RED Friday

afishhunter said:
Personally, I believe a rope ladder (or any ladder, for that matter) would be far, far worse.
I disliked using a ladder to get on the roof of a semi trailer, box truck, or camper to find and fix any leaks.
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Didn't have to do any rope ladders. Folding aluminum ladders, various maintenance stands, all worked good for me. Back in the day the upper anti-collision light on our C-130s was still a rotating reflector over a large lamp located on the tip of the vertical stabilizer. Going up in the cherry picker basket to replace the lamp on a windy rainy night when the aircraft and basket were both bouncing around was always "fun".
 
pat9198 said:
I hear you, I have an orange alox classic and it's surprisingly tiny. I have a rambler which is not alox but it has some really handy tools and it's the size of a classic. It's a little easier to handle so I carry it more than the alox. But your photo looks great so there's that! 😂
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I replaced my smooth Alox Excelsior with a cellidor version, no more fumblies. :)

Pic thread, another recycled pic, grabbed this for the rest of today and through the weekend.
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^ Back in 1966-70 I used to fly in the C-130s occasionally, and we hated those things. Now whenever I see one flying over it puts a great big smile on my face.
 
Ironbut said:
^ Back in 1966-70 I used to fly in the C-130s occasionally, and we hated those things. Now whenever I see one flying over it puts a great big smile on my face.
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Ayup.

Dirty, noisy, smelly, hot, cold, low, slow, rattle your teeth.

I'm so glad I was lucky enough to get assigned to Hercs when I retrained from Herc crew chief to flight engineer.

I could have been assigned to Star Lizards or FREDs. :eek: "shudder" :eek:
 
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