Various pictures of XT914 are now filtering through showing the unloading operation at Wattisham! Top marks to JARTS and REME !

Any chance of a link to some of them? I know one of the chaps involved in unloading.

On Hawks and Tornados in the 80’s we used to have standard aircrew bone-domes painted red for ground running. They were usually sprayed by the painters, not just brush painted.

I know why they were called back of leave and where they’re going….. 😉

The thing i don’t like is the type of posts we get here sometimes….you know the ones….’I know something you don’t’…..’but I wont tell you’…..wish they would just keep it to themselves.

That’s one of the most distasteful parts of this forum. There’s a lot of cryptic posts from people on the ‘inside’, hinting at stuff to others in the know and when asked to expand use the old caveat of, sorry can’t say.

Some of these posts are deliberately misleading to sort of big them up (I was helping on the same project, and no such requests for secrecy were issued!) and make the poster look all the more like they knew something others didn’t.

If you can’t post all the details, why post at all?

My thought was Herc –

http://www.lockheedmartin.com/data/assets/sts/Images/c130j2.jpg

Nimrod was a possible as well, but looking at pictures the arm rests seem to rotate when in the up position to tuck in behind the seat backpad. Whereas these dont.

Jon

Definitely not Herc. 😉

I Know the angled pivot point might preclude it, but could it possibly be a nose leg with the scissor links disconnected, and the cotton reels by the top link the towing arm points…?

Apaches had a lot of issues operating in desert and maritime environments for quite a while. In fact, part of the reason the Marine Corps stayed with the AH-1 over the years was because of their reliability at sea, whereas I know the Army had some issues with the Apache at points in its career. Nowadays a lot of this has probably been worked out, although I admit I’m not sure what the current status is.

Every military aircraft has issues from time to time, from fast jets to transport aircraft.
I’ll bet even the AH-1 has had it’s own issues, so I’m not sure it’s really fair to mark the AH-64 down.

Jet Art’s prices rarely seem logical or sensible, but he must be doing something right as he’s still in business.
I think his prices are more aimed at the millionaire who wants something cool or unusual rather than enthusiasts or museums.