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Date:         Mon, 28 May 2007 08:38:28 -0700
Reply-To:     Aristotle Sagan <killer.jupiter@GMAIL.COM>
Sender:       Vanagon Mailing List <vanagon@gerry.vanagon.com>
From:         Aristotle Sagan <killer.jupiter@GMAIL.COM>
Subject:      Re: Cockpit of a C-141,
              was: Fabricating a radiator fan on indicator light,
              with surprise ending!
Comments: To: Ellen in Oregon <elleninoregon@hotmail.com>
In-Reply-To:  <BAY114-F258471E8CF05FC37411F41B8290@phx.gbl>
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Spent a couple years (1977-78) at Travis working on 141 and C5A Simulators. Use to know what all them switches were for. Went to the Air Museum up in South San Francisco, wandered into a 747 cockpit, was just as lost as the average civilian.

I would be surprised if there were still 4 in the cockpit these days. What would they all do? Ah yes, pinochle, AF style (double deck)

tim in san jose

On 5/27/07, Ellen in Oregon <elleninoregon@hotmail.com> wrote: > > That's a mighty old picture of a C-141 cockpit, John; when I retired as a > C-141 crewchief 12 years ago, there were lots more goodies, also on top of > the glareshield : ) > > I will say this (for my vanagon content) they sure were easier to work on > than vanagons! > > Ellen > Lola, '85 Vanagon ASI > > ----Original Message Follows---- > From: John Bange <jbange@GMAIL.COM> > Reply-To: John Bange <jbange@GMAIL.COM> > To: vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM > Subject: Cockpit of a C-141, was: Fabricating a radiator fan > on > indicator light, with surprise ending! > Date: Sun, 27 May 2007 12:58:37 -0700 > > > As expected, the LED lit brightly when the fan was energized > >and mashing > >the button forced the fan on. The unexpected result was; as you started > to > >drive, air flowing through the radiator made the fan's propeller rotate. > >This caused the motor to act as a generator and produce voltage, in turn > >illuminating the LED to about half brightness. > > Benefit? As long as the LED glows at any speed above 15mph you know > the > >fan's bearings have not bound up! QED. > > > You know, I bet if someone took all the various indicators, switches, > gauges, and buttons we've all collectively added to our vans and equipped > one van with all of them, they'd end up with a really cool control panel , > like the nav/engineer panel on the right side of this photo of the > cockpit > of a C-141: > <http://tinyurl.com/2x4ps7> > > Personally, that is my goal... > > > > > -- > John Bange > '90 Vanagon - "Geldsauger" > > _________________________________________________________________ > Like the way Microsoft Office Outlook works? You'll love Windows Live > Hotmail. > > http://imagine-windowslive.com/hotmail/?locale=en-us&ocid=TXT_TAGHM_migration_HM_mini_outlook_0507 >

-- Where ever you are, there you be. Unless you're driving my van, in which case, you ain't got there yet.


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