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Mon, 02 December 2013 16:26  |
Otterwan
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I don't really know much about the floors in these coaches, but I have a friend who used to make plywood floors for B52 bombers (yes, they had plywood floors). We were talking about the floors one day and mentioned that with a good set of plans he could make the floor panels.
I'm curious if there would any demand for this, and if the various years and models all use the same floorboards, just with cutouts for their specific baths and such.
1977 Birchaven, Lynnwood WA - "We may not be able to stop all evil in the world, but I know that how we treat one another is entirely up to us."
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| Re: [GMCnet] Would folks like plywood floor kits? [message #231997 is a reply to message #231991] |
Mon, 02 December 2013 16:49  |
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David,
Not to put a hole in your boat, but I dont think that there is much call for pre made floor panels. The cost to ship would be tremendous as it is 1 inch thick material and very heavy. Cheaper to get it from your local supply store for the section that you need to make and replace.
JR Wright
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On Dec 2, 2013, at 5:26 PM, David Orders <dao@oarsllc.com> wrote:
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> I don't really know much about the floors in these coaches, but I have a friend who used to make plywood floors for B52 bombers (yes, they had plywood floors). We were talking about the floors one day and mentioned that with a good set of plans he could make the floor panels.
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> I'm curious if there would any demand for this, and if the various years and models all use the same floorboards, just with cutouts for their specific baths and such.
> --
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| Re: [GMCnet] Would folks like plywood floor kits? [message #232000 is a reply to message #231997] |
Mon, 02 December 2013 17:01 |
Otterwan
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| powerjon wrote on Mon, 02 December 2013 14:49 |
David,
Not to put a hole in your boat, but I dont think that there is much call for pre made floor panels. The cost to ship would be tremendous as it is 1 inch thick material and very heavy. Cheaper to get it from your local supply store for the section that you need to make and replace.
JR Wright
78 Buskirk Stretch
75 Avion
Michigan
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I wasn't looking at it as a money making operation, more of a service if there was a need. I have seen a few posts regarding routing out plywood etc and thought maybe folks who didn't have the tools/skill to do this would like the option.
1977 Birchaven, Lynnwood WA - "We may not be able to stop all evil in the world, but I know that how we treat one another is entirely up to us."
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| Re: [GMCnet] Would folks like plywood floor kits? [message #232002 is a reply to message #231997] |
Mon, 02 December 2013 17:17 |
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Interesting, in the 3000 hours in the B-52 all I remember walking on (actually crawling) was aluminum.
Len and Pat
78 Kingsley, The Beast II with dash lights that work
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---- John Wright <powerjon@chartermi.net> wrote:
> David,
> Not to put a hole in your boat, but I don’t think that there is much call for pre made floor panels. The cost to ship would be tremendous as it is 1 inch thick material and very heavy. Cheaper to get it from your local supply store for the section that you need to make and replace.
> JR Wright
> 78 Buskirk Stretch
> 75 Avion
> Michigan
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> On Dec 2, 2013, at 5:26 PM, David Orders <dao@oarsllc.com> wrote:
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> > I don't really know much about the floors in these coaches, but I have a friend who used to make plywood floors for B52 bombers (yes, they had plywood floors). We were talking about the floors one day and mentioned that with a good set of plans he could make the floor panels.
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> > I'm curious if there would any demand for this, and if the various years and models all use the same floorboards, just with cutouts for their specific baths and such.
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| Re: [GMCnet] Would folks like plywood floor kits? [message #232018 is a reply to message #232010] |
Mon, 02 December 2013 19:00 |
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I may have the wrong plane, but I don't think so. I'll double check. Maybe aluminum skin over wood floor?
1977 Birchaven, Lynnwood WA - "We may not be able to stop all evil in the world, but I know that how we treat one another is entirely up to us."
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| Re: Would folks like plywood floor kits? [message #232023 is a reply to message #231991] |
Mon, 02 December 2013 19:34 |
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| Otterwan wrote on Mon, 02 December 2013 16:26 |
I don't really know much about the floors in these coaches, but I have a friend who used to make plywood floors for B52 bombers (yes, they had plywood floors). We were talking about the floors one day and mentioned that with a good set of plans he could make the floor panels.
I'm curious if there would any demand for this, and if the various years and models all use the same floorboards, just with cutouts for their specific baths and such.
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David,
There might be a market for the front cockpit floor pieces, since they seem (to me) to be the most commonly rotted areas.
Leigh Harrison offered them at one time -- since he no longer shows them on his web site it may indicate lack of demand.
Dennis
Dennis S
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| Re: [GMCnet] Would folks like plywood floor kits? [message #232025 is a reply to message #232002] |
Mon, 02 December 2013 20:02 |
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| Len Novak wrote on Mon, 02 December 2013 15:17 |
Interesting, in the 3000 hours in the B-52 all I remember walking on (actually crawling) was aluminum.
Len and Pat
78 Kingsley, The Beast II with dash lights that work
Fallbrook, CA
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Oops, my mistake. It was the KC-135.
"The floors in a KC-135 aircraft have over 250 different floorboard part numbers for 27 different models and types and each individual order for floorboards will have different tail numbers. Floorboards are composed of exterior grade 5-ply Douglas fir plywood, per commercial product specifications."
1977 Birchaven, Lynnwood WA - "We may not be able to stop all evil in the world, but I know that how we treat one another is entirely up to us."
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| Re: [GMCnet] Would folks like plywood floor kits? [message #232029 is a reply to message #232025] |
Mon, 02 December 2013 20:24 |
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David,
I was based at Westover AFB in Chicopee Falls, Massachusetts from 1965-1967 where I worked on C & D model B-52's, KC-135's; and
KC-97's.
Now that you provided the info below I VAGUELY remember the floor in KC-135's being painted gray.
Regards,
Rob M.
Sydney, Australia
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USA '75 Avion-Double Trouble TZE365V100426
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From: David Orders
Oops, my mistake. It was the KC-135.
"The floors in a KC-135 aircraft have over 250 different floorboard part numbers for 27 different models and types and each
individual order for floorboards will have different tail numbers. Floorboards are composed of exterior grade 5-ply Douglas fir
plywood, per commercial product specifications."
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| Re: [GMCnet] Would folks like plywood floor kits? [message #232031 is a reply to message #232018] |
Mon, 02 December 2013 20:34 |
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The KC-135 >did< have a plywood floor. At one point it was a major concern because it's construction - the glue or the fireproofing or the diomension or something - made it a one - off and most of them were getting pretty ratty.
--johnny
'76 23' transmode norria
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I may have the wrong plane, but I don't think so. I'll double check. Maybe aluminum skin over wood floor?
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| Re: [GMCnet] Would folks like plywood floor kits? [message #232034 is a reply to message #232025] |
Mon, 02 December 2013 20:52 |
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LOL, those tanker toads always did have it easy!
Len and Pat Novak
1978 GMC Kingsley
The Beast II with dash lights that work and labels you can see!
Fallbrook, CA new email: B52Rule@Roadrunner.Com
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www.bdub.net/novak/
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Len Novak wrote on Mon, 02 December 2013 15:17
> Interesting, in the 3000 hours in the B-52 all I remember walking on
(actually crawling) was aluminum.
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> Len and Pat
> 78 Kingsley, The Beast II with dash lights that work
> Fallbrook, CA
Oops, my mistake. It was the KC-135.
"The floors in a KC-135 aircraft have over 250 different floorboard part
numbers for 27 different models and types and each individual order for
floorboards will have different tail numbers. Floorboards are composed of
exterior grade 5-ply Douglas fir plywood, per commercial product
specifications."
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1976 Royale "Twinkie II", 1978 Palm Beach with front end fire. Lynnwood WA -
“If you could reason with religious people there would be no religious
people” - House, MD
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| Re: [GMCnet] Would folks like plywood floor kits? [message #232036 is a reply to message #232032] |
Mon, 02 December 2013 20:57 |
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I have about 100 hours in the F model, the bulk in the G, and a few hundred
hours in the H, About 3,000 total.
Len and Pat Novak
1978 GMC Kingsley
The Beast II with dash lights that work and labels you can see!
Fallbrook, CA new email: B52Rule@Roadrunner.Com
http://www.gmcmhphotos.com/photos/showgallery.php?cat=4375
www.bdub.net/novak/
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[mailto:gmclist-bounces@temp.gmcnet.org] On Behalf Of D C _Mac_ Macdonald
Sent: Monday, December 02, 2013 6:35 PM
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Subject: Re: [GMCnet] Would folks like plywood floor kits?
The aircraft commander would have to descend to below 10,000 feet for the
gunner to be able to make that trtip to the forward comparment.
I ended up with somewhere around 16 to 18 hundred hours in the B-52s, mostly
F models.
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> From: robmueller@iinet.net.au
> To: gmclist@temp.gmcnet.org
> Date: Tue, 3 Dec 2013 11:05:10 +1100
> Subject: Re: [GMCnet] Would folks like plywood floor kits?
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> Len,
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> From the cockpit to the tail gunner's compartment was a LONG crawl!
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> Maybe the floors were for the Spruce Goose? ;-)
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> Regards,
> Rob M.
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> From: b52rule@roadrunner.com
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> Interesting, in the 3000 hours in the B-52 all I remember walking on
(actually crawling) was aluminum.
>
> Len
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Las Vegas, NV new email: B52sRule@Gmail.com
http://www.gmcmhphotos.com/photos/showgallery.php?cat=4375
www.bdub.net/novak/
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| Re: [GMCnet] Would folks like plywood floor kits? [message #232040 is a reply to message #232039] |
Mon, 02 December 2013 21:08 |
Len Novak
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I've done the blown catalytic converter drill. At least it blew while we
were still in the chocks.
Yeech,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,
Len and Pat Novak
1978 GMC Kingsley
The Beast II with dash lights that work and labels you can see!
Fallbrook, CA new email: B52Rule@Roadrunner.Com
http://www.gmcmhphotos.com/photos/showgallery.php?cat=4375
www.bdub.net/novak/
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Remind me to tell you the story of a B-52 with a failed catalytic convertor
and the story of the C-133 with the cracked glass on
Oxygen quantity indicator when we meet.
Regards,
Rob
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From: Len Novak
LOL, those tanker toads always did have it easy!
Len and Pat Novak
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| Re: [GMCnet] Would folks like plywood floor kits? [message #232045 is a reply to message #232040] |
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Len,
I was a Mechanical Accessories Repairman and was riding the launch truck one day when we got called to a '52 with "black smoke" in
the cockpit.
I got out of the truck ran over to the hatch and popped it open; a dense black cloud billowed out!
I took a deep breath and climbed up into the Navigator and Bombardiers compartment then quickly up to the flight deck. It got worse.
When I got upstairs the pilot / co-pilot and EWO were all wearing their O2 masks. The pilot pulled his off for a second and asked;
"can we take the aircraft?" I felt like saying; "are you nuts?" but said "NO WAY - Shut it down!" That's a SAC crew.
On Okinawa years later I was once again in the launch truck and was called to a C-133. I climbed up to the flight station where the
co-pilot showed me that the glass in the O2 quantity gage was cracked. He said he wouldn't take the aircraft because of the problem.
I asked him why. He noted he might cut his finger on the cracked glass. That's a MAC crew.
Now I don't have to remember to tell you the story.
Regards,
Rob M.
-----Original Message-----
From: Len Novak
I've done the blown catalytic converter drill. At least it blew while we were still in the chocks.
Yeech,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,
Len and Pat Novak
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| Re: [GMCnet] Would folks like plywood floor kits? [message #232050 is a reply to message #232045] |
Mon, 02 December 2013 21:33 |
Len Novak
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GOT THAT RIGHT!
Len and Pat Novak
1978 GMC Kingsley
The Beast II with dash lights that work and labels you can see!
Fallbrook, CA new email: B52Rule@Roadrunner.Com
http://www.gmcmhphotos.com/photos/showgallery.php?cat=4375
www.bdub.net/novak/
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[mailto:gmclist-bounces@temp.gmcnet.org] On Behalf Of Robert Mueller
Sent: Monday, December 02, 2013 7:22 PM
To: gmclist@temp.gmcnet.org
Subject: Re: [GMCnet] Would folks like plywood floor kits?
Len,
I was a Mechanical Accessories Repairman and was riding the launch truck one
day when we got called to a '52 with "black smoke" in
the cockpit.
I got out of the truck ran over to the hatch and popped it open; a dense
black cloud billowed out!
I took a deep breath and climbed up into the Navigator and Bombardiers
compartment then quickly up to the flight deck. It got worse.
When I got upstairs the pilot / co-pilot and EWO were all wearing their O2
masks. The pilot pulled his off for a second and asked;
"can we take the aircraft?" I felt like saying; "are you nuts?" but said "NO
WAY - Shut it down!" That's a SAC crew.
On Okinawa years later I was once again in the launch truck and was called
to a C-133. I climbed up to the flight station where the
co-pilot showed me that the glass in the O2 quantity gage was cracked. He
said he wouldn't take the aircraft because of the problem.
I asked him why. He noted he might cut his finger on the cracked glass.
That's a MAC crew.
Now I don't have to remember to tell you the story.
Regards,
Rob M.
-----Original Message-----
From: Len Novak
I've done the blown catalytic converter drill. At least it blew while we
were still in the chocks.
Yeech,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,
Len and Pat Novak
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http://www.gmcmhphotos.com/photos/showgallery.php?cat=4375
www.bdub.net/novak/
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| Re: [GMCnet] Would folks like plywood floor kits? [message #232058 is a reply to message #232036] |
Mon, 02 December 2013 23:43 |
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Len, that crawl threw the bomb bay on that narrow cat walk looks pretty scary, march air museum has a B52 , you can stand under the Bombay and see the catwalk. Fortunately my experience with the B52 was limited to working on the engines. That was one tough job the air crews had. You have my total respect.
Have a great day, larry c.
> On Dec 2, 2013, at 6:57 PM, "Len Novak" <B52Rule@RoadRunner.Com> wrote:
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> I have about 100 hours in the F model, the bulk in the G, and a few hundred
> hours in the H, About 3,000 total.
>
> Len and Pat Novak
> 1978 GMC Kingsley
> The Beast II with dash lights that work and labels you can see!
> Fallbrook, CA new email: B52Rule@Roadrunner.Com
> http://www.gmcmhphotos.com/photos/showgallery.php?cat=4375
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> www.bdub.net/novak/
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> -----Original Message-----
> From: gmclist-bounces@temp.gmcnet.org
> [mailto:gmclist-bounces@temp.gmcnet.org] On Behalf Of D C _Mac_ Macdonald
> Sent: Monday, December 02, 2013 6:35 PM
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> Subject: Re: [GMCnet] Would folks like plywood floor kits?
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> The aircraft commander would have to descend to below 10,000 feet for the
> gunner to be able to make that trtip to the forward comparment.
>
> I ended up with somewhere around 16 to 18 hundred hours in the B-52s, mostly
> F models.
>
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> ~ ~ Amateur Radio - K2GKK ~ ~
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> ~ ~ ~ Oklahoma City, OK ~ ~ ~
> ~~ ~ ~ "The Money Pit" ~ ~ ~~
> ~ ~ ~ ~ TZE166V101966 ~ ~ ~ ~
> ~ ~ ~ '76 ex-Palm Beach ~ ~ ~
> ~~ k2gkk + hotmail dot com ~~
> ~ www.gmcmhphotos.com/okclb ~
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>> From: robmueller@iinet.net.au
>> To: gmclist@temp.gmcnet.org
>> Date: Tue, 3 Dec 2013 11:05:10 +1100
>> Subject: Re: [GMCnet] Would folks like plywood floor kits?
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>> Len,
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>> From the cockpit to the tail gunner's compartment was a LONG crawl!
>>
>> Maybe the floors were for the Spruce Goose? ;-)
>>
>> Regards,
>> Rob M.
>>
>> -----Original Message-----
>> From: b52rule@roadrunner.com
>>
>> Interesting, in the 3000 hours in the B-52 all I remember walking on
> (actually crawling) was aluminum.
>>
>> Len
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| Re: [GMCnet] Would folks like plywood floor kits? [message #232061 is a reply to message #232058] |
Tue, 03 December 2013 00:37 |
Len Novak
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The one at March is a "D" model, a tall tail like the A thru F models. The
cat walk was to get the gunner, who lived in the tail up front if the need
arises.
If I recall correctly the G and H model had the same catwalk but I don't
remember if it went to the tail. Supposedly you could go back and check for
hung munitions after going thru the door behind the instructor navigator's
seat, past the front gear, thru another door to the bomb bay.
Len and Pat Novak
1978 GMC Kingsley
The Beast II with dash lights that work and labels you can see!
Fallbrook, CA new email: B52Rule@Roadrunner.Com
http://www.gmcmhphotos.com/photos/showgallery.php?cat=4375
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-----Original Message-----
From: gmclist-bounces@temp.gmcnet.org
[mailto:gmclist-bounces@temp.gmcnet.org] On Behalf Of Larry Conley
Sent: Monday, December 02, 2013 9:44 PM
To: gmclist@temp.gmcnet.org
Cc: <gmclist@temp.gmcnet.org>
Subject: Re: [GMCnet] Would folks like plywood floor kits?
Len, that crawl threw the bomb bay on that narrow cat walk looks pretty
scary, march air museum has a B52 , you can stand under the Bombay and see
the catwalk. Fortunately my experience with the B52 was limited to working
on the engines. That was one tough job the air crews had. You have my total
respect.
Have a great day, larry c.
> On Dec 2, 2013, at 6:57 PM, "Len Novak" <B52Rule@RoadRunner.Com> wrote:
>
> I have about 100 hours in the F model, the bulk in the G, and a few
hundred
> hours in the H, About 3,000 total.
>
> Len and Pat Novak
> 1978 GMC Kingsley
> The Beast II with dash lights that work and labels you can see!
> Fallbrook, CA new email: B52Rule@Roadrunner.Com
> http://www.gmcmhphotos.com/photos/showgallery.php?cat=4375
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> www.bdub.net/novak/
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>
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> -----Original Message-----
> From: gmclist-bounces@temp.gmcnet.org
> [mailto:gmclist-bounces@temp.gmcnet.org] On Behalf Of D C _Mac_ Macdonald
> Sent: Monday, December 02, 2013 6:35 PM
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> Subject: Re: [GMCnet] Would folks like plywood floor kits?
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> The aircraft commander would have to descend to below 10,000 feet for the
> gunner to be able to make that trtip to the forward comparment.
>
> I ended up with somewhere around 16 to 18 hundred hours in the B-52s,
mostly
> F models.
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>> From: robmueller@iinet.net.au
>> To: gmclist@temp.gmcnet.org
>> Date: Tue, 3 Dec 2013 11:05:10 +1100
>> Subject: Re: [GMCnet] Would folks like plywood floor kits?
>>
>> Len,
>>
>> From the cockpit to the tail gunner's compartment was a LONG crawl!
>>
>> Maybe the floors were for the Spruce Goose? ;-)
>>
>> Regards,
>> Rob M.
>>
>> -----Original Message-----
>> From: b52rule@roadrunner.com
>>
>> Interesting, in the 3000 hours in the B-52 all I remember walking on
> (actually crawling) was aluminum.
>>
>> Len
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1978 GMC Kingsley
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Las Vegas, NV new email: B52sRule@Gmail.com
http://www.gmcmhphotos.com/photos/showgallery.php?cat=4375
www.bdub.net/novak/
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