My Pearl Harbor Day

39 years ago today I ejected over Greenland in the middle of a snow
storm.

I celebrate the day after Pearl Harbor Day with MY Pearl Harbor Day.

Big John

"Big John" wrote in message
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39 years ago today I ejected over Greenland in the middle of a snow
storm.

I celebrate the day after Pearl Harbor Day with MY Pearl Harbor Day.

Big John

Damn it John! You've been around here long enough to supposedly not need to
be told the rules!

You CAN NOT bring up something like this without telling "The Rest Of The
Story."

;-)

So spill it already! Spare us no details!
--
Jim in NC

On Sat, 8 Dec 2007 21:17:14 -0500, "Morgans"
wrote:


"Big John" wrote in message
.. .
39 years ago today I ejected over Greenland in the middle of a snow
storm.

I celebrate the day after Pearl Harbor Day with MY Pearl Harbor Day.

Big John

Damn it John! You've been around here long enough to supposedly not need to
be told the rules!

You CAN NOT bring up something like this without telling "The Rest Of The
Story."

;-)

So spill it already! Spare us no details!


Jim

Have told the story in lots of detail prior on News Group.

Short story. On approach to Sondrustrom Greenland,(Wx 1000/3 in snow
storm) GCA lost all but one frequency which went intermittent. I went
to Guard channel. They forgot I was on Guard Channel and tried to talk
to me on the discrete frequency (which of course I could not hear).
After they realized their error, they came up on Guard and sent me
around. I had 12 gallons of jet fuel so pulled up toward ice cap and
punched. Picked up by a Danish Chopper along with the rest of my
flight (3 other pilots).

Just lucky for all four of us to be alive so down a few every 8
December in remembrance )

Big John

Big John wrote:
On Sat, 8 Dec 2007 21:17:14 -0500, "Morgans"
wrote:
So spill it already! Spare us no details!


Jim

Have told the story in lots of detail prior on News Group.

Indeed you have. Here's the posts I've found, searching only under
rec.aviation.* using keywords "greenland" and "ejected":

http://groups.google.com/group/rec.a...fc2c244994d92c
http://groups.google.com/group/rec.a...de484d9521e97f
http://groups.google.com/group/rec.a...6dd67059d5a452
http://groups.google.com/group/rec.a...47c5d2e68c7aa9

Short story. On approach to Sondrustrom Greenland,(Wx 1000/3 in snow
storm) GCA lost all but one frequency which went intermittent. I went
to Guard channel. They forgot I was on Guard Channel and tried to talk
to me on the discrete frequency (which of course I could not hear).
After they realized their error, they came up on Guard and sent me
around. I had 12 gallons of jet fuel so pulled up toward ice cap and
punched. Picked up by a Danish Chopper along with the rest of my
flight (3 other pilots).

Just lucky for all four of us to be alive so down a few every 8
December in remembrance )

Big John

On Dec 9, 4:03 pm, Big John wrote:
On Sat, 8 Dec 2007 21:17:14 -0500, "Morgans"



wrote:

"Big John" wrote in message
.. .
39 years ago today I ejected over Greenland in the middle of a snow
storm.

I celebrate the day after Pearl Harbor Day with MY Pearl Harbor Day.

Big John

Damn it John! You've been around here long enough to supposedly not need to
be told the rules!

You CAN NOT bring up something like this without telling "The Rest Of The
Story."

;-)

So spill it already! Spare us no details!

Jim

Have told the story in lots of detail prior on News Group.

Short story. On approach to Sondrustrom Greenland,(Wx 1000/3 in snow
storm) GCA lost all but one frequency which went intermittent. I went
to Guard channel. They forgot I was on Guard Channel and tried to talk
to me on the discrete frequency (which of course I could not hear).
After they realized their error, they came up on Guard and sent me
around. I had 12 gallons of jet fuel so pulled up toward ice cap and
punched. Picked up by a Danish Chopper along with the rest of my
flight (3 other pilots).

Just lucky for all four of us to be alive so down a few every 8
December in remembrance )


I raised a glass when I read that.
Enough excitement for one lifetime !

"Big John" wrote in message
...
39 years ago today I ejected over Greenland in the middle of a snow
storm.

I celebrate the day after Pearl Harbor Day with MY Pearl Harbor Day.

Glad you're still here to celebrate it, sir!

-c