Pictures from the Ramp (October)

[N519AT]

Thanks again for all of the compliments.

Originally Posted by mdspytko

Great Pics, excellent quality. I'm sure you get asked this a lot but what type of Nikon and lenses are you using?

Nikon D40 with the standard issue 18-55mm and a 55-200mm lens.

[Jimmy_Norton]

Great pics! Who operates the Dart powered Convair (I think its called a 640)? That has to be one of the last of those flying in the US.

[gingflyer]

A very nice collection of photos from several different facets of aviation. Some great shots.

[N519AT]

Originally Posted by Jimmy_Norton

Great pics! Who operates the Dart powered Convair (I think its called a 640)? That has to be one of the last of those flying in the US.

It's a small freight company out of El Paso called C & M Airways, Inc. Some websites say that they have 6 of them, but I don't know how accurate that is.

[Jimmy_Norton]

Originally Posted by N519AT

It's a small freight company out of El Paso called C & M Airways, Inc. Some websites say that they have 6 of them, but I don't know how accurate that is.

Cool! Where is the GPU hook up?

[N519AT]

Originally Posted by Jimmy_Norton

Cool! Where is the GPU hook up?

In between the left nacelle and fuse on the underside of the wing.

Not exactly dangerous as I still had plenty of distance to the prop. It was the heat off the exhaust that was killer.

[n57flyguy]

Did you have to fuel the EC-145?

[N519AT]

Originally Posted by n57flyguy

Did you have to fuel the EC-145?

Yeah, we occasionally fuel them. Long story short we leave one of our trucks down at their hangar so they can fuel their helicopters at their convenience without having to call us. Not to mention we aren't 24 hrs and they are.

Sometimes however, we get swamped/a different truck goes tech and we have to steal that truck. So we end up fueling them whenever that happens.

[ArmandoRT]

great images!

[n57flyguy]

Originally Posted by N519AT

Yeah, we occasionally fuel them. Long story short we leave one of our trucks down at their hangar so they can fuel their helicopters at their convenience without having to call us. Not to mention we aren't 24 hrs and they are.

Sometimes however, we get swamped/a different truck goes tech and we have to steal that truck. So we end up fueling them whenever that happens.

Yeah things are a pain to fuel. Half way through (more like three gallons), I want to switch spouts.

I wish we could do that at our FBO. We get called in at 2 a.m. to fuel them. Not fun.