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Thats 781 I remember.Has the block for the C/C name and rank. Question is , why is the symbol a red diagonal instead of a red cross?
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That hand pump was next to the co-pilot and if you never had to use it you were lucky. That thing would wear your arm out if the brake accumulator was bled to zero.
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Giz I may be wrong but I think you are one in a million. Always good questions, good comments and good input. Thanks!
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The way I remember it : ( early to mid '60s) 20 years - 50% , 30 years- 75% of base pay. From 20 to 30 some percentage was added. Regardless of "the deal" it's not enough for the troops who dedicate that much of their life to the country.
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Warsaw: Back in the '50s and '60s in the 322/317 at Evreux ,the crew chief was droped off in Copenhagan and the crew took the bird on into Warsaw, then picked the C/C up on the way out and on to the next stop.
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Warsaw: Back in the '50s and '60s in the 322/317 at Evreux ,the crew chief was droped off in Copenhagan and the crew took the bird on into Warsaw, then picked the C/C up on the way out and on to the next stop.
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A diagonal represents a discrepancy ( crab) in navy speak but has an "up arrow".A red X(red cross and sometimes called a double diagonal ) is a DOWN ARROW!
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J-BAR ,Johnson Bar - same same.In the 45 plus years I've been out of the USAF I can't tell you how many times a J-BAR would have come in handy!
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Haden't heard of someone wanting to award HIM the MOH but to hear some people talk you'd think he was the first one up the stairs. I don't think HE had much of a choise but to go after him. We'd been looking for him for 10 years and located him to within about a 100 foot radius.I could be all wrong but seemed like an easy call to me.
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I never could figure out why a milatary person ,commisioned or enlisted, would be awarded a medal for doing his or her job. A letter of comandation should suffice. For heroic action under fire or in the face of danger - then a medal might be due.
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What were you useing to reach the gear handel from the engineers seat George? Was the crew chief holding on to your shoulders as you leaned foreward or were you holding down the C/P seat?
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Not sure about that Bob.Seems to me that if elec. pwr. was applied to the acft. and no bleed air was applied , starter button depressed ,the red light in the button came on and the button was held in. Could be all wet on this, been many a year since I started a herk.
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I always felt that the entire flight deck is nicely laid out.
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Don't know how things work in todays USAF but back in the '60's the flt. mech. made air avaliable to start the engine(s).the pilot pushed the start button. The throttles wern't touched by anyone but pilot or copilot. The same held true for Cond. levers,fire control handles and flap handle. Landing gear handle was copilot at pilot command. I'm not going to say this was strictly adhered to but I saw very few deviations.
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A weather beaten usetobeyellow chock was all I ever saw used as a support for the aft end of the ramp.
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Strange. I always thought the "bump" at FS737 was a skid plate for nose high landings.
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Col. Howe was up to speed on short T/O and assault landings.
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Read or heard that one years ago. Still makes me laugh.
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The word around northern N.Y. soon after this incident was lots of "contraband".
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Who was it that said a, few days ago, something about "were we ever that young"?
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If this incident is the one I'm thinking of, that acft. landed at Saranac Lake,NY in the Adirondacs. I drove up there to have a look and couldn't get close enough to even see the bird.
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Got a laugh when I read about your running into places everyone was running out of then rembered that you are a retired fireman. Wasen't so funny then.
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No hot mike back there but seem to remember a call button. Been a LONG time.
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When I was in the AR troops had the same AFSC as crew chiefs.
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Theres the problem: it's not expensive so it must not be any good.