QUOTE (hazzard @ Feb 16 2008, 08:21 PM)

Yes, I think we all would like to see what you consider a victory over a skeptic.
I don't really look at it that way. Just look at it as teaching some lessons, but if you insist, here is one example.
I think you know why Tim made that correction, which is written in red.
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TIME for a REALITY CHECK!!!
Posted by skyeagle409 on 10/09/2006
The normal operating weight of a C-54 (Loaded weight: 62,000 lb)
was less than the gross weight of a B-17 and a C-54 was quite capable of operating from Kirtland AFB with no problem since aircraft normally don't always takeoff at gross weight anyway.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/C-54_Skymaster
Tim Printy doesn't know what he is talking about and I have dealt with him before. He still claims that Mogul balloon train #4 was responsible for the Roswell incident even though that balloon train flight was cancelled and never flown and that is the reason why there are no flight records for Mogul balloon train #4, but apparently, Tim Printy seems to have been unaware of that fact but then again, Mr. Printy seems to be unaware of many things as they relate to UFO reality.
How come Tim Printy never knew that the first atomic bomb, "Fat Man" was flown out of Kirtland AFB to Tinian on what? A C-54! As far as components for "Little Boy" were concerned, three parts were flown out of Kirtland Air Force Base, Albuquerque on three C-54 transport planes, which arrived July 28 at Tinian.
Just goes to show that using Tim Printy as a reference has its risk and no small ones at that!
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Posted by lost_shaman
http://members.aol.com/TPrinty/crews.html
Smith may have flown to Kirtland but not in 1947. A C-54 could not land at Kirtland during this time period because the runway was too small!
Posted by skyeagle409 : The question was, were C-54's capable of operating out of Kirtland AFB and the fact was, they did operate out of Kirtland AFB from time to time and Tim Printy overlooked that fact. All he had to do was to check the history books.
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Posted by Access Denied : I call BS... if that's a "fact" as you claim then let's see your evidence! You can't change the fact that C-54s are bigger and a LOT heavier then B-17s.
Posted by lost_shaman
Looks like Skyeagle409 is correct. All Tim Printy had to do was check the history books on this one.
Sky---That was in regards to the C-54s carrying atomic bomb components out of Kirtland AFB. All Tim Printy had to do was to check his history books.
Posted by skyeagle409
So, let’s do a recap
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Loading Freight
http://members.aol.com/TPrinty/crews.html
“Smith may have flown to Kirtland but not in 1947. A C-54 could not land at Kirtland during this time period because the runway was too small!”
Posted by skyeagle409
The Manhattan Project Heritage Preservation Association, Inc.
“On July 26th, two ATC C-54 cargo planes left Kirtland Air Force Base in Albuquerque with Fat Man’s initiator and plutonium core... The next day, three B-29s departed Albuquerque each with a Fat-Man high-explosive preassembly... The C-54s arrived July 28th and the B-29s arrived August 2.”
“On July 28th and 29th the balance of the active material for the Little Boy and the active material pit components for the Fat Man were delivered to Tinian as the only cargo on three ATC C-54 airplanes that had flown the materials from Albuquerque.”
Case-Closed on Tim Printy’s false claim.
And, then there was the debate over the weather balloon in regards to the Roswell incident. I said that no weather balloon was involved and the skeptics claimed their so-called "undeniable evidence' proved my wrong.
Well, in 1994, the Air Force admitted that no weather balloon was involved after all. Close-closed on the skeptic's claim that based on their "undeniable evidence" it was a weather balloon.
Then, the skeptics claimed that a Project Mogul balloon flight #4 was reponsible, but records show that no such flight took place. If the skeptics had done their homework, they would have found that out, and that the stipulation between the balloon teams was that no Mogul balloons be launched on cloudy days.
Tim Printy claimed that a lighthouse was reponsible for the Rendlesham UFO incidents, but what Tim failed to note was that the lighthouse can't be seen from the base and that the lighthouse has a backshield between it and the base.
A former lighthouse supporter went to the Rendlesham area and found to his dismay, that the lighthouse can't be seen from the base and that is why he is a former lighthous supporter, which is just another strike against Tim, and I sent him a note letting him know about that backshield.
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And, of course, there was "Access-Denied' who was also taught a lesson by me.
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Skyeagle409
The normal operating weight of a C-54 (Loaded weight: 62,000 lb) was less than the gross weight of a B-17 and a C-54 was quite capable of operating from Kirtland AFB with no problem since aircraft normally don't always takeoff at gross weight anyway.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/C-54_Skymaster
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Access-Denied
-Are you saying the manufacturer (Boeing) is wrong and Wikipedia is right? Looks like you're the one who should be more careful about what sources you use. Boeing lists the gross weight (see post above) as 82,500 lb. Sorry.
skyeagle409
And, I posted facts on other models of the C-54 that proved me correct. You see, other models of the C-54 had gross weight of 73,000 pounds, which had me on the right side of the fence. Have you forgotten that I posted the following information before?!
“The C-54A 77 of which were built in Santa Monica and 117 at a new factory at Orange Place, Chicago, appeared in January 1943, featuring 33 bucket seats for troops, a large cargo door, stronger floor, cargo boom hoist and slightly larger wing tanks. The last increased total fuel capacity to 3,734 US gal 14134 liters) and gross weight rose to 68,000 lb (30844 kg), allowing a payload of 9,000 lb (4082 kg) to be carried for over 3,000 miles (4828 km).”
“A need to carry larger loads over shorter sectors led to the development of the C-54B, in which two of the fuselage tanks were deleted in favor of a 499-US gal (1889-liter) integral tank in each outer wing panel. Gross weight rose again, to 73,000 lb (33112 kg), and up to 49 troops or 36 casualty litters could be accommodated. C-54B production totalled 89 at Santa Monica and 100 at Chicago.” http://www.berlinairlift.com/douglas_c.htm C-54A
http://www.hill.af.mil/museum/photos/wwii/c-54.htm http://aeroweb.brooklyn.cuny.edu/spe...glas/c-54a.htm http://aeroweb.brooklyn.cuny.edu/spe...glas/c-54g.htm VC-54N
http://www.aero-web.org/specs/douglas/vc-54n.htm VC-54C
http://www.nationalmuseum.af.mil/fac...eet.asp?id=566 Different Models of the C-54
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Personally speaking, since you don't have the knowledge on aviation matters to debate the issue with me, my advice for you is, move on. (end of line)
I wanted to add that the C-54 wasn't built by the Boeing aircraft company.http://www.bautforum.com/893917-post1018.htmlNow, I could add the debate between the UFO skeptics and the discovery of the gorilla, which they came on the short end of the stick when I posted references to their own encyclopedias and from universities.
I could go on in regards to the JAL/UFO enounter where the skeptics claimed that planets and ice clouds were responsible and the 1976 Iranian UFO encounter as well. In addition to the Washington UFO incidents of 1952 where skeptics claimed that temperature inversion was responsible, not knowing that scientific investigations had excluded temperature inversion as responsible.
Then, a skepic claimed that the Rendlesham UFO incidents were caused by the planet Jupiter, which was found to be false. Another skeptic claimed that a battered police car was responsible without knowing that the person he cites, had already admitted that he wasn't responsible and I made it known to the both of them.
The list goes on and on, but I hope by now, you've got the point!