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02-21-2014, 05:22 AM
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Join Date: Oct 2013
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Vans QB factory
Hi All,
Does anyone have the address /location for the QB factory in Thailand?
If one wanted to visit, would permission need to be sought from HO?
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02-21-2014, 05:38 AM
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Join Date: Jul 2007
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I may be mistaken but isn't the QB factory in the PI?
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02-21-2014, 05:44 AM
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Would the street number then be 3.14? 
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02-21-2014, 05:53 AM
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Originally Posted by SmilingJack
Would the street number then be 3.14? |
Your fast,
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02-21-2014, 06:10 AM
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Join Date: Apr 2007
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What? You mean the QBs are made in Thailand? Ahh the irony when considering the "made in the USA" mantra that is site is more or less soaked in  Just saying. |
02-21-2014, 06:20 AM
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Parts are manufactured in the US and assembled in the Phillipines.
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02-21-2014, 10:57 AM
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I might add that they're assembled by folks who have been riveting since back in the days of doing sheet metal repairs on Vietnam War battle damaged fighters. ...or so I was told. Pretty sure that's accurate.
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02-21-2014, 01:07 PM
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Join Date: Jul 2005
Location: Hubbard Oregon
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Quote:
Originally Posted by Gash
I might add that they're assembled by folks who have been riveting since back in the days of doing sheet metal repairs on Vietnam War battle damaged fighters. ...or so I was told. Pretty sure that's accurate.
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In the beginning...
When the QB program first started a little over 20 years ago, a lot of the builders were workers that had been furloughed when Clark Air base closed. That was still the case when I was there in 1998 for a short term assignment to help them get up to speed on the RV-8(A) QB builds.
Considering the amount of time that has now passed, I am not sure that is any longer the case, but the origins of the training newer employees have received surely go back to that time.
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02-22-2014, 05:09 AM
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Join Date: Feb 2008
Location: Hillsboro, Oregon
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Originally Posted by SvingenB
What? You mean the QBs are made in [another country]? Ahh the irony when considering the "made in the USA" mantra that is site is more or less soaked in Just saying. |
If it makes you feel any better, the Philippines was a U.S. territory for nearly 50 years, and heavily defended by the USA during WW-II. :-) :-)
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02-22-2014, 05:37 AM
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Outstanding work.
....and when we picked up our QB-6A almost 10 years ago, we marveled at the exceptional workmanship!
Best,
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