Adam Banks Posted January 15, 2019 Share Posted January 15, 2019 These old "Red" jets are so full of character (malevolence!): But then there's always this "Blue" one ... Adam. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jack Sawyer Posted January 15, 2019 Share Posted January 15, 2019 Excellent Adam! The first half of the first one looks like an F-4 and the second one looks like an F-111 what I used to work on. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
olderndirt Posted January 15, 2019 Share Posted January 15, 2019 It' funny how they went for years with what I call their "IKEA" models then along comes the Mig 29 and the Sukhoi 20's and 30's - from beast to beauty. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
medx421 Posted January 15, 2019 Share Posted January 15, 2019 2 hours ago, Jack Sawyer said: Excellent Adam! The first half of the first one looks like an F-4 and the second one looks like an F-111 what I used to work on. My father was an F-111 mechanic. Several duty stations before I came into the picture. McClellan and Cannon for me growing up. He retired in 1990ish after 23 years in. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jack Sawyer Posted January 15, 2019 Share Posted January 15, 2019 30 minutes ago, medx421 said: My father was an F-111 mechanic. Several duty stations before I came into the picture. McClellan and Cannon for me growing up. He retired in 1990ish after 23 years in. Cool! What did he do? I worked autopilot and flight control systems. I did eight years, three at Upper Heyford and five at Mountain Home. When I was leaving Heyford I put in for McClellan and got it but a week before I was supposed to go there the guy whom I was supposed to replace reenlisted. I was bummed out because it would have been depot level maintenance and no more rubber face, if you know what I mean. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rodger Pettichord Posted January 15, 2019 Share Posted January 15, 2019 Adam, your comment that the early Soviet fighters looked malevolent really rings true. As one of their pilots said, all they were was the most powerful engine available strapped to the biggest guns the engine could carry and then surrounded by enough roughly riveted metal to stay airborne. As for the pilot? Comfort was not considered. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lauriebe Posted January 15, 2019 Share Posted January 15, 2019 Three good shots there Adam. The Migs always looked very purposeful. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
medx421 Posted January 15, 2019 Share Posted January 15, 2019 @Jack Sawyer I believe he did mostly engines if I recall. I'll have to go back and ask him. He did time at UH too. I guess that would have been in the mid 70's as he married my mom in '79 when I was four. Growing up around planes definitely spurred a love for aviation. Different times back then being able to go around the hangars, sit out at Base Ops and watch all the transients come in, visits to the tower and RAPCON, and even a few simulator visits. When he retired, he was done with rubber face, and became a chef. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jack Sawyer Posted January 15, 2019 Share Posted January 15, 2019 3 minutes ago, medx421 said: @Jack Sawyer I believe he did mostly engines if I recall. I'll have to go back and ask him. He did time at UH too. I guess that would have been in the mid 70's as he married my mom in '79 when I was four. Growing up around planes definitely spurred a love for aviation. Different times back then being able to go around the hangars, sit out at Base Ops and watch all the transients come in, visits to the tower and RAPCON, and even a few simulator visits. When he retired, he was done with rubber face, and became a chef. Man, I loved the RAPCON, I had a friend there and we'd play the latest Infocom adventure games on our Apple II's. Yeah, those were good day, I really miss them. But I do NOT miss rubber face Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Iain Emms Posted January 15, 2019 Share Posted January 15, 2019 Fine shots. cheers Iain Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
macca22au Posted January 15, 2019 Share Posted January 15, 2019 OK, rubberface stands for which unpleasant duty? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jack Sawyer Posted January 15, 2019 Share Posted January 15, 2019 6 hours ago, macca22au said: OK, rubberface stands for which unpleasant duty? Hi Ian, when I was in the Air Force we had to play war games almost once a month. It was a week where we prepared for NBC warfare, Nuclear, Biological, and Chemical. So we had to wear gas masks which were made of black rubber. So we all had rubber faces, it was basically derision at the gas mask. I used to make the guys laugh by saying, "Yeah, a gas mask is gonna protect me from a one million degree centigrade fireball". But, as much as I hated it I'd go back in time and do it all over again. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chunk Posted January 15, 2019 Share Posted January 15, 2019 Wonderful shots Adam, and i totally agree about the malevolence! The MiG-25 is, IMHO, the best representation of that "look." Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Adam Banks Posted January 16, 2019 Author Share Posted January 16, 2019 Thanks for all the nice comments, folks! I had the pleasure of seeing a MiG-21 display at R.I.A.T. (RAF Fairford) many moons ago. It was incredibly noisy and absolutely terrifying: it really looked evil! Adam. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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