a newer and more maneuverable, more capable aircraft is out there,� Blount said.
“In about three to four years down the road we’re going to be transitioning to the QF-16, where we’ll be taking older model F-16’s and converting them to full scale aerial targets.�
"opentrackerSteve" said:
If I remember right it was Ontario, OR.
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opentrackerSteve
Guest
They used to do exactly what you describe (remote control) QF-86s and QF-4s here at Point Mugu. However, they flew them with pilots out to San Nicholas Island and then the drone funtion would be enabled.....
tarafied1
Well-Known Member
that sounds like fun!
AzPete
Well-Known Member
The ultimate remote control. They take off and land right over us. Kinda neat knowing there is no one at the controls. I have been out at some of the beeches and explained to people why they see no pilot. One couple thought they were just using small pilots because they saw nothing in the cockpit like the others they saw through the binoculars.
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Anonymous
Guest
It's the secret Midget Squadron.
AzPete
Well-Known Member
Have to remember that one.....