I remember and old salty chief tell about when he was in his first squadron,
at the start on the "Big War". He was on one of the side blisters on a PBY,
doing gunnery practice on a flock of Sea Gulls. He followed one right into
the Port float.When they landed, the squadron Chief got him a new float and
told him that he would be spending the weekend putting it on by himself. He
said that it took him most of the weekend to get the job done, Involved a
lot of shimming and running back and forth. On the bright side, he says that
he never shot another one!

Jack

Old Fart Rotorhead