tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13978481.post1167579891694742063..comments2024-01-17T12:50:53.276-08:00Comments on Any Given Sundry: Pacific Airmotive Corp. - Monday 3/17/2008Sundryhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11395065569691894697noreply@blogger.comBlogger58125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13978481.post-12103724019246054742024-01-17T12:50:53.276-08:002024-01-17T12:50:53.276-08:00I worked at PAC 1986 -88 we were a full service FA...I worked at PAC 1986 -88 we were a full service FAA repair station. I built the new weld shop in the back if the building. I was the lead man of the welding shop . it was a great place to work as I was a youngster among a few legendary old guys...as far as contamination ,I hope note ,I ate a lot of avocados off the tree out back...Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13978481.post-23477329930179238402022-10-12T03:25:49.913-07:002022-10-12T03:25:49.913-07:00Does anyone have any knowledge of work done by PAC...Does anyone have any knowledge of work done by PAC Aero on Gulfstream G-159 S.N. 121, N732G/N234MM, aka “The Mouse”?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13978481.post-4459116474418554452022-07-20T14:33:16.492-07:002022-07-20T14:33:16.492-07:00Was Cathy ______ the director of hr ? Her name is...Was Cathy ______ the director of hr ? Her name is at the tip of my tongueAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13978481.post-1938343957510220112022-04-27T17:47:44.226-07:002022-04-27T17:47:44.226-07:00I worked at P.A.C. from 1961 to1970 in the test ce...I worked at P.A.C. from 1961 to1970 in the test cell. I worked with Ramond Folks in the swing shift (4:30 to Midnight). He returned to Spain and I became leadman. I figured up one time I spent 20,000 hrs. approx. testing A/C engines. My employ # was 30094. I used to climb up the ladder on the first jet test cell which was about 60 ft. high .One evening while up on top ,Lockheed hanger to the north opened and a whole lot of security men appeared and they moved the SR-71 out and hurried covered it to truck it to Edwards . I also had to do a part power test on Hug Hef. Dc-9 and I laded on his round bed .Myself and another mechanic stayed around till a Rolls pulled up with Hug and Barb. Benton and other playmates .There first trip to Acapulco .Also ran the Univac computer program across the street till a returned to Colorado and ran a auto/truck repair shop for 50 yrs. 1970-2020 Jim Schroedernoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13978481.post-66831838142592457632021-10-20T20:28:39.673-07:002021-10-20T20:28:39.673-07:00Eugene Fox is my brother in law, he was vice presi...Eugene Fox is my brother in law, he was vice president and general manager during the 80's and maybe 90's. My sister was an executive secretary there from the mid 60'sAnonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04969564425632317068noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13978481.post-71405606836533788922021-09-04T19:01:58.567-07:002021-09-04T19:01:58.567-07:00I wworked at PAC from 1970 - 1977. I frist starte...I wworked at PAC from 1970 - 1977. I frist started in the Material Department as a typist and then I was promoted to a Buyer's Asst, working for Roy Stoneham and later Willy Harris. I finally transfer to the accouting department to do billing of the engines we took care of. I worked with great people and even fell in love a guy (and still love him to this day). Those were some the best days of my life!!!!! I sure do miss them those days.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13978481.post-12439779985233081342021-07-25T08:58:03.610-07:002021-07-25T08:58:03.610-07:00
This is a Question for anyone .
I was friends wi...<br />This is a Question for anyone . <br />I was friends with Colin Mason kids at the time he worked at P A C from the 60s till they closed as a Machinist does anyone remember Colin Mason working there . thanks Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04148681380711239948noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13978481.post-54240082060602913352020-10-19T21:04:29.431-07:002020-10-19T21:04:29.431-07:00My dad worked for Mr.Meyers around 1968. He took m...My dad worked for Mr.Meyers around 1968. He took me to look around the playboy plane something i will never forget.vickiehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00835298274809109382noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13978481.post-35266927846308528952020-08-05T14:13:17.790-07:002020-08-05T14:13:17.790-07:00Hey Jim you still have that Merc. 😁Ed GoldsteinHey Jim you still have that Merc. 😁Ed GoldsteinAnonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16534099214922536293noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13978481.post-22043759294367256902020-02-24T19:40:20.573-08:002020-02-24T19:40:20.573-08:00<br /><br />davenoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13978481.post-47466957958402220122019-08-13T08:14:13.571-07:002019-08-13T08:14:13.571-07:00I lived across the street from pac in the 60s that...I lived across the street from pac in the 60s that where my dad worked I been on the bunny plane my dad done alot of unpostering to that plane seats carpet high Hefner head board to his bed pac will always be a part of meAnonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08407503858105258112noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13978481.post-2653082194211309892019-08-13T08:06:58.665-07:002019-08-13T08:06:58.665-07:00My father done the head board for the bunny planeMy father done the head board for the bunny planeAnonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08407503858105258112noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13978481.post-15639616470209293162017-11-30T06:53:04.805-08:002017-11-30T06:53:04.805-08:00I hired on with PAC at Luke Air Force Base in abou...I hired on with PAC at Luke Air Force Base in about 1980. PAC had a USAF contract to modify Pratt & Whitney F-100 turbofan engines used on the F-15 Eagle. We were working 12 hour shifts 6 days a week. Money was great but the contract only went for about a year. After about 6 months at Luke, they transferred me and couple other guys to Holloman AFB NM where we went for another 6 months. When the contract ended I was able to get my old job back at Honeywell Aerospace (back then AiResearch MFG CO of AZ) in Phoenix.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00599961380255194676noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13978481.post-90450517163094969932017-05-01T15:43:40.618-07:002017-05-01T15:43:40.618-07:00I worked at PAC sometime around 1976-1980 as a com...I worked at PAC sometime around 1976-1980 as a computer operator. During that time we upgraded from an IBM mainframe to a Univac 9400 series mainframe. It was certainly the beginning of the computer era.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12708637544812254805noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13978481.post-7125444993014182912017-05-01T15:40:42.692-07:002017-05-01T15:40:42.692-07:00This comment has been removed by the author.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13978481.post-20590792315755869992017-03-18T11:06:26.553-07:002017-03-18T11:06:26.553-07:00I flew into the Bob Hope Airport to see the test c...I flew into the Bob Hope Airport to see the test cell with a galleria sign on its outside wall, but remember working inside the walls of test cell pic of PAC. It was my first real job, 11.06 an hour union wage in 1985. I remember old Smokey driving his old PU truck into work every morning. I was the first girl to work at the place even got my picture on the brochure. I went off to college but I will never forget my first job and opportunity to feel like an adult with a real job.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09630806046825130300noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13978481.post-4655185976187541492017-01-28T17:16:59.308-08:002017-01-28T17:16:59.308-08:00Before the PAC was torn down, I spent a day or two...Before the PAC was torn down, I spent a day or two wandering about the facility taking a lot of photographs of the place. While the images are for sale, I'm not pitching a sale here, I just thought some of you may want to see a bit of what I photographed.<br /><br />I came back several times, but the last time it was buttoned up pretty tight. I got there before the scavengers and taggers had a go at it. <br /><br />For me, just a tourist in a strange place at the time, it was something to behold. I didn't know a lot about what I was looking at, but I did appreciate what had gone on there. Reading some of the stories above is very enlightening. I wish I had been able to shoot more, but airport security didn't see it my way. <br /><br />Thanks for letting me post here, I really appreciate it.<br /><br />To see some of the photos I shot:<br />https://goo.gl/5AL0P0<br />or<br />https://goo.gl/2jP1EO<br /><br />Again, I'm not pitching a sale, I just wanted to share what I did. I hope it can be appreciated.<br /><br />If you don't want to follow any links, just do a Google search for Pacific Airmotive, you'll see most of the images I was able to get before it was too late.<br /><br />-Peter Lopez<br />aka: YoPedro<br />Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04776044653052222370noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13978481.post-78365740742054823972015-10-31T10:23:51.265-07:002015-10-31T10:23:51.265-07:00This comment has been removed by the author.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01844333038540231518noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13978481.post-57870103401610483042015-10-31T10:23:49.912-07:002015-10-31T10:23:49.912-07:00Facebook brian woodruff. He was our test cell engi...Facebook brian woodruff. He was our test cell engineer.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01844333038540231518noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13978481.post-51241104840919799132015-08-14T22:36:22.782-07:002015-08-14T22:36:22.782-07:00Wow, great to see this post. I was just emailing ...Wow, great to see this post. I was just emailing a friend who worked at PAC when I did (70 through early 80's) and said it would be great if there was something on PAC. I remember most everyone mentioned. Will Tiegs, Harry Hurlburt (worked for him when I started in the rotating units dept.) I ended working all the test cells and that was a great experience. Yeah, there was a JT9 that jumped out of the ceiling cradle in the big cell when someone failed to run the lock pins in. When one of the 9's stalled in the cell it was like an earthquake. Years of memories. Lots of friends. <br />Rick Grupp Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13978481.post-76217686661563086152015-08-10T13:02:38.239-07:002015-08-10T13:02:38.239-07:00I worked there from about 1972 thru 1977. Had sev...I worked there from about 1972 thru 1977. Had several jobs, mostly in quality control. That particular building was, I think, built to test the rather large P&WA JT9 engines that were originally on the 747s.<br />PAC was huge back in the day - the did all the interior work on the famous Hugh Hefner plane, actually took recip powered planes, and outfitted them with jets, had their own "fleet" of engines for use by major airlines as spares. At some point, maybe late 60s, they were bought out by the Purex Corp - we liked getting our annual "care packages" of Purex products. They were a P&WA and Rolls Royce authorized warranty and overhaul station.<br />I had seen in their library, a very very old parts catalog, seeing the old leather flight "helmets".<br />Hated to see that place go - I left during the strike of 77. They lost most of their large airline contracts after that.Ray Sadeskynoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13978481.post-64656614529892264012015-02-27T17:55:05.841-08:002015-02-27T17:55:05.841-08:00(Nearly everything in the following is as I recall...(Nearly everything in the following is as I recall.)<br /><br />My Dad, Harry Hurlburt Sr., worked at PAC from around the beginning of WWII to approximately 1978. He started as a gate guard and ended up as director of the balance department.<br /><br />I recall that as a small kid, he told me that he got flown from Burbank to Las Vegas Airport to do some quick engine repairs to a DC-3, I believe. He said the passengers watched him out their windows as he stood on a tall ladder doing his work. (Was that even possible that that happened?)<br /><br />He was a very strong pro-labor union man (I used to read his IAM newspapers harping about the right-to-work laws; called right-to-wreck laws by them [it never ends, God help us all]) until he was promoted to management. Then, he got to see the other side of the coin: the unions protecting bad employees.<br /><br />He was a very conscientious man and had lots and lots of stories of the screwups made by various employees. He wished that these things had never happened because he couldn't stand to see value eaten up.<br /><br />One time he was telling me how a machinist junked a $30,000 engine case by drilling a hole 0.008" off-center. In exasperation after hearing the umpteenth story like this, I said, Please give me a list of your airline customers and I will never fly on those airlines. He replied, We have the best engine reliability record in the industry. (Back then, there were news reports of planes falling out of the skies like once every three months, it seemed.)<br /><br />He got complaint after complaint from the engine final test department (or whatever it was called) for out-of-balance disk shafts causing a "shaker." So, he would have to go over to the test cell and figure out what the problem was. It would be a tech had mounted a vibration sensor on a rubber-mounted part, one time, and improperly aligned case halves the next, etc.<br /><br />One time, he couldn't figure out what the problem was, so, at the insistence of the test department head, the shaft and disks assembly was removed from the engine and sent off to Pratt in Connecticut. The report came back, We don't even balance them to this tolerance level.<br /><br />My Dad used every bit of precision available from their Schenck balance machine (from Germany).<br /><br />He was always hauling home stuff from the plant. Long, wooden propeller crates, piles of very long fluorescent lighting units, made brown by long exposure in the plant. (I still have some nice, sturdy auxiliary power unit shipping crates from decades ago.) After it had lain up against the back of the garage for a few years, my mother would wait until he had to go away on business and she'd get my brother and me to rent a truck and haul it all away.<br /><br />My recollections of his "testimonies" are that his experience at PAC was definitely mixed.<br /><br />Some time after he retired, I remember that an engine under thrust test broke loose in the big test cell and the damage was around $8,000,000.<br /><br />These are my loose recollections of my Dad's employment at PAC.<br />George Hilmanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06766219760050150967noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13978481.post-25509579945520910912015-02-27T17:47:57.765-08:002015-02-27T17:47:57.765-08:00This comment has been removed by the author.George Hilmanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06766219760050150967noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13978481.post-7987918976277599122013-09-26T07:05:08.068-07:002013-09-26T07:05:08.068-07:00Any one that worked at PAC please contact me regar...Any one that worked at PAC please contact me regarding the PAC pension at aminiet@hotmail.com I am also in fcebook.<br />Angel A. MinietAngelhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04034004314042991930noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13978481.post-28294152092872165202013-09-13T20:34:03.459-07:002013-09-13T20:34:03.459-07:00One more entry as of September 13, 2013.
I would ...One more entry as of September 13, 2013.<br /><br />I would like to make a correction to my last entry and add on a couple more historic details about Pacific Airmotive.<br /><br />First: I would like to make a correction, my actual employee number was 31968, not 13219, which was my badge number and please excuse the other typo erros.<br /><br />Second: The anonymous entry from September 06, 2013 about the demolishing of Test Cell number-1 is unfortunate and I saw it as well. That was the very last structure that was still standing and still had the Pacific Airmotive name on it and it's gone forever.<br /><br />I remember Red Jenn telling me when he came to work at PAC in 1941he worked in what was the engine overhaul shop back then and it was located in the airport of the PAC Aircraft Division, adjacent to where the PAC hangers were. So that would mean that the engine overhaul was actually there before it was moved to 2940 Noth Hollywood Way, which was accross the street from the airport runway.<br /><br />One more last piece of historic trivia. In 1968 Hugh Hefner the owner and creater of the Playboy magazine had his new McDonnell Douglas DC-9 flown over from MAC DAC, Long Beach, to the PAC Aircraft Division on a special FAA permit to be completed. PAC painted the outside of the aircraft black with the famous "white bunny head" on the verticle stabilizer.(tail)<br /><br />They also installed the complete original interior which was done with white panneling and the seat cushions and carpeting was a lite orange color. It had a bar, a meeting room, a changing room for the bunny's and in the tail section was where the bedroom was.<br /><br />The bedroom also had a lavatory, shower, closet, Polaroid windows, (you could see out, but no one could see in), a tear droped shaped bed, a phone for room service and lastly a closed circuit television, you could watch a movie or switch to the interior cameras and watch what everyone else was doing in the aircraft.<br /><br />The painting and interior work was finally finished in 1969. Two weeks before it was delivered to Hugh Hefner, I pesonnally got to go through it, But this was only due to me being an employee Of PAC, no other outside personnel were allowed in it.<br /><br />Well that's everthing that I can remember, but I will never forget Pacific Airmotive.Mike Maroneynoreply@blogger.com