BLUENOSE by PIERO

The Sailor said:
Dean, Nonno is the right word to be called by grandchildren! In English you always have to say, or write, the "grand" before the word ... Too long! ;)

So do you have an Italian surname?
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My surname is French.
My dads father was French, surname Benat. His mother was Italian, surname Sacco.
My grandparents on my dads side...photo attached. My grandmothers name was Anna Marie, but I grew up calling her big momma....lol ;)

Il mio cognome è francese.

Mio padre era francese, cognome Benat. Sua madre era italiana, cognome Sacco.

I miei nonni dalla parte dei miei papà... foto allegata. Le mie nonne si chiamavano Anna Marie, ma sono cresciuta chiamandola grande mamma. ;)

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The Sailor said:
No Johan, just like Max Verstappen in your honor! ;)
... and these are my 3 projects that I set aside to make the YQ Bluenose ...
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Mille grazie, Piero.
Nice line up; G550 AWACS, Piaggio P180 and the military ATR72, P-72A. Was involved in the design of the empennage of the G550 and saw the Piaggio a couple of times while in the US, a very quirky design. Too bad you had to put those projects aside.
 
Dean62 said:
My surname is French.
My dads father was French, surname Benat. His mother was Italian, surname Sacco.
My grandparents on my dads side...photo attached. My grandmothers name was Anna Marie, but I grew up calling her big momma....lol ;)

Il mio cognome è francese.

Mio padre era francese, cognome Benat. Sua madre era italiana, cognome Sacco.

I miei nonni dalla parte dei miei papà... foto allegata. Le mie nonne si chiamavano Anna Marie, ma sono cresciuta chiamandola grande mamma. ;)

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Thanks Dean for this replay of yours ... Your grandmother has a face that recalls a lot of Italian characters, and I think she is from Southern Italy. At least from her surname so it seems. At our age, seeing these photos from the last century is ... tenderness!
 
RDN1954 said:
Mille grazie, Piero.
Nice line up; G550 AWACS, Piaggio P180 and the military ATR72, P-72A. Was involved in the design of the empennage of the G550 and saw the Piaggio a couple of times while in the US, a very quirky design. Too bad you had to put those projects aside.
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Hey Johan!
We all have been engaged in military activities in our previous working life! I designed some systems (ECM) that still fly on Tornado and AMX.

It was a good life ...
 
The Sailor said:
Hey Johan!
We all have been engaged in military activities in our previous working life! I designed some systems (ECM) that still fly on Tornado and AMX.

It was a good life ...
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It sure was!
Were you, by any chance, also involved with the AW609?
 
The Sailor said:
Hey Johan!
We all have been engaged in military activities in our previous working life! I designed some systems (ECM) that still fly on Tornado and AMX.

It was a good life ...
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I never designed any systems, but fixed many of them, I was Crew Chief as the US Air Force calls us, or what the Navy calls a Plain Captain.

We inspected all systems, serviced them and if problems were found we call specialists out to fix the engine or black boxes.

Sometimes we just told the pilot, to reset a button or knob they didn't check properly in the checklist.

I also had a 5 year period as a photographer and almost 10 years as medical supply management, they moved us as the need arises at times.
 
Kurt Konrath said:
I never designed any systems, but fixed many of them, I was Crew Chief as the US Air Force calls us, or what the Navy calls a Plain Captain.

We inspected all systems, serviced them and if problems were found we call specialists out to fix the engine or black boxes.

Sometimes we just told the pilot, to reset a button or knob they didn't check properly in the checklist.

I also had a 5 year period as a photographer and almost 10 years as medical supply management, they moved us as the need arises at times.
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One of my flight instructors was a former B52 driver and a Vietnam veteran. Quite a character...

Were your photographic- and medical supply careers also airforce related?
 
The Sailor said:
No Johan, I was not involved in the development of the AW609. Also because there was no expected military version and I don't know if it ever will be! I've been involved on military sistema for aircrafts, ships and tanks
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Aha, I was involved in both military projects as well as civil aviation projects. Totally different worlds.
AW609 is a very interesting program, to say the least. It's origins are military though, the V22, a very impressive aircraft.
But hey, it's not the Bluenose, not even related...
 
RDN1954 said:
One of my flight instructors was a former B52 driver and a Vietnam veteran. Quite a character...

Were your photographic- and medical supply careers also airforce related?
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Three separate unrelated careers while active duty AF. I jointed with secure job of Crew Chief, did that for three years, then used AF program for retention to allow me to change careers, but I had to enlist for two more years. Five years later, the AF was changing photographers from military to civilian jobs and I was sent back to working as Crew Chief. After about 4 more years, the AF was downsizing the type Aircraft I was working on (one and two engine jet, and tactical prop) with retirement of F-4 and all prop aircraft, so they asked some of us nicely (threatened us more likely) to pick a new career, or they would just assign us one. So I picked Medial Supply, as it off the flight line and had more stable hours.
 
I bet most folks don't know that the US Air Force has a Marine Division!

Small naval unit working in Gulf of Mexico out of base in Florida, there job is to go into gulf and retrieve large target drones flown over gulf for "Live Fire" training for fighters. Several medium size boats and probably less than 150 people assigned in all.
 
Kurt Konrath said:
I bet most folks don't know that the US Air Force has a Marine Division!

Small naval unit working in Gulf of Mexico out of base in Florida, there job is to go into gulf and retrieve large target drones flown over gulf for "Live Fire" training for fighters. Several medium size boats and probably less than 150 people assigned in all.
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That's indeed not well known, at least I've got a rather good excuse...
 
Kurt Konrath said:
Three separate unrelated careers while active duty AF. I jointed with secure job of Crew Chief, did that for three years, then used AF program for retention to allow me to change careers, but I had to enlist for two more years. Five years later, the AF was changing photographers from military to civilian jobs and I was sent back to working as Crew Chief. After about 4 more years, the AF was downsizing the type Aircraft I was working on (one and two engine jet, and tactical prop) with retirement of F-4 and all prop aircraft, so they asked some of us nicely (threatened us more likely) to pick a new career, or they would just assign us one. So I picked Medial Supply, as it off the flight line and had more stable hours.
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That's some AF career. Retirement of F4, man, that's almost a lifetime ago; early/mid seventies?
During my stays in the States, I met quite some (ex-) AF men, came to respect them.
You still active or enjoying retirement?
 
RDN1954 said:
Sorry Piero, for hijacking your blog. We'll have to make this a different conversation.
Johan
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Don't worry Jonan!

For my love of what flies in camouflage livery, all sites are right !!!
Probably, I was a downed pilot during a war and his soul was reborn in me by the supreme law of the multiple lives lived by each of us ....

Not bad the idea of creating a "build log" blog of our professional careers! It can be done!

Piero
 
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