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Please see the most recent updates in the "Where did the .com name go?" thread. Posts number 16 and 17.
Gizmo
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Navy Chief
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unless I am mistaken, modern day Ordies still have similar equipment, don't they?
strikehawk
Charter Member
IYAOYAS!
Yes we do, I'm not sure of the designation today but in the days of my misspent youth it was known as an AERO 7 hoist. I used them on the P-3 and F/A-18 as well as the A-6. These were used to hoist weapon in place that was too heavy or awkward to load by hand. Today and then we usually hump, load, a weapon using 4 AOs up to 750lbs, the MK 83. ( BTW, it is pronounced "mark" not "em-kay" like you here on TV. ) As for the hoist in the above pic it is an HLU-288 according to a member on the Aviation Ordnance Shack Face Book page.
As for the the weapons pictured, the one going into the TBM/TBF is a 250 lb class and the one on the SBD appears to be a 500 pounder. Hope this helps out Terry and you know what they say about me and my fellow AO's Dev One? Strong Back, Weak Mind
That's not the case but we are a labor intensive rate, but I would never want to be known as anything but an AOIYAOYAS!!!!!!!!!
A link provided by my AO squadron bud...
http://navyaviation.tpub.com/14023/css/14023_232.htm
He tells me the gas-powered HLU-196 is still in use, or at least it was before he retired.
http://navyaviation.tpub.com/14023/css/14023_232.htm
He tells me the gas-powered HLU-196 is still in use, or at least it was before he retired.
strikehawk
Charter Member
I've had that site bookmarked for years and not because I'm an AO, it is a great resource for model and diorama builders too.
As for the hoists, like I said when I was an AO3 even in the 3&2 manual it was referred to as the Aero7 it was not until the 90's did it change to the HLU-288. I didn't see or use an HLU-196 until I was assigned to Station Weapons at China Lake in the early 90's. As I said, we didn't use those hoists that often, in P-3s it was to lift torps mines and depth charges and on the Hornet and Intruder it was to lift anything over 750lbs.
As for the hoists, like I said when I was an AO3 even in the 3&2 manual it was referred to as the Aero7 it was not until the 90's did it change to the HLU-288. I didn't see or use an HLU-196 until I was assigned to Station Weapons at China Lake in the early 90's. As I said, we didn't use those hoists that often, in P-3s it was to lift torps mines and depth charges and on the Hornet and Intruder it was to lift anything over 750lbs.
phrog_phixer
Charter Member
We phrog mechanics used this very same bomb hoist to install our GE T-58s and aft transmissions...a very versatile tool