Posted by TOM THOMPSON
on 3/22/2010, 21:44:26, in reply to "Re: Hurricane Janet"
THIS IS EX PANDED INFO TO JOHN LINCOLN'S MESSAGE.I WAS IN VW4 59-62 [31/2 YEARS]AND FLEW ALL THE ASSIGNED A/C.WE HAD 9 ASSIGNED A/C.1 R7V ,IT WAS TAKEN FROM VW4 IN 59.THE 137 BUNO'S WHERE WV-3'S ,THEN THE WV-2'S BUNO 135760,141289,AND 141296 THAT REPLACED 137897.THERE WERE 8 OPERATIONAL FLIGHT CREWS.THE WV-2'S WERE WEATHER CONFIGURED LIKE THE WV-3'S. I WAS SENT TO LOCKHEED,BURBANK,CALIFORNIA TO MONITOR THE TEST FLIGHT'SOF MH 8 BUNO 137897.LOCKHEED'S FIRST EVALUATION WAS CONDUCTED AT WEIGHT'S BELOW 122000 LBS.THE PROBLEM SHOWED UP ABOVE THAT WT.AND AT 150000 IT WAS UNSAFE.IT TOOK 3000' MORE RUNWAY THEN THE HANDBOOK CHARTS AS WELL AS A 15 KNOT HIGHER STALL SPEED.PLUS ZERO CLIMB ON 3 ENGINES.A REAL MORALE BUILDER GOING INTO A HURRICANE.THIS IS THE SHORT VERSION ON MH-8.
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