Re: People Without Meaningful Lives Seek Power Over Others

On 8/30/2024 6:07 PM, Jeff Liebermann wrote:

On Fri, 30 Aug 2024 20:15:39 GMT, cyclintom <cyclintom@yahoo.com>
wrote:
 

Did you read that? They are the "manufacturers of last resort".
There was nothing on a B52 that they could reproduce.
No electronics parts, no engine parts, and certainly no airframes
parts. I worked on the second floor of a huge hanger where
they would tow aircraft inside to replace engines in foul weather.
This hanger could hold four B52's. All of the munitions were in
concrete bunkers miles away. All of the maintenance shops were
in this hanger and there was no machine shop. You ALWAYS used
factory replacements. All modern aircraft are that way.
>
What's more, this was the site where the B52 was developed.
Even Boeing didn't have a machine shop there.

 Oddly, I've never seen an aircraft hangar with a "second floor". There
were a few for small general aviation planes, with the airplane on the
ground floor and offices on the 2nd floor, but nothing big. Maybe a
loft, but nothing bigger.  Google Images doesn't find anything with a
second floor:
<https://www.google.com/search?q=B-52+aircraft+hangar&udm=2>
<https://www.google.com/search?q=aircraft+hangar+loft&udm=2>
 Where was this hanger where you worked where the B52 was "developed"?
Your vague description sounds more like where the B52 might have been
"produced" (Seattle or Wichita) and not "developed".  Oddly, neither
location appears on your online resume where you only claimed to have
been at Lowry AFB for training in the "US Air Force Technical School".
 "Parts producers: Tinker’s machine shops are invaluable"
<https://www.tinker.af.mil/News/Features/Display/Article/388818/parts-producers-tinkers-machine-shops-are-invaluable/>
 "To say four machine shops within the 76th Commodities Maintenance
Group are important is an understatement. They are essential; they are
the "manufacturers of last resort.""
 "Employing 140 machinists -- plus nearly 340 personnel in support jobs
-- in three shifts, the four shops work to meet their customers'
demands."
 ""There are not many companies out there that do what we do," Mr.
Tornello said. "People should know there's a facility here that can
make anything they need. We keep the warfighter flying; no matter what
it is, how long it takes, we have the ability, people and technology
to produce parts.""
 The "manufacturers of last resort" are there because the Air Force
does not have the time to send every part they need out for
competitive bidding or wreck production schedules with emergency parts
orders.
 This might help:
"Boeing B-52 Stratofortress Owners Workshop Manual"
<https://haynes.com/en-au/boeing-b-52-stratofortress-manual>
It's out of print and used books, in good condition seem to be selling
for $100.
 

That's just operations and maintenance.
Every part in it (and many/most assemblies) each have a set of drawings, specifications, material spec, test protocols and tolerances.
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