SHOW us what you do for a living (or retiring)

[AKC]

I know some of us do some pretty mundane work and some do unusual things.

Post some pics, even if it's just a neat shot of something you caught on the way to/at/from work.

I'll start, we do some pretty wild stuff here...

Radar Cross Section Measurements and Antenna Patterns

Take your car and put it up on styrofoam cups and let it sit there for an hour or so...

I've handled items ranging from 3oz to 3tons. Our largest chamber is 150'x150'x65', we can find a BB in it.

Best customer description I've heard; "20 minutes of sheer terror followed by 2 hours of interminable boredom"...

ETA - But I've only been doing this for about 7 years now. Prior to this, if you want to include my Navy time, I worked on these for better than 20 years;

As a Senior Weapons Systems Technician for Grumman (now NGC), I literally laid my hands on every active F-14 in the inventory. A, A+, B & D. It hurt a great deal to watch it go... But life goes on...


Show us what you got!!!


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[UffDa]

 

[AKC]

Your beebs can't possibly be that clean.

 

[AKC]

Wooosh! Roar!

The fire must've been loud too!

Good thing the guys behind had OBA's

Seriously, though, Thanks for your service.



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[338375]

I've been driving truck for 30 years...
I've driven log truck, dump truck. freight truck, long haul, and hauled cars.
For the last 3 1/2 years, I've been hauling gas and diesel.

Sorry about the blurry pictures.

 

[AKC]

And with that load of gas, avoiding hijackers it would seem.

You are to be commended for your vigilance and presence of mind.

May your roads be smooth.



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[338375]

And with that load of gas, avoiding hijackers it would seem.

You are to be commended for your vigilance and prescence of mind.

May your roads be smooth.

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Thanks. In a couple more months, they will be smooth. The weather has warmed up so much, all the snow has melted off the highway in the passes, and now we have the spring thaw pot holes. I'm sure they will be covered with snow again though

I looked at your pictures, and they are cool. To show my ignorance, what is the purpose of it ?

 

[knarfeng]

I used to work with materials that affect RCS.
I be an ex-skunk.

These days I work with things that interface with these:

 

[java]

Java does ESD Control and works on large stuff. Here's a few....

Orion Launch Abort System

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This was a long day. Late night preflight ground checks and measurements then rode on one of the operational go teams for recovery and safing.

There is an excellent video at vimeo that contrasts actual launch footage with the CG video. Almost a perfect match.


Stratospheric Observatory for InfraRed Astronomy.

The successor to the Kuiper C-141 flying observatory. Currently at work developing procedures to evaluate electrostatic charge build-up across the mirror face of the telescope. Kuiper's was a smaller scope and forward of most turbulence and charge build-uo. She flys above 40,000 feet to be clear of much of the distorting effects of earth's atmosphere. Stablizing the telescope platform is a fascinating work of engineering.

Just a visitor...we are the main alternate shuttle landing site and have the De-Mate/Mate Facility for the Shuttle and SCA.



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Received this yesterday at work. NASA DFRC projects from 2010....worked on most

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[UffDa]

Chickened out.

 

[java]

I used to work with materials that affect RCS.

These days I work with things that interface with these:

Sweet Mother of Jeebus! Thrust you can trust!

I used to work in the EW field so thanks for your RCS reduction efforts.

Good show sir! :thumbup:

Seems weird to have three folks here that worked in various aspects of RCS. We did early developmental testing of radar absorbing coatings on F-111s and later some radar threat simulator evaluation and developmental testing here:

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[LMT66]

Checking my mirrors for 26 years. Been a long and winding road!

 

[knarfeng]

Yeppers. Worked that program.

 

[Edwood7]

I have two jobs right now. I’m on the regional anti organized crime unit as a high risk operation team member. I love this job.

And my day job is being head of security for several high risk public officials all over Mexico and on international visit's.

That’s me on the job looking all serious, got the pic from a magazine article. Truth is i wanted to pee bad in that picture.

 

[Edwood7]

nice pic :thumbup: very cool job

 

[dougo83]

I have two jobs right now. I’m on the regional anti organized crime unit as a high risk operation team member. I love this job.

some of my toys.

1st, this looks like one heck of a job to have.

See if you can pick me out in this picture from the same magazine article.

2nd...the guy with the shades who looks about a foot taller than everyone else in the picture?

 

[Edwood7]

1st, this looks like one heck of a job to have.



2nd...the guy with the shades who looks about a foot taller than everyone else in the picture?

Dam,:grumpy: you knife forums guys are good.

 

[somber]

Honestly, you stick out in the photo.
You have "Purpose" written on your face.

 

[Edwood7]

Honestly, you stick out in the photo.
You have "Purpose" written on your face.

I always look like I’m mad when I’m on the job. It’s my stay away face I guess.

P.S:
The quota you have about the cyclone of death always makes my chuckle. I think a got soda on my keyboard.

 

[Scott Free]

Considering your job, should you be posting pics of yourself on the internet???