James, the respect is for you and all your and my friends serving. THANK
YOU!
----- Original Message -----
From: "James Beauchamp" <[email protected]>
To: <[email protected]>
Cc: <[email protected]>
Sent: Sunday, June 17, 2012 1:14 PM
Subject: Re: [meteorite-list] Hammer Fall
Ex C-130 avionics guy here. Nothing like that sinking heart feeling at the
sound of a socket bouncing around as it falls down the vertical stab.
Always at 2 AM. Always when it's raining or windy and cold.
Have a huge respect for crew dogs. Partly for the fortitude of working
until the job is done. Mostly for not killing specialists at 2 AM. Lord
knows I deserved it on several occasions.
James
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On Jun 17, 2012, at 12:19 PM, [email protected] wrote:
As a retired RCAF Radar Tech, I always thought a "Hammer Fall" was the
result of a careless tech leaving a "hammer" on the wing of an aircraft
just
before a scramble. Hammers were often used to fine tune Hughes built
radar
sets like the old MG-2, ha! ha!
Ed Majden<<
That reminds me of the time when I was changing out the HF radio coupler
on a B-52 around midnight. The coupler is located high up on the tail.
The
plane was scheduled to take off at the crack of dawn and I was just
finishing up when I dropped a large crescent wrench. I watched it tumble
end over
end when the tail gunner canopy got smacked by the wrench and made a
small
crack. My heart sank, but not as much as the crew chiefs did. I was done
with
the radio, but he had to stay out there till the entire ton and a half
tail gunner section was replaced. I'm glad it wasn't taken out of my pay
check...I'd still be paying for it. :O)
GeoZay
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