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Post by steve201 (deceased) on Sept 28, 2009 14:08:47 GMT 9
one of my stories was on the huey we had at Grand Forks.(hope you don't mind me jumping in so fast)...but I got selected to fly jafo in the back seat of a huey for a missile convoy..(My office was in the same hanger as the helo crews ops office was located so I got to talk to them alot)...
well....at that age one of my favorite lunch items was hotdogs, chips and a 7up drink..so..off to the bowling alley for a quick lunch..push time was 1:30 pm for the convoy and we had to be airborne by 1pm....met up with the crew...they briefed me at 12:45 and off to the bird we go....airborne and in a hold until the missile is released for travel by the Base commander..
while in the holding pattern outside the base I find out I don't like to go around in circles....I quickly asked for a couple of sick bags and the next thing I know I'm hurling my combat boots and lunch up into 2 bags...yes...I became known in the sqdn as 2bagger.....
well...it seems my pilot was fresh from nam and was still flying aggressively as he was in Nam....which by the way caused me to loose everything in my stomach including my combat boot strings!!...I think they were hanging out of my nose when I finally got off the aircraft...
after the relief helo showed up at the missile site....we left for a straight line for the base...
it took me about 20 yrs to finally eat a hotdog....I still can't stand the smell of a 7up.......
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Post by Bullhunter on Sept 28, 2009 15:37:45 GMT 9
Steve, That's just too funny!  |
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Post by Jim Scanlon (deceased) on Sept 29, 2009 0:05:14 GMT 9
:lol
Great story Steve. Welcome to the Six hanger. Good way to introduce yourself to the rest of us.
I know you are not the only one who experienced some baggie time.
I did. Will tell that one some other time.
Jim
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Post by jimstarling on Aug 17, 2012 5:54:04 GMT 9
I was wondering if anyone really read this stuff or had any intrest. Many views and no replys. I've been thinking that I can't have been the only technician lucky enough to catch flights. At McChord I witnessed many a Sgt and Airman go up. Very surprized there isn't more stories and or replys. It may four years after your post (I just found the site), but I read 'em and I'm interested, but what would you like readers to say? |
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Post by LBer1568 on Aug 17, 2012 7:09:51 GMT 9
I was lucky enough to get some rides during my career. First flight was T-33 at McGuire. I was Division Maintenance man of Quarter so got the ride. Then I got several to go to Omstead AFB PA to fix MA-1 on deployed birds (T-33). We had most specialities at Deployment Base, but never MA-1. Right before we closed McGuire, 539th FIS I got a back seat ride in 2532. I PCS'd to Tyndall the next month and got to work on it while there. After my TDY to OSAN supporting the 318th I was awarded Maintenance Tech of Year for Weapons Center. So I got to ride in back of a B Model...yup my old favorite 2532. After cross training into Flight Simulation I went to RAF Upper Heyford. Got a ride in Helo while there. Never got into F-111. Then I went to Spangdahlem. I got to ride in F4E once there. I was Branch Chief of Simulator so I talked Wg Cmd into a ride. Then on to 62 AMS at McChord. I was Branch Chief of C-130 Simulator and I got more C-130 rides than I really wanted. The Sim OIC was a Lt Col and he always wanted a sim guy along so we could get better experience than just Simulator. My worst fun rides there were Assult Field Landing and Take-offs. They had a grass strip between main runway and taxiway. That was not fun, actually kind of like punishment. One night we did 8 of those (2 different A/C). Then I went to WPAFB OH. I was Test Manager of all C-series Simulators. We were buying a simulator for In Flight Refueling for both C-141 and C-5. Actually both cockpits are nearly identical, except C-5 has an additional 2 feet in width. I got identified as flight test engineer (CMSgt) and went to Altus AFB OK. I got to ride in rt seat during refueling missions in both C-141 and C-5. We refueled with both KC-135 and KC-10. During the flights I had a video camera on a tripod so I could film and record sound during refueling. That was some tense times. Pilots get nervous during engagements. So I wasn't allowed to say much. But it was fun. Right before my retirement I got to ride in an EC-135E ARIA . It was in Test Wing at WPAFB and was used as tracking aircraft for the Apollo space program. I included picture of it as it was wierd. I didn't mention the aircraft I flew TDY on as I wasn't in cockpit. Those include C-118, C-119, C-123, C-124, KC-10 and KC-135. . Attachments:
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Post by f89j1905 on Aug 18, 2012 7:25:23 GMT 9
A Duluth T-33 crashed in Lake Superior on a radar approach to runway 27, both aircrew killed. Pilot was Capt Kenneth Chandler a Korean War ACE with the 337 FIS. Shot down and rescued by Helo. He was also the Bendix Air Race Winner with an F-102.
Lt Frank Latora was the other aircrew. Seems to me that some where in my travels there was a Latora Hall (Duluth)?
For those of you that were stationed at Duluth, the baseball field was named in honor of Capt Chandler.
Another bit of 11th FIS History. On 20 Aug 57 while deployed to "Dicky Goober" due to runway work at Duluth, an 11th F-102 shot down one of their T-33's with a Falcon missile. Both crew members ejected safely. One of the T-33 crew was Lt Ray Zuhars who went on to fly the U-2 and later was the Air Force Advisor to the 148th at Duluth during the RF-4C years.
Interest site:ejection-history.org.uk. A big project by a Brit to document all aircraft ejections. Section on Duluth.
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