Robert Brown

Retired Lockheed flight engineer Jerry Edwards passed away on May 2, 2019. He flew on many hundreds of C-130 production test flights as well as the first C-5A, C-5B, & C-130J flights. His skill at finding squawks on test flights contributed to delivery of trouble-free aircraft.

On 9/12/2009 at 8:38 AM, Fleagle said:

I take it the door didn't strike #2 or along the side when it departed? Imagine having to use the Crew Entrance Door for bailout - as I recall it was the last resort if needing to bail out and the -1 EP's stated to push out and downward if using that door........gads!

I was told that a test was run, throwing a dummy out of the crew entry door, because they were afraid that if you ever used it in flight, you might hit the LH MLG pod. They were surprised when the dummy hit the RH MLG pod because the air swirls around the fuselage.

Anyone here know anything about the "Bangkok Incident"? The guy who told me about it said that when he tried to casually ask an AF officer about it in the 1970's, the guy immediately clammed up. Loss of control with such violent gyrations that it was said all the propeller blade bearings were "shattered".