C-27 Barrel Roll

saw it at Avalon, very impressive :ok:

First Dump & Burn
 

Talking of Avalon....At the Concours d'Elegance awards bash on the Saturday, Brig Gen Yeager mentioned that he did the first dump & burn (one of a long list of firsts!!) in an early Pig prototype.....He reckoned that they had a much bigger dump mast on the early ones and that the flame was 100+ feet long - NICE!

Did'nt the General also mention he delivered the first Pig downunder?

I don't remember hearing him say that....and I know he didn't!

That's because he didn't. The first crews were:
A8-125 GPCAPT Jake Newham (pilot) WGCDR T.C. Owen (Nav)
A8-126 WGCDR Ray Funnell (Pilot) SQNLDR N. Pollock (Nav)
A8-127 SQNLDR Ian Westmore (Pilot) FLTLT J.A. Bushell (Nav)
A8-128 SQNLDR John Emery (Pilot) FLTLT Ross Hardcastle (Nav)
A8-129 SQNLDR W.F. Walters (Pilot) FLGOFF P.J. McDonald (Nav)
A8-130 FLTLT R.T. Sivyer (Pilot) FLTLT P.W. Growder (Nav)

Regarding the dump and burn, what's the longest time it's been held for? I saw an Avalon Friday night show a few years back and it lasted for about 90 seconds.

Great by day, but truly mad at night.

"That's because he didn't. The first crews were:
A8-125 GPCAPT Jake Newham (pilot) WGCDR T.C. Owen (Nav)
A8-126 WGCDR Ray Funnell (Pilot) SQNLDR N. Pollock (Nav)
A8-127 SQNLDR Ian Westmore (Pilot) FLTLT J.A. Bushell (Nav)
A8-128 SQNLDR John Emery (Pilot) FLTLT Ross Hardcastle (Nav)
A8-129 SQNLDR W.F. Walters (Pilot) FLGOFF P.J. McDonald (Nav)
A8-130 FLTLT R.T. Sivyer (Pilot) FLTLT P.W. Growder (Nav)"

Thanks EvilRoy, must have been pretty busy onboard that ferry flight?