Brain Cloud Posted March 29, 2014 Share Posted March 29, 2014 Read what it was like to crew a C-130 in the mid 60's. This accounting is of travels worldwide from paradise to war in a matter of hours. http://www.amazon.com/C-130-Crew-Chief-SeeThe-World/dp/1496032950 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mt.crewchief Posted March 31, 2014 Share Posted March 31, 2014 Okay, I just ordered the book. Hope it is worth it!! I will give a report on it as soon as I read it!! I imagine it will have grease all over the pages if it was written by a Real crew chief!! Ken Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sonny Posted March 31, 2014 Share Posted March 31, 2014 I also just ordered the book. Just wanted to find out if I did it right all those years ago. Then Ken and I are will compare notes. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Spectre623 Posted March 31, 2014 Share Posted March 31, 2014 I just ordered it to see if a real C-130 crew chief wrote it. Ha ha. Bill Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
migraywolf Posted April 2, 2014 Share Posted April 2, 2014 Think I will check it out as well. I have been with the C-130 over 30 years now and often wondered why no crew chiefs ever wrote a book of the adventures, but then, most couldn't write too good. I sure could add some funny stories. I have been truly blessed with this aircraft! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Spectre623 Posted April 3, 2014 Share Posted April 3, 2014 Right migraywolf, old Herk sure put a bunch of beans on my table!!!. Love it! Bill Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mt.crewchief Posted April 3, 2014 Share Posted April 3, 2014 Well, three days have gone by and I still don't have my book! I was thinking my experiences probably wont compare to you guy's as the only place I ever went on a C-130 for 33 months was to CRB,Clark,Tachi,Tokyo, Misawa,Osan,Taegu Bangkok,Okinawa, & Ubon. Oh yeh, also Cubi Pt. But, I went to all of those places more than a few times!!!! If that book would have been available on kindle, I would have already finished it! Ken Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tinwhistle Posted April 4, 2014 Share Posted April 4, 2014 Well, three days have gone by and I still don't have my book! I was thinking my experiences probably wont compare to you guy's as the only place I ever went on a C-130 for 33 months was to CRB,Clark,Tachi,Tokyo, Misawa,Osan,Taegu Bangkok,Okinawa, & Ubon. Oh yeh, also Cubi Pt. But, I went to all of those places more than a few times!!!! If that book would have been available on kindle, I would have already finished it! Ken Ordered mine in paperback last night and at that time Amazon had it in Kindle. I was able to preview a few pages on the Amazon web site and that little glance tells me he was probably a crew chief. What I'm especially waiting for the book is to find out if I know the guy and if he mentions any names I'll recognize, as he was at Pope the same time I was. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Spectre623 Posted April 6, 2014 Share Posted April 6, 2014 (edited) Got the book and burned thru it in little over an hour as it is only 100 pages long . Fer sure a real crew chief wrote it. I had to keep looking at the name of the author to make sure it wasn't me that had written it. It was a near copy of my first 4 years at Sewart AFB Tn...the tech school on B-47's at Amarillo AFB Tx, (within 3 months of my enlistment) the class pic on the wing then going straight to C-130's. Also the 60 day rotations to the Philippines, him Mactan, me to Clark. Breaking down in Bangkok for an extended stay,him with an engine change, same here plus a prop change...how convenient. He even told about the misery of changing dozens of MLG tires with all the thousands of steel wires sticking out of the tread, with your bare hands (ice tires...in Vietnam, go figure) All in all a neat little book and to the outside world a good thumbnail sketch of what a C-130 crew chief did in the early days of the then, fairly new Herk. I give it a thumbs up. Bill :) Edited April 6, 2014 by Spectre623 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mt.crewchief Posted April 9, 2014 Share Posted April 9, 2014 Bill, I agree, the book has got to be a first as far as what a crew chief did back in the days!! But, it was too short!!! I really envy the author in that he got to go all of those places in the world in 4 short years. I would have re enlisted if I had my first 4 years like his!!! I think if he would have made it longer and told some stories about the long days with no rewards (except personal) he could have added another 100 pages!! Actually I am kind of jealous I didn't think of doing that!! I think one of you flight engineers or load-masters should write a book. You 20 year guys could really tell some stories!! I'm glad I bought the book and all of the while I was reading it, I though of Chris (tinwhistle). Do you know any of the names Chris??? just my $.02 worth, Ken Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Brain Cloud Posted April 10, 2014 Author Share Posted April 10, 2014 I have resisted adding to the discussion because I wanted to see unsolicited responses. I am very pleased so far. The book length was the result of the manuscript in my word processor that kept changing every time I saved and reopened the program. All the pictures would go away and the contents messed up. I panicked, and heving seen all the reasons a manuscript would be rejected by the publisher, I finally gave up and sent it in to see if I was beating a dead horse. I am about to start a second edition with improved software and a little experience to give me confidence. Thanks for the reviews (You could add them to the Amazon page also) I will get more active now that the acceptance of my work seems enevitable. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sparks Posted April 11, 2014 Share Posted April 11, 2014 I guess I'm missing out. I'll have to pick up a copy and compare with my experiences as an electrician. Those were, after all, the days my friend. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Brain Cloud Posted April 14, 2014 Author Share Posted April 14, 2014 I am working on a second, extended edition of this book. It would be a great help if you guys who crewed C-130s between 1967 and today could tell me what has changed over the years. When I got discharged it looked like the romance of the job was beginning to falter as you see in the book. Did it just become a job? Why? Did they stop having TDY rotations going on all over the world? Did they stop crew chiefs from traveling with their airplane? Did they train too many people into the field? This kind of insight would allow me to make comparisons and create a more historical background. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
xzoomie32065 Posted April 19, 2014 Share Posted April 19, 2014 I think he was at Mactan about when I was there. I just ordered it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Brain Cloud Posted April 26, 2014 Author Share Posted April 26, 2014 Pope AFB 1963 thru 1971 464 TCW. If you were there during this period and crewed (maintenance) C-130s please send me a message giving your name, dates, airplane SN and TDYs you went on with dates (if known) as well as permission to memorialize it. The second edition of this book will include as complete a list as I can gather for reference purposes. (dates refers to calendar dates, not sweet young things) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DC10FE Posted May 6, 2014 Share Posted May 6, 2014 Read the book this past weekend. With very few exceptions, that could've been a biography of my first 4 years in the USAF. The class photo on the wing of the B-47 at Amarillo AFB is identical to my class photo. I had to get a magnifying glass to verify that the faces were different. Great book -- just too short. Don R. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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