The General Musings of Falkie2013 (George Senda, The Guy From Pittsburgh)

[damon]

From The Master:





He had told me he lived in southern california and worked at Lockheed and then he worked at Edwards and cant keep his lies straight.
Now he says Lockheed is on the Edwards AFB complex.
I don't know and don't care and I'm not going to look it up.
Dungheap is more likely to live in a skunks den than the Skunk Works and I'm sure his stench can be smelled both up and downrange and the Edwards launch site.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_States_Air_Force_Plant_42
For the civilian joint-use airport, see Palmdale Regional Airport.

United States Air Force Plant 42 (Plant 42) (IATA: PMD, ICAO: KPMD, FAA LID: PMD) is a classified United States Government aircraft manufacturing plant, used by the United States Air Force. It is also used by the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA).

Plant 42 and Palmdale Regional Airport (PMD) are separate facilities that share a common runway at the site. The facility is located in the Antelope Valley, approximately 60 miles from downtown Los Angeles.

Contents

    1 Overview
    2 Facilities
    3 Museums
    4 History
        4.1 World War II
        4.2 Postwar use
        4.3 Lockheed Skunk Works
    5 See also
    6 References
    7 External links

Overview

Plant 42 is a United States Air Force facility. It is the Antelope Valley's second-largest employer, and is owned by Wright-Patterson AFB but operated as a component of Edwards Air Force Base, 23 miles north east of the airport. Most of the facilities are operated by private contractors and serve as a manufacturing plant for aircraft used by the United States and their allies' militaries.[1]

Plant 42 has 3.2 million square feet of industrial space and has a replacement value of $1.1 billion. Some of the plant's work involves production of spare parts for military aircraft, with other projects including maintenance and modification of aircraft such as the B-2 Spirit bomber and production of the Global Hawk and other unmanned craft.[1]

Aerospace contractors at Air Force Plant 42 share a common runway complex and either lease building space from the Air Force (commonly referred to as GOCO, or Government Owned Contractor Operated), or own their own building outright (e.g., Lockheed Martin Skunk Works). There are eight separate production sites specially suited for advanced technology and/or "black" program projects. Currently the most well-known contractors at Plant 42 are Boeing, Lockheed Martin (home of the legendary Skunk Works), and Northrop Grumman.[1] Previously the facilities were operated by IT&T, McDonnell-Douglas Aircraft Co., Lockheed California Co., Norair, a Division of Northrop Corp. and Lockheed Air Terminal.[2]

Plant 42 remains a GOCO (Government Owned Contractor Operated) but also now includes AF operations. Contractually operated for the Air Force since 1954, the Air Force under the Obama administration chose to insource the contracted operations of the plant. Now the airfield is operated by DoD resources, with 412 TW/Operating Location, Air Force Test Center in command.[1]

Plant 42 controls over 5,800 acres (23 km²) of Mojave Desert land north of Avenue P and south of Columbia Way (Avenue M). The western border is Sierra Highway, and the Plant extends east to around 40th Street East south of Avenue N to Avenue P and 50th Street East north of Avenue N to Columbia Way (Avenue M).[1]
Facilities
Sign by one of the gates into Plant 42.

Northrop Grumman's B-2 final assembly and modification facility is at Palmdale. The Department of Defense, in February 1995, announced its plan for providing depot support for the B-2. The plan includes a mix of commercial and organic sources for providing various functions and/or maintaining various components. For example, the engines are to be maintained by the Air Force, software support is to be provided by commercial sources, and airframe maintenance is to be provided by Northrop Grumman at Palmdale, California.

Rockwell's Palmdale assembly facility is where all the individual parts, pieces and systems of the Space Shuttle came together and were assembled and tested. Upon completion, the spacecraft was turned over to NASA for transport overland from Palmdale to Edwards Air Force Base, California. NASA's Dryden Flight Research Facility at Edwards Air Force Base was the site of the mate-demate facility for mating or demating the spacecraft and the shuttle carrier aircraft.
Entrance plaza of the Lockheed Skunk Works, Palmdale, California

Approximately 250 major subcontractors supplied various systems and components to Rockwell's Palmdale assembly facility. The structures of the orbiter were manufactured at various companies under contract to Rockwell International's Space Transportation Systems Division, Downey, Calif. The upper and lower forward fuselage, crew compartment, forward reaction control system and aft fuselage were manufactured at Rockwell's Space Transportation Systems Division facility in Downey and were transported overland from Downey to Rockwell's Palmdale, Calif., assembly facility. The midfuselage was manufactured by General Dynamics, San Diego, Calif., and transported overland to Rockwell's Palmdale assembly facility. The wings (including elevons) were manufactured by Grumman, Bethpage, Long Island, N.Y., and transported by ship from New York via the Panama Canal to Long Beach, Calif., and then transported overland to Rockwell's Palmdale assembly facility. The vertical tail (including rudder/speed brake) were manufactured by Fairchild Republic, Farmingdale, Long Island, N.Y., and transported overland to Rockwell's Palmdale assembly facility. The payload bay doors were manufactured at Rockwell International's Tulsa, Okla., facility and transported overland to Rockwell's Palmdale assembly facility. The body flap was manufactured at Rockwell International's Columbus, Ohio, facility and transported overland to Rockwell's Palmdale assembly facility. The aft orbital maneuvering system/reaction control system pods were manufactured by McDonnell Douglas, St. Louis, Mo., and transported by aircraft to Rockwell's Palmdale assembly facility. They were also transported by aircraft from Rockwell's Palmdale assembly facility to the Kennedy Space Center.

The National Aeronautics and Space Administration had been paying the Air Force for use of Plant 42 facilities for the shuttle work. NASA decided in February 2002 to shift space shuttle overhaul and modification work from Palmdale to Florida.

Current projects include design, engineering, pre-production, production, modification, flight testing, servicing and repair mission related activities to the following:

    B-2 Spirit
    F-22 Raptor
    F-35 Lightning II (JSF)
    U-2
    Boeing B-52 Stratofortress
    RQ-4 Global Hawk
    MQ-4C Triton
    SOFIA (Stratospheric Observatory for infrared Astronomy) - NASA 747SP
    RQ-170
    X-47B

Museums

The Blackbird Airpark Museum part of Air Force Flight Test Museum and the adjacent Joe Davies Heritage Airpark (formerly Palmdale Plant 42 Heritage Airpark)[3] have recently been opened on Plant 42 property along Avenue P (both are free to the public) with displays of the SR-71, U-2, Century Series fighters and other aircraft designed, engineered, manufactured, and flight tested at its facilities.

The Blackbird Airpark Museum is an extension of the AFFT Museum at Edwards AFB, while the Heritage Airpark is operated by the City of Palmdale. Both are manned by retirees who had previously worked in the aerospace industry, some actually having worked on the aircraft displayed at the two parks. All of the aircraft have been carefully restored for public display. Operating hours of the airparks are the same - Friday through Sunday (except in inclement weather) from 11:00 A.M. to 4:00 P.M. Pacific Time. On Federal Government holidays both airparks are closed. The two airparks are located at Avenue P and 25th Street East near Site 9.
History
Palmdale Airport in 1953, showing its World War II configuration

The origins of Plant 42 go to the early 1930s, when a small airstrip was built in the desert. It was listed in 1935 documentation as CAA Intermediate #5. It was established by the Bureau of Air Commerce (later the Civil Aeronautics Administration) who maintained a network of emergency landing fields. It provided a pilot in distress with a better alternative than landing on a public road or a farmer's field.[4]
World War II

In 1940, Palmdale Army Airfield was activated as a United States Army Air Corps (later Air Forces) airfield for use as an emergency landing strip and for B-25 Mitchell medium bomber support training during World War II. It was one of many intermediate fields that were used as auxiliary fields or emergency landing fields by the AAF during World War II. Their dispersion along the air routes, their infrequent use, and their U.S. government ownership made them ideal for use by military aircraft. It acted as a sub-base for Muroc Army Airfield and Hammer Army Airfield.[4]
Postwar use
The Space Shuttle Enterprise rolls out of the Palmdale manufacturing facilities with Star Trek television cast and crew members in September 1976.
Northrop B-2A roll-out ceremony on Nov. 22, 1988 at USAF Plant 42, Palmdale, California.

Palmdale Army Airfield was declared a surplus facility in 1946 and was purchased by Los Angeles County for use as a municipal airport. The outbreak of the Korean War in 1950 caused the Air Force to reactivate the property for use in final assembly and flight testing of military jet aircraft.

Both the Air Force and its aircraft contractors needed a location away from major population centers - due to sonic booms, other noises and security concerns - but close enough to the major centers of aircraft design and production, while having excellent flying weather the year around. The land which became Plant 42 fit these criteria. Consequently, the Air Force agreed to purchase the land from Los Angeles County in 1951.

The Air Force awarded a contract to Lockheed Aircraft to develop the master plan for the site. The plan was to construct a facility that would meet the requirements of full war mobilization and augment the industrial production potential of the major airframe manufacturing industry in southern California.

The concept for Air Force Plant 42 originated in the challenge of flight testing high performance jet aircraft over heavily populated areas. Following approval of the Master Plan in 1953, the Palmdale Airport officially became Air Force Plant 42; ownership of the installation was transferred to the Federal Government in 1954. With USAF encouragement, Lockheed, looked upon with favor by the Air Force at this time, established its permanent presence at Plant 42. It signed a lease in 1956 for 237 acres to use Palmdale Airport for final assembly and flight testing.
Lockheed Skunk Works
Main article: Skunk Works

Lockheed's famed "Skunk Works" (black projects), which developed such aircraft as the U-2, SR-71 Blackbird and F-117 Nighthawk, is at Site 10 of the complex (actually private property with secure access to Plant 42 airfield), near Sierra Highway, and relocated to Plant 42 from its original Burbank-Glendale-Pasadena Airport (now Bob Hope Airport) site in Burbank after the end of the Cold War. Its present hangar was constructed in 1968 and the outer walls of the structure were put up in a matter of days. Its hangar originally was built for the Lockheed L-1011 Tristar passenger jet project.

Since then, the plant has supported facilities for the production, engineering, final assembly and flight testing of high performance aircraft. During the 1980s it was used by Lockheed to produce the U-2/TR-1 and support the SR-71. Northrop produced the F-5E, and Rockwell supported the B-1B Lancer. Past projects included:

    Each of the Space Shuttle orbiters
    Modernization of the Space Shuttle Columbia's cockpit area
    Lockheed L-1011 Tristar passenger jet
    B-1 Lancer Bomber
    XB-70 Valkyrie
    X-15
    SR-71 Blackbird
    F-117A Nighthawk

See also

    California World War II Army Airfields
    Air Force Plant 4, Fort Worth, Texas
    Air Force Plant 6, Marietta, Georgia

References

    United States Air Force portal Military of the United States portal World War II portal

This article incorporates public domain material from the Air Force Historical Research Agency website http://www.afhra.af.mil/.

globalsecurity.org plant 42
Palmdale Contractor Operated Installation. // Department of Defense appropriations for 1970, pt. 2, pp. 816-817.
Palmdale Plant 42 Heritage Airpark

    California World War II airfield database

External links
   Wikimedia Commons has media related to Air Force Plant 42.

    Plant 42: Above Top Secret: Link Between Groom Lake and California's Antelope Valley
    Dream Land Resort: Air Force Plant 42
    Air and Space: Palmdale, Summer 1999
    Blackbird Airpark
    Flight Test Historical Foundation

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Air Force Plant 42
Palmdale, CA
34°38'N 118°04'W

With 9,000 employees, Air Force Plant 42 is the Antelope Valley's second-largest employer, after Edwards Air Force Base. Plant 42 has 3.2 million square feet of industrial space and has a replacement value of $1.1 billion. Some of the plant's work involves production of spare parts for military aircraft, with other projects including maintenance and modification of aircraft such as the B-2 bomber and F-117 stealth fighter, and production of the Global Hawk and other unmanned craft.

Air Force Plant 42 is at Palmdale, CA, north of Pasadena in Los Angeles County. It is operated by Lockheed, Rockwell International, Northrop, and Nero. AFP 42 is located in the northeastern portion of Los Angeles County, California, within the Antelope Valley of the Mojave Desert, approximately 80 miles north of Los Angeles. It has over 6,600 acres (the government owns 85%) and includes approximately 4.2 million square feet of floor space (the government owns 45%). The site includes multiple high bay buildings and airfield access with flyaway capability. The facility also has one of the heaviest load-bearing runways in the world.

In 1940, the Palmdale Airport was activated as a U.S. Army Air Corps Base for use as an emergency landing strip and for B-25 support training during World War II. The installation was declared a surplus facility in 1946 and was purchased by Los Angeles County for use as a municipal airport. The installation was reactivated by the Air Force in 1950 for use in final assembly and flight testing of jet aircraft, and was later repurchased from Los Angeles County.

The concept for AFP 42 originated in the challenge of flight testing high performance jet aircraft over heavily populated areas. In 1951, the USAF purchased the site and awarded a contract to Lockheed Aircraft to develop the master plan for the site. The plan was to construct a facility that would meet the requirements of full war mobilization and augment the industrial production potential of the major airframe manufacturing industry in southern California. Following approval of the Master Plan in 1953, the Palmdale Airport officially became Air Force Plant 42; ownership of the installation was transferred to the Federal Government in 1954. With USAF encouragement, Lockheed signed a lease in 1956 for 237 acres to use Palmdale Airport for final assembly and flight testing. Since then, the plant has supported facilities for the production, engineering, final assembly and flight testing of high performance aircraft. During the 1980s it was used by Lockheed to produce the U-B/TR-1 and support the SR-71. Northrop produced the F-5E, and Rockwell supported the B-1B.

Northrop Grumman's B-2 final assembly and modification facility is at Palmdale. The Department of Defense, in February 1995, announced its plan for providing depot support for the B-2. The plan includes a mix of commercial and organic sources for providing various functions and/or maintaining various components. For example, the engines are to be maintained by the Air Force, software support is to be provided by commercial sources, and airframe maintenance is to be provided by Northrop Grumman at Palmdale, California.

Rockwell's Palmdale assembly facility is where all the individual parts, pieces and systems of the Space Shuttle came together and were assembled and tested. Upon completion, the spacecraft was turned over to NASA for transport overland from Palmdale to Edwards Air Force Base, California. NASA's Dryden Flight Research Facility at Edwards Air Force Base is the site of the mate-demate facility for mating or demating the spacecraft and the shuttle carrier aircraft.

Approximately 250 major subcontractors supplied various systems and components to Rockwell's Palmdale assembly facility. The structures of the orbiter were manufactured at various companies under contract to Rockwell International's Space Transportation Systems Division, Downey, Calif. The upper and lower forward fuselage, crew compartment, forward reaction control system and aft fuselage were manufactured at Rockwell's Space Transportation Systems Division facility in Downey and were transported overland from Downey to Rockwell's Palmdale, Calif., assembly facility. The midfuselage was manufactured by General Dynamics, San Diego, Calif., and transported overland to Rockwell's Palmdale assembly facility. The wings (including elevons) were manufactured by Grumman, Bethpage, Long Island, N.Y., and transported by ship from New York via the Panama Canal to Long Beach, Calif., and then transported overland to Rockwell's Palmdale assembly facility. The vertical tail (including rudder/speed brake) were manufactured by Fairchild Republic, Farmingdale, Long Island, N.Y., and transported overland to Rockwell's Palmdale assembly facility. The payload bay doors were manufactured at Rockwell International's Tulsa, Okla., facility and transported overland to Rockwell's Palmdale assembly facility. The body flap was manufactured at Rockwell International's Columbus, Ohio, facility and transported overland to Rockwell's Palmdale assembly facility. The aft orbital maneuvering system/reaction control system pods were manufactured by McDonnell Douglas, St. Louis, Mo., and transported by aircraft to Rockwell's Palmdale assembly facility. They were also transported by aircraft from Rockwell's Palmdale assembly facility to the Kennedy Space Center.

The National Aeronautics and Space Administration had been paying the Air Force for use of Plant 42 facilities for the shuttle work. NASA decided in February 2002 to shift space shuttle overhaul and modification work from Palmdale to Florida.

During the 1990s, airlines operated out of the Palmdale Regional Airport, comprised of the terminal and parking lot on leased land. The last airline pulled out in 1998. Los Angeles World Airports [LAWA] owns 17,000 acres east of Plant 42 that was acquired for an airport. The city of Los Angeles bought the land in the 1960s when it planned to build an airport in Palmdale, but the airport was never built. In March 2001 Los Angeles County hired Tri-Star Marketing to prepare the presentations needed to bring air-passenger service back to Palmdale Regional Airport. However, the regional transportation plans formulated by the Southern California Association of Governments focus on having airports in Burbank, Ontario, Irvine and El Toro handle the excess air-passenger service for the Southern California region.






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MMMM A good read

[Lilith]

Brig, I just send you a PM with some info

Well, Thank You, but I won't be reading any PM's until at least New Years Day, 2018.

[damon]

Well, Thank You, but I won't be reading any PM's until at least New Years Day, 2018.

Ok

[paladin1991]

Didn't Senda say something like this in one of his videos?

ahahhahahah

[paladin1991]

I vote for gay porn.

Gay British porn.  I am given to understand that it is particularly raunchy and liberal in its use of BBC.

[SredniVashtar]

Gay British porn.

Is there any other kind? I sent you a very choice selection of vids last month and you still haven't reimbursed me for postage.

[paladin1991]

Falkie would you star in a gay porn? If so, are you the pitcher or the catcher? Also falkie will you go bareback too?

Of course he will go bareback.  And take the money shot across his face.  He learned it at the L.A. County jail.  That's what jail sex is known for.  Everybody knows that.

[Happier Times are Coming]

I think it would be great on a coffee mug.  I would buy one or more. They would make great gifts.

GREAT IDEA !
I also came up with a Falkie Plunger...
"in honor of Falkie's great plunging episode"
something like this, but
with FALKIE'S STILL PHOTO .. of course

[paladin1991]

The death of Adam West came up and on the live show Falkie was asked who his favorite Catwoman was.

He said he did not care for Eartha Kitt because she took the character into too dark of a direction.

How can Falkie prefer BBC and not appreciate the 'dark' turn that Eartha Kitt provided as Catwoman?

[Happier Times are Coming]

Gay British porn.  I am given to understand that it is particularly raunchy and liberal in its use of BBC.

is there such a thing as BLACK (NOT racist, just wondering) Gay British Porn ?
asking for a friend err FALKIE

[paladin1991]

Somebody tell him that cataract surgery will give him perfect vision and Medicare will pay for his cataract surgery. I'm tired of telling him stuff. I'm jealous of my dad right now - he's suddenly running around with superhero vision at age 70.

And yeah, the LASIK window slams shut once you hit 40-ish. Had I known this, I would've bought better eyes instead of boobs in my youth.

Yeah, I said it: BOOOOOOOOBS!

Nodding off as I listen to Falkie talk about his eye issues and his plans to kidnap cats that probably already have owners.

Where are the pictures?

[Happier Times are Coming]

Well, Thank You, but I won't be reading any PM's until at least New Years Day, 2018.

Brig,
I completely understand your stance on reading PMs, after the downturn Falkie took after you read and responded to his PM
You have given me reason to never click on that "you have a message" for fear of what might transpire

[Happier Times are Coming]

Where are the pictures?

Your preference, Sir...
plain ol BOOBS
or
YUGE UNDULATING SWEET KATHY BOOBS
.... please specify, Sir

[paladin1991]

For god's sake use your initiative. You just need three elements: a male prostitute, an underage donkey, and a spy camera. He'll be back before you can say 'blackmail'. Now, get to work

I think you meant 'black male.'

[paladin1991]

Careful or you'll get DPS excited.

What happened to DPS?  Or maybe I should ask, who is DPS?

[Happier Times are Coming]

I think you meant 'black male.'(NOT racist, just Falkie's preference)

FIFY
hmmm
why is it Falkie "only specifies" BLACK, not white, red, brown, yellow, purple or any other colour ?
only BLACK (NOT racist...that's just what he was....)

[damon]

FIFY
hmmm
why is it Falkie "only specifies" BLACK, not white, red, brown, yellow, purple or any other colour ?
only BLACK (NOT racist...that's just what he was....)

That's because a black man made love to him

[damon]

FIFY
hmmm
why is it Falkie "only specifies" BLACK, not white, red, brown, yellow, purple or any other colour ?
only BLACK (NOT racist...that's just what he was....)

I guess that you English base on that you spelled  color with an u

[Happier Times are Coming]

FIFY
hmmm
why is it Falkie "only specifies" BLACK, not white, red, brown, yellow, purple or any other colour ?
only BLACK (NOT racist...that's just what he was....)

clarification needed, please.
would Falkie refer to a native 100% Middle Eastern Muslim as BLACK ?
what about a Persian ?
back in the early 80s I was attending University of Texas at Austin for a summer BioChem course with Dr. Nematollah, an Iranian distinguished Professor of BioChemistry....anyway some of the "rednecks" at UT were fond of calling him a Sand N..... (I found this very offensive myself, as did his other graduate students)
.....or, does he have a different term for "them"
example...
He was a "G... F....." (NOT racist, just what he was)
what about...
Asians
Aboriginals
Latinos or Hispanics
American Indians
Indians from India
Basques
Mongolians
Inuits
Jews

[Happier Times are Coming]

That's because a black man made love to him

as Falkie tells the story..
it was not very tender..
9 BLACK men lining up
1 BLACK man on the injured reserve, not participating
worst than a Friday sale after Thanksgiving at a WalMart...
with only 15 "special limited edition Pokémon" whatever in stock...
and 1000 people that have waited in line since 2 am...
yea, one George..two "filthy holes"...and nine BLACK men !
not very tender
not very caring
not very loving

[damon]

as Falkie tells the story..
it was not very tender..
9 BLACK men lining up
1 BLACK man on the injured reserve, not participating
worst than a Friday sale after Thanksgiving at a WalMart...
with only 15 "special limited edition Pokémon" whatever in stock...
and 1000 people that have waited in line since 2 am...
yea, one George..two "filthy holes"...and nine BLACK men !
not very tender
not very caring
not very loving

Falkie just put most of his stuff in to a pawn shop so he can get a Real sex doll that is a Black Tranny. (not Racist) www.realdoll.com

[WhiteCrow]

One of the reasons I stopped participating here was because behaviour like this becomes tolerated.  Y'all think you're so much better than Fatso, then you harass or steal from the Starbucks or pizza people your own damn selves.  Stop being such damn fools.

I agree ... I'm out of here too if happens again. 

[3OctaveFart]

Whoever ordered the pizzas should man up and admit it on the thread.

[WhiteCrow]

Of COURSE, in fact, I think OldCrow has been trying to develop such a project, but as yet, has not been able to get Georges cooperation.

I could be wrong.

I pitched an Idea to George on "End of Days Radio" to pay for a start up inventory of custom "Guy from Pittsburgh"  tee shirts.. once they were sold he would have the working capital to purchase more tees shirts..George didn't like the idea because there wasn't enough profit margin to pay for his time. I followed up later with George that he could give the tee shirts away to his fans.. He didn't reply..

[damon]

Of course he will go bareback.  And take the money shot across his face.  He learned it at the L.A. County jail.  That's what jail sex is known for.  Everybody knows that.

Falkie would be really famous if he did porn

[damon]

I pitched an Idea to George on "End of Days Radio" to pay for a start up inventory of custom "Guy from Pittsburgh"  tee shirts.. once they were sold he would have the working capital to purchase more tees shirts..George didn't like the idea because there wasn't enough profit margin to pay for his time. I followed up later with George that he could give the tee shirts away to his fans.. He didn't reply..

You do come up with some good ideas white crow.

[whoozit]

George didn't like the idea because there wasn't enough profit margin to pay for his time.

I wonder what he thinks his time is worth. How many zeros in a gazillion?  I assume there aren't enough zeros to represent Falkie's number.

[WhiteCrow]

You do come up with some good ideas white crow.

Yeah like giving away White Crow hoodies ... And have George complain about the custom design art work..  Comedy gold... "priceless"

[damon]

Yeah like giving away White Crow hoodies ... And have George complain about the custom design art work..  Comedy gold... "priceless"

George just seems to be a not a very happy camper about many things. Maybe he just needs to get laid. We could pool some money and take him to the bunny ranch.

[whoozit]

Today is my 25th anniversary.  After that much time together you know what you are worth to your partner.  Kathy's worth to Falkie; aggravation.  Falkie's worth to Kathy; death benefit payout if he springs for life insurance.  I've never seen a couple that deserve each other so much.