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Posted by John F. clarke
on 5/30/2012, 8:49 am, in reply to "Re: About Pan Am"
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Hanger 19 was vbuilt for the 747 overhUL. oNE BAY HAD GANTERIES THAT SURROUNDED THE AIRPLANE SO MENCHANICS CAN WORK ON EVERY PART. wHEN THEY WWERE BUILDING HANGER 19 i DID CONSTRUCTION PHOTOS UP ON THE HIGH STEEL FOoLISH TO DO BUT HEY. My mechanics hob was electrical and later computer work that intailed doing network control and equipment installation. I did the phone work when they installed a Rolm phone suystem for the airport facilities. I was around JFK, Pan Am builing, RKL and back to JFK.
John f. clarke
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: I should know Hanger 19, John---but can't
: place it--(That was a long time ago) but I
: very clearly remember Hanger 14---We had
: classes there and whenever a plane was
: making the 'Canarcy' approach the instructor
: would have to stand there, still, and wait
: for the da** roar to finish---And then there
: was what some called the 'Unit Terminal
: Building' but the wilder of the girls called
: it the "Umbrella Terminal
: Building". You bet, John---Those were
: the Good Ol' Days---I'll bet they did great
: engine work---I have a couple books that
: detail what they did during the war
: years---EVERYTHING !! Seemed that anything
: the Government asked--They did---Makes you
: proud to have worked with that kinda
: outfit---Hang in there---KB
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: AT JFK there was a jet shop called building
: 208 right next to hanger 19, the 4 bay 747
: hangar. Hangar19 was huge. I always marveled
: at the work the guys did. At one point Pratt
: & Whitney said Pan Am did a better
: rebuld than the original P & W new
: engine.
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: They had a test cell that still operates as
: a indepenfant facility.
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: John F. Clarke
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: John---Good to hear from ya---I only got
: small doses of maintenance while I was with
: Pan Am---As a kid I worked on Cummins
: engines and have always marveled at the
: internal combustion engine---Don't know
: which hanger it was but I was watching a
: couple of you guys putting a turbine section
: together and I said, "Guess you guys
: work as close as an eight of an
: inch"---Guy gives me a kinda dirty look
: and sez, "More like 3 thousandths
: !!"---Guess that's why something that
: big could run so smoothly---I was based in
: L.A. in '80 as an Engineer on the 747 when I
: packed it in---Enough travel for one
: lifetime---Hang in there---KB
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: Too bad I thought you were the guy. He was a
: great guy and we as mechanics learned a lot
: about the electronics from him. I served at
: Pan Am for 32 years and was there when it
: shut down. My last job was in comms.
: building 208 JFK. I keft Pan Am August 17th
: 1992. I saw the last Clipper Juan T. Trippe
: leave JFK on May 12th 1992 and I signed my
: name over the top right of the the door with
: many others. Sad day to see for sure.
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: Cheryl---I'll have to pass cuz I'm seven
: million miles from L.A.-----KB
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: John---Guess there was another KB---I hired
: in in '66 and they had their hands full
: trying to teach me navigation---Something
: about "Going to Europe--Put the big
: "E" in the window"--Did you
: ever run into a guy in 67, Paul Jackalone?
: Nice guy who helped me get on freighters
: when I needed a Cockpit Pass to
: L.A./HNL---Have a good one--KB
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: Is this the same Ken Baker that taught
: mechanics at HGR 14 in th 60's. I was in one
: of those classes we held on thursday when we
: had a double shift. later in Cargo bldg 67.
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: John F. Clarke
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