flying!

"Gord Beaman" ) wrote:
Mike Marron wrote:
Oneupsmanship as to whose job was the most BORING. Gotta love it!

Oh, I don't know Mike, we get lot's of pleasure from imagining
people like you paying through the nose to keep us up there doing
that...

Sorry Gord, but I don't envy ya.

(B2431) wrote:

Or a longwire mission, airborne command post, airborne alert, trash hauler
flight, ferry etc.

What did they bring you along for? To carry their pitot tube "remove
before flight" streamers?

Let's face it marron's concept of the military comes from
movies.

I dunno danny boy, when I think of you the bumbling TV sitcom
character Ens. Parker (Tim Conway in McHale's Navy) springs
to mind.

Barksdale AFB to Korea and back, 33+ hours.

Try 313 hours 35 minutes (13 days and 13 nights) in the air including
adjusting the points and changing the 200 hp Lycoming's spark plugs
via crawling outside the cockpit and straddling the cowling three
inches away from the spinning prop!!

-From "The Flying Years" by Lou Reichers
Trumped! He wins. Although at least by having to crawl out on the wing you get
both exercise and fresh air.


BUFDRVR

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

Mike Marron wrote:
(BUFDRVR) wrote:

Barksdale AFB to Korea and back, 33+ hours.

Try 313 hours 35 minutes (13 days and 13 nights) in the air including
adjusting the points and changing the 200 hp Lycoming's spark plugs
via crawling outside the cockpit and straddling the cowling three
inches away from the spinning prop!!

-From "The Flying Years" by Lou Reichers

Trumped! He wins. Although at least by having to crawl out on the wing you get
both exercise and fresh air.

I forgot to mention that this incredible feat was done in a
single-engine monoplane! The following excerpt describes a situation
that developed at the beginning of the second straight week in the air
when the engine began to shake in the motor mounts. One of the two
pilots climbed out on the cowling in front of the cockpit (straddling
it like a horse) and was attempting to fix the motor mount problem
while the other (flying) pilot had shut the engine down and was trying
to stall the airplane to get the prop to stop spinning:

"We changed places again, and I put her into a climb. At 10,000 feet,
Bob crawled out, fastened his belt to the guardrail, and I handed him
the new assembly and the magnetic screw driver. He signaled when
he was braced and ready. I pulled the thorttle back and cut the
switch, then eased back on the control wheel to stall the ship in an
attempt to stop the propeller from turning. At the stall, the plane
shuddered violently and fell off on a wing. I dove her to regain
control, started the engine again and climbed back to 10,000 feet to
try again. In the third attempt, the plane fell into a tight spin,
glueing Bob against the side of the cowl. I lost two thousand feet in
the recovery. Bob crawled back in, shaking like a leaf...."

"Mike Marron" wrote in message
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| "We changed places again, and I put her into a climb. At 10,000 feet,
| Bob crawled out, fastened his belt to the guardrail, and I handed him
| the new assembly and the magnetic screw driver. |
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I'd love to see Bob's face if you handed him a set of piston rings and
engine bearings.






Cheers


Dave Kearton