Ed Rasimus wrote:
Buzzer wrote:

"Hamfisted" crew from Ubon in early 1967 blew a pod off a pylon over
North Vietnam."

What Mike wrote is fine, but doesn't relate to the comment. The design
of the mount, bolts, links, suspension gear, whatever, is a good point
of discussion, but doesn't have a thing to do with the comment you
repeat.

True. I was responding to Chad's comments that the entire ECM pod
assembly could be ripped off the belly of an F-4 because they were
held on by only "four moderate-sized bolts." I was also questioning
his assertion that a critical component of the ECM pod a$$embly was
attached to the airplane by the bolt *threads* alone. I don't think
so!


-Mike Marron