Actually, the other way around. The G was #2 and was flown by an IP that
had "99%" H time in his career. A water assisted G will out accelerate an H
for about 90 seconds and the speculation, or maybe it was an actual finding,
is that he was getting too close and pulled power. The water didn't cutout
as it was supposed to do but rather flooded out some number of engines and
they then didn't have the power then to make it. More factors than that to
it of course, but thats the exec summary.

JB

"BUFDRVR" wrote in message
...
A tragic memory I have was watching a Castle AFB Buff (CCTS sortie with
10
on board) as #2 in a MITO go in a mile off the rwy at Mather AFB (Dec
'82).
Watched that from the alert pad as an off going crewmember.

Was this the infameous H following a G MITO?


BUFDRVR

"Stay on the bomb run boys, I'm gonna get those bomb doors open if it
harelips
everyone on Bear Creek"