Jet Intake Covers, Plugs, Canopy covers.

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Jeff Barringer - 19 Jan 2006 14:39 GMT

I would have thought that the military would have standardized
intake covers plugs canopy covers and the like but while searching
for info on covers it appears that there are many different kinds and
types of covers available from different companies. Their web sites
make it sound like your buying car covers for your sports car.

Interesting though, lots of great reference photos, just don't know
who uses them.

http://www.aircraftcovers.com/galmil.html
http://www.aircraftcovers.com/pdf/f15.pdf
http://www.wccusa.net/F-15%20Plugs.htm

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Rufus - 19 Jan 2006 20:21 GMT

> I would have thought that the military would have standardized
> intake covers plugs canopy covers and the like but while searching
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> http://www.aircraftcovers.com/pdf/f15.pdf
> http://www.wccusa.net/F-15%20Plugs.htm

Yes - I know that some manufacturers supply intake/exahast covers for
the jets they produce, but in my experience with the USN/USMC, most of
what you see on the line are manufactured/modified by the squadron's
parachute riggers.

Such GSE gets easily worn out, lost, or stolen (I even had a case a
couple years ago where a visiting squadron member spotted one of thier
wandering exahust covers on our line and stole it back...) and the PRs
just make a replacement out of materials on hand.

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