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BeefStew25
12-03-2010, 11:47 PM
I am Beef, and I love C-17's.

Please post your C-17 stories here.

http://cdn-www.airliners.net/aviation-photos/photos/1/7/5/1251571.jpg
BroncoNut
12-04-2010, 08:45 AM
Welcome to the forums Beef! that's a beautiful craft, I don't know much about airplanes, so I can't contribute much to this thread. You do seem like a real nice person though.
BeefStew25
12-04-2010, 10:09 AM
Welcome to the forums Beef! that's a beautiful craft, I don't know much about airplanes, so I can't contribute much to this thread. You do seem like a real nice person though.

Maybe we can take a ride on one of those sometime.
claymore
12-04-2010, 10:25 AM
They are awesome beef. I always felt safe on them as oppoised to the C-5. As a passeneger they are pretty uncomfortable. I was on a flight that was over 20 hours is, and its just not made for comfort. Unless you are in the crew quarters upstairs.

Average Joe seating...
http://www.globalsecurity.org/military/systems/aircraft/images/c-17_air-dop_020816_03.jpg

Crew Quarters...
http://www.airliners.net/photo/1572733 (copyrighted photo)
BeefStew25
12-04-2010, 11:00 AM
Clay link this pic of the gear. I haven't figured out how to do that on my iPad.

http://www.airliners.net/photo/USA---Air/Boeing-C-17A-Globemaster/1803284/L/
BroncoNut
12-04-2010, 01:05 PM
Maybe we can take a ride on one of those sometime.

whoa there buddy. I like you but let's not get carried away
BeefStew25
12-04-2010, 01:06 PM
Clay link this pic of the gear. I haven't figured out how to do that on my iPad.

http://www.airliners.net/photo/USA---Air/Boeing-C-17A-Globemaster/1803284/L/

http://cdn-www.airliners.net/aviation-photos/photos/4/8/2/1803284.jpg
BroncoNut
12-04-2010, 01:12 PM
Holy Cow! those wheels are impressive
BeefStew25
12-04-2010, 01:14 PM
Do you want some more pictures, Nut?
BroncoNut
12-04-2010, 01:24 PM
Do you want some more pictures, Nut?

yeah Beef. keep them coming. I'm beginning to become intersted in this particular aircraft
BeefStew25
12-04-2010, 01:35 PM
http://cdn-www.airliners.net/aviation-photos/photos/4/9/0/1201094.jpg
claymore
12-04-2010, 06:07 PM
Clay link this pic of the gear. I haven't figured out how to do that on my iPad.

http://www.airliners.net/photo/USA---Air/Boeing-C-17A-Globemaster/1803284/L/

Sorry I failed you Beef. Ive been impressed 3 times watching this aircraft. 1 In Yuma Az, watching them train in the mountain areas... So impressive how big, fast and agile they are. 2. At a airshow in Florida. I couldnt believe the rate they could climb at takeoff. And 3. I saw one get targeted one time by something, and it released its flares, about 100 feet off the ground. It was actually kind of frightning because it was at night, very close, and it lit the night up like you wouldnt believe, but its evasive maneuvers were pretty impressive as well. I dont remember if it was taking off or landing... I was in line for the chow tent at the time.
BroncoNut
12-04-2010, 07:15 PM
sounds like you guys are really into hard cyndrical structures
SR
12-04-2010, 10:46 PM
C-17s are awesome aircraft.

Beef, last time we talked, you had a major hard on for B-1s. What happened to that?


Here are a few photos of C-17s I've taken.
http://i175.photobucket.com/albums/w157/HerkCC/n508631084_1125937_8834.jpg

http://i175.photobucket.com/albums/w157/HerkCC/IMG_0715.jpg

http://i175.photobucket.com/albums/w157/HerkCC/IMG_0435.jpg

http://i175.photobucket.com/albums/w157/HerkCC/IMG_0442.jpg

http://i175.photobucket.com/albums/w157/HerkCC/IMG_0298.jpg

http://i175.photobucket.com/albums/w157/HerkCC/IMG_0296.jpg
BroncoNut
12-04-2010, 10:54 PM
do you like to fly in them SR?
SR
12-04-2010, 10:56 PM
Never have. I'd imagine they'd be like flying in a Mercedes compared to what I'm used to flying in. I was a flying crew chief on C-130Hs before I came up here, now I work on B-1s and there's no flying on those unless I manage to get an incentive flight, but I'm not counting on that.
BeefStew25
12-04-2010, 11:34 PM
Guys, you current and retired military make my heart burst. Really. Thank you. 20 hours in a sling seat etc.

Thank you.
BeefStew25
12-04-2010, 11:39 PM
Red, maybe some time you can change out my oil.
BroncoNut
12-04-2010, 11:40 PM
Red, maybe some time you can change out my oil.

what the?? seriously, what is your problem?
SR
12-05-2010, 02:21 PM
Red, maybe some time you can change out my oil.

If you're still driving the Lincoln...
Tned
12-05-2010, 08:54 PM
I prefer C152's...
BeefStew25
12-05-2010, 08:56 PM
If you're still driving the Lincoln...

I unloaded that hunk on a Canadian snow bird over in Sarasota.
SR
12-05-2010, 11:46 PM
I had a Canadian snowbird almost buy my Cobra over the summer. He was in FL, then went back to Toronto and he didn't buy my car, but sent me two big cans of Tim Horton's coffee.

And you never answered my question about B-1s. Is your love affair over?
BeefStew25
12-05-2010, 11:50 PM
I had a Canadian snowbird almost buy my Cobra over the summer. He was in FL, then went back to Toronto and he didn't buy my car, but sent me two big cans of Tim Horton's coffee.

And you never answered my question about B-1s. Is your love affair over?

I still like them. I wish there were some based in FL.
SR
12-06-2010, 10:54 AM
You and me both, friend. I'd take FL over SD 9.99 times out of 10. The summers here are pretty hard to beat. The rally in Sturgis is pretty outstanding as well.
BeefStew25
12-06-2010, 11:01 AM
You and me both, friend. I'd take FL over SD 9.99 times out of 10. The summers here are pretty hard to beat. The rally in Sturgis is pretty outstanding as well.

My cousin just graduated from flight school. Flying KC-135's. He calls them Donkey Dicks.
SR
12-06-2010, 07:53 PM
My cousin just graduated from flight school. Flying KC-135's. He calls them Donkey Dicks.

Hopefully he ends up at MacDill AFB and not at Grand Forks, ND or McConnell, KS. They're good planes though. Very reliable. Their biggest problem are the MPRS pods on the outboard wings. They have a lot of problems and are manufactured in England, so getting replacement parts for them takes a while.
BeefStew25
12-06-2010, 07:56 PM
Hopefully he ends up at MacDill AFB and not at Grand Forks, ND or McConnell, KS. They're good planes though. Very reliable. Their biggest problem are the MPRS pods on the outboard wings. They have a lot of problems and are manufactured in England, so getting replacement parts for them takes a while.

He is going to Japan.
Thnikkaman
12-06-2010, 08:16 PM
I'm sorry I failed you beef.
BeefStew25
12-06-2010, 08:23 PM
I'm sorry I failed you beef.

What? How is Momma?
SR
12-06-2010, 11:10 PM
He is going to Japan.

Kadena probably...Okinawa. Good assignment. We've got a guy I work with right now that's about to go to there as well, but to work AWACS.
BeefStew25
12-06-2010, 11:20 PM
Yeah. I think he said he is flying rubber dogshit out of Hong Kong.
BroncoNut
12-07-2010, 08:25 AM
Yeah. I think he said he is flying rubber dogshit out of Hong Kong.

wow that's pretty funny. Not like you got that from Top Gun or anything
BeefStew25
12-07-2010, 08:25 AM
wow that's pretty funny. Not like you got that from Top Gun or anything

What is Top Gun?
BroncoNut
12-07-2010, 08:27 AM
What is Top Gun?

It's a movie about airplanes
BeefStew25
12-07-2010, 08:28 AM
It's a movie about airplanes

OMG. Really. It is better than Hot Shots Part Duex?
BroncoJoe
12-07-2010, 08:29 AM
I thought it was a movie about two guys and a piano.
BroncoNut
12-07-2010, 08:37 AM
OMG. Really. It is better than Hot Shots Part Duex?

I think you'd like it Beef. It's about Navy fighter pilots at a School they call "Top Gun" awesome soundtrack. I enlisted in the Navy after being inspired by that movie in the 80's, but I just missed getting into Top Gun
BeefStew25
12-07-2010, 08:38 AM
Nut, you would have been an awesome pilot. Like your parachute harness framing your ball sack would look amazing.
BroncoNut
12-07-2010, 08:43 AM
Nut, you would have been an awesome pilot. Like your parachute harness framing your ball sack would look amazing.

I had the intensity of Maverick , the main character of the movie Top Gun (played by Tom Cruise) when I was a younger man. My walk was much like his when he walks away from Kelly McGuilles after a verbal exchange in the hanger. See the movie Beef, and I think you'll get to know a bit more of what I am all about.
BeefStew25
12-07-2010, 08:46 AM
I had the intensity of Maverick , the main character of the movie Top Gun (played by Tom Cruise) when I was a younger man. My walk was much like his when he walks away from Kelly McGuilles after a verbal exchange in the hanger. See the movie Beef, and I think you'll get to know a bit more of what I am all about.

You saw a Mig in a zero G inverted dive?
BroncoNut
12-07-2010, 08:48 AM
You saw a Mig in a zero G inverted dive?

No, I ended up being a deck ape. But that's really not the point of my post
BeefStew25
12-07-2010, 08:52 AM
No, I ended up being a deck ape. But that's really not the point of my post

Remember in Denver when you showed that chick your junk?
BroncoNut
12-07-2010, 08:53 AM
Remember in Denver when you showed that chick your junk?

yes I do Beef. Do you really think it's appropriate to bring that up?
Tned
12-07-2010, 08:54 AM
OMG. Really. It is better than Hot Shots Part Duex?

Geez, stealing a line from my count down time.... :tsk: :tsk: