Hey, Ed, I tried, but when both engines quit at 1500 AGL right over the
runway at 300 KIAs - well, I thought about a 4-lane road half a mile
away at about 50 degrees left but then I thought about running into
cars and killing civilians trying to save an eleven year old F4 so -
when it got to glide speed and we still didn't have a light out we
went. Phil Burbages' first recheckout ride after 5 years pounding a
desk, too. Felt bad - it was a good bird until then and I'd been flying
jets since 1954 - this was 1978. Number of landings = number of
takeoffs minus 1. (engines quit because some AMC mech left a wad of
typhoon tape in #2 fuel cell 15 months earlier and it finally wandered
around and plugged the transfer port to #1 fuel cell. The low-level
float and quantity probe are in cell 2 - and it stayed full as #1 went
dry. Just wasn't our day. I did get a tie and a pin from Martin-Baker
but it cost Uncle Sam 2,236,000 bucks . . .Walt BJ