[Llarry]

The final U.S. Air Force T-1A jet trainer was ferried to the boneyard last month. The T-1As were essentially retired without replacement. Future transport and bomber pilots will presumably get winged after completing training in the T-38C or new T-7A and then go on to train on their ultimate aircraft.

[3.0L]

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[3798j]

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[vreihen16]

I saw the attached meme going around last week, and decided to dig into the back-story.

TL;dr - It was a Saudi Arabian Airline 747-300, that was having some engine issues in Malaysia and was brought to a hangar.

When the plane was finished, six engineers (and apparently zero pilots) were on board to taxi it across the field to the terminal area. They reportedly forgot to turn on the hydraulic pumps and remove a locking pin from the nose gear, so the plane had no brakes and couldn't make a turn between taxiways so it went straight into the ditch.

The hull was written off as a total loss, probably because the -300 series wasn't one of the better-selling 747 variants.....

https://simpleflying.com/boeing-747-...xi-into-ditch/






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[zsid]

My favorite plane

[3.0L]

Originally Posted by 3798j

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“Coffee, tea or me.”

My dad knew a captain who claimed the above is what stewardesses
said to him during long B747 flights across the Atlantic. Of course,
this was well before the days of locked flight decks.

[vreihen16]

Originally Posted by 3.0l

coffee, tea or me.

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[Llarry]

The U.S. Navy planned to put unmanned MQ-25A Stingrays on carriers beginning this year to perform aerial refueling missions. Each carrier is to have a detachment of three UAVs for this purpose. The plan has slipped and now the deployment of the MQ-25A is scheduled for 2029.

Until the unmanned refueler becomes operational, the Navy will use refueling pods on F-18 Super Hornets.

[Llarry]

As previously posted, the U.S. Navy plans to replace the Boeing 707-based E-6B Mercury aircraft with a variant of the C-130 Hercules for the strategic communications mission. This entails the transmission of very low frequency radio messages to submerged ballistic missile submarines and USAF strategic forces (ICBMs and bombers) in an emergency.

The 16 current E-6Bs are based at Tinker Air Force Base in Oklahoma but spend much of their time deployed to other locations.

The 12 replacement aircraft, dubbed the E-130J Phoenix II, may be based elsewhere, but will no doubt spend a lot of time deployed.