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Scoggins, David B (VPA), SMSgt USAF(Ret).
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Contact Info
Home Town Albion
Last Address 99 Hastings Ave Fairfield Twp, OH 45011
Primarily working as VPA here at TWS. I love my job!! Trying to keep up with the Grandkids. Tyler is 23 and working at Fed Ex Ground. Amanda and Jacalyn are 19 and both working. Andrew is 16 and a Junior doing home schooling with K12. Faye is kept scrambling with running the girls to/from work, taking me to my Doctors appointments, going to therapy, shopping, etc. I also read a lot. Usually have several, mostly fiction, books availble. Just finished "The Haj" by James Michener. Things haven't changed in that part of the world in thousands of years. Wear compression stockings all day or put on my leg compressors in the evening when I'm done with TWS. Other than that, it's pretty quiet around the old homestead.
A great airplane. Was an engine mechanic. Loved working on the engines and doing engine runs. Probably the most fulfilling job I had as an Engine Mechanic. It was a huge, dirty, greasy engine but I loved it. Bet I could still do an Engine Conditioning and complete engine run on a "Tank" if one was available.
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KC-97 Stratotanker Details
Aircraft/Missile Information
General characteristics
* Crew: five (two pilots, navigator, flight engineer, boom operator) * Capacity: 9,000 gal (34,000 L) of jet fuel * Length: 117 ft 5 in (m) * Wingspan: 141 ft 2 in (m) * Height: 38 ft 4 in (m) * Wing area: ft² (m²) * Empty weight: 82,500 lb (kg) * Loaded weight: 153,000 lb (kg) * Max takeoff weight: 175,000 lb (kg) * Powerplant: o 2× General Electric J47-GE-23 turbojets, 5,790 lbf (kN) each o 4× Pratt & Whitney R-4360-59 radial engines, 3,500 hp (kW) each
Performance
* Maximum speed: 400 mph (km/h) * Cruise speed: 230 mph (km/h) * Range: 2,300 mi (km) * Service ceiling 30,000 ft (m) * Rate of climb: ft/min (m/s) * Wing loading: lb/ft² (kg/m²) * Power/mass (prop): hp/lb (kW/kg)