Path: utzoo!utgpu!news-server.csri.toronto.edu!cs.utexas.edu!sun-barr!olivea!uunet!ns-mx!iowasp.physics.uiowa.edu!maverick.ksu.ksu.edu!zaphod.mps.ohio-state.edu!sdd.hp.com!news.cs.indiana.edu!att!cbnews!cbnews!military From: news@hoss.unl.edu (Network News Administer) Newsgroups: sci.military Subject: Message-ID: <1991Feb15.071802.11454@cbnews.att.com> Date: 15 Feb 91 07:18:02 GMT Sender: military@cbnews.att.com (William B. Thacker) Organization: AT&T Bell Laboratories Lines: 45 Approved: military@att.att.com From: Network News Administer Newsgroups: sci.military Path: hoss.unl.edu!chem001 >From: chem001@hoss.unl.edu (Jonathan Skean) Subject: Re: Aircraft turnaround and maintenance Message-ID: <1991Feb14.004040.18190@hoss.unl.edu> Sender: news@hoss.unl.edu (Network News Administer) Organization: University of Nebraska - Lincoln References: <1991Feb13.221910.6268@cbnews.att.com> Date: Thu, 14 Feb 91 00:40:40 GMT Lines: 31 In <1991Feb13.221910.6268@cbnews.att.com> jlc@milton.u.washington.edu (Jeffrey Casterline) writes: > a. Are aircraft assigned to only one pilot? All this is based on my experience as enlisted flight deck crew 1969-1977, so more up-to-date comments would be appreciated. One pilot? Nope, available aircraft are assigned to available pilots. Often a more senior pilot will invoke rank to bump a junior out of a desirable ride. Each bird has a pilot's name on one side and the enlisted plane captain's name on the other. Both were only symbolic. > b. How often do these high-tech, sophisticated, planes need a complete overhaul." Complete overhauls are undertaken at special facilities at intervals of many months or a few years. Fairly serious repairs involving downtime of several days might strike at any time but scheduled maintenance usually doesn't take an aircraft out of service beyond a day or so. > c. Is the payload of one of the navy aircraft restricted >when launched from a land base? Not at all. The ancient F-8J's I worked on occasionally operated out of Danang when things where really desperate and they didn't need much of the available runway. The advantage of operations ashore is mainly the extra space. The overwhelming characteristic of life aboard a carrier is always being crowded. When I visited a DE (now a frigate, I suppose) I was amazed at the vast space per capita. -- Jonathan Skean U of Nebr Chem CHEM001@HOSS.UNL.EDU JSKEAN@UNLCDC2.BITNET _INFINITI_ "Wi maik karz az gud az wi spel!"