MOW
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Post by MOW on Jul 31, 2004 7:01:33 GMT 9
Ok, you asked for it... here it is! Pics of the "TALL TALES" trophy: Made out of oak salvaged from a china cabinet that was over 100 yrs old. The six is from 6061 T2 a/c aluminum (liberated type) Clock is a Seiko quartz movement in a solid brass case Base is in the form of the ADC shield of olden times The easel is a side view of the fuselage from the wing trailing edge, and the stylilized triangle was the best shape to show the six on. Jim will be setting the rules...   |
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Post by Ron Kollas on Aug 27, 2004 11:27:25 GMT 9
Many many years ago in my younger years with the 95th FIS at Andrews & their F86D's, we had a very strange & embarassing occurrance. Problem was we had 86's with the following buzz numbers, 617, 761, 167 & 617. Wasn't unusual to bring a bird in for PE, remove the engine, reinstall the aft section & park it on the flightline till the PE dock was ready for it. I'm not sure of the buzz numbers after all these years, but believe that 167 had the engine removed, & 761 was scheduled to be towed to the alert hangar. The pilot had made his walkaround & put his chute by the nose gear. As I recall it started to rain & someone picked up his chute & carried it into the hangar. Later in the day two of the crew dogs were told to grab his chute & tow the bird to the alert hangar. So the bird was placed in one of the alert hangar bays. ( now be aware that the intake & exhaust covers were in place. Power cart was connected & pilots chute placed in open cockpit. NOW, can you imagine the surprise when the klaxon went off the following morning, everyone ran for the bird, BUT when the ground crew pulled the intake & exhaust covers off, THEY DISCOVERED THAT THERE WAS NO ENGINE INSTALLED!!!!!!! To put it mildly there was a lot of red faces around the maintenance gang for few days. Apparently the flightchief got his tail numbers crossed & the wrong bird was put on alert.
Gads, it's hard to believe that this happened in 1956 & I was a young 20 year old A2C!!! I've got another alert barn story for you some other day. Yeah, I know it's hard to believe that anyone would do something that stupid. However Jim, you may recall in those days when someone wore 6 stripes & you had 2, when he told you to do something, YOU DID IT WITHOUT ANY QUESTIONS ASKED!!! Can you see that happening today?!!!
Cheers
Thud
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Post by Ron Kollas on Aug 27, 2004 11:29:36 GMT 9
Sometime during the summer of 1957, we had a couple of F89's drop in from I believe the 98th FIS at Dover AFB. One of the pilots had gone through flight school with a 2Lt Jones in our unit. They parked the 89s in front of two open bays of the alert hangars, or which both front & rear doors were open. Lt Jones had a brand new Ford droptop which was parked behind the fench at the rear of the alert barn. When the 89's were ready to depart the next morning, Lt Jones told the crew dog not to pull the chocks when the pilot asked for same. Well, when the pilot of the 89 applied the power, naturally the bird didn't move. So he must have figured out what had happened, so LIT THE BURNERS!! When the 89 leaped over the chocks, the blast propelled the chock through the alert bay, over the fench & THROUGH THE WINDSHIELD OF LT JONE'S DROPTOP!!! To this day I wonder what he told his insurance agent!!!
Enjoy
Thud
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Post by Jim on Sept 11, 2004 13:50:48 GMT 9
SEE CAREERS FOR THE FIVE FINALISTS
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