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Post by Mark O on Sept 23, 2011 4:35:58 GMT 9
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Post by Gene on Sept 23, 2011 4:59:38 GMT 9
theres got to be a movie in there somewhere...
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Post by bear (Deceased) on Sept 23, 2011 6:53:49 GMT 9
I think it was at Selfridge in the early 60 when CC could do high speed taxi checks that one of them got a little to fast and had the nose wheels of the ground. After thaat the Maintance Officer or a Pilot did those Tests.
Bear
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Post by Mark O on Sept 23, 2011 8:33:35 GMT 9
I think it was at Selfridge in the early 60 when CC could do high speed taxi checks that one of them got a little to fast and had the nose wheels of the ground. After that the Maintenance Officer or a Pilot did those Tests. Bear All those incidents probably were the beginning of the end of CCs (or other ground crews) losing the taxi qualifications. By the time I started as a CC on KC-135s all we could get was plain ol' engine run qual'd. We could do max power runs if the conditions allowed, but either way we had to specify what type of run we were doing. "Jumping" the chocks was one of the big issues we worried about, but I never did that. I did have an APU fire once. The halon "discharge" button worked as advertised! Interestingly, as an FE getting engine run qualified was never an option. We either got the crew chiefs, or the pilots to do it if required. Mark
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Post by Jim on Sept 23, 2011 8:51:41 GMT 9
Airman Johnson's experience was part of the briefing at Williams AFB to get your runup and taxi license for the T-38, F-5 and T-37 aircraft.... Taxi was limited to TSgt-MSgt for flight line and Unscheduled Maint ( my job on first assignment to Willie)... Engine shop line support was SSgt and TSgt...
There were many a time in the Duece, that I had the nose wheel off the concrete at Griffiss and the tower would say, Sgt, you are NOT cleared for take off......
Sometime before I retired from the AF and Willie Airplane Patch, an airman at Shepard or Columbus AFB ( pilot trng) took off in a T-38, I believe he crashed and died on landing.... After that no enlisted personnel were authorized to taxi in Fly Training..... To me it was always a prestige thing to have that card in your pocket... By the time I had retired, I had been taxi authorized in T-33, C-47, F-86F, F-94C, F-102, F-106, F-100, RF-101C, T-38 and F-5B/C... I was a brand new A/2c (2 striper) when I got checked out in the T-33- boy could I strut with my headset in my hand as I walked back to the line shack!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
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Post by Gene on Sept 23, 2011 12:22:54 GMT 9
i saw a 141 jump the chocks once...at least what happened after it did... almost took out the pax terminal... nose wheel tracks into the newly mowed lawn... they were deep... a few feet more and....
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Post by MOW on Sept 23, 2011 14:52:26 GMT 9
I maintained taxi qual in the six up until I left the sixes in '84. One of the last great things a CC could do as a CC. Then came the F-16 where the only thrill was run qual and burner in the hush house. Oh well.
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