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Showing posts with label ground equipment. Show all posts
Showing posts with label ground equipment. Show all posts
Thursday, April 9, 2009

All pumped up

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After we received the replacement pump, Jon installed it and placed an order for massive quantities of hydraulic fluid so we could proceed w...
Sunday, March 22, 2009

Well Grounded

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Assembling the MiG-23 showed how support equipment is necessary. In addition to creating the exhibits, one of the many jobs at the museum i...
Tuesday, March 3, 2009

Mule Update

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Why do Englishmen drink warm beer? A : Because their refrigerators have Dowty pumps! The mule has a dual pump made some time in 1979. One...
Friday, February 6, 2009

MiG-23 Ground Equipment Heads Home

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MiG-23 ground equipment headed back to West Texas today. A couple of guys, a 40' trailer and a forklift and it was no trouble at all. ...
Wednesday, February 4, 2009

Big Jack Attack

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The MiG-23 ground equipment is due to be returned this weekend to the place where we rented it from. Since we have the aircraft basically ...
Saturday, January 31, 2009

Woe is Mule

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About a year ago, the museum received a hydraulic mule as a donation. It has everything you'd want in a mule: dual systems, high pressu...
Tuesday, January 13, 2009

MiG-23 Engine Stand

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Q: How do you lift a 5,000 pound Tumansky R-27F2-300 turbojet engine into its stand (when you're not really sure what you're doing)?...
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