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So one of my employees thought it was a good idea to run a box cutter through the web of his thumb... As I am waiting in the ER waiting area for him to get stitched up, a nurse is trying to explain to this young Asian girl (Viet, Laos, Cambodian, take your pick) what is wrong with her. So out...
One of my last -141 missions was ferrying an A-10 squadron to Aviano during the Bosnia thing. We landed in Windsor Locks CT and doing the walkaround there was just a crap ton of fuel streaming down the fuselage from leading and trailing edge of wing from under the sail panels. This was an...
Yes, your memory is accurate on the troop holding the cb in. In the end, it was the crew chief (good friend of mine) that got jacked on that deal. I'm not aware of any discipline, one way or the other, for the fuel cell troops.
^^^^ back story to the above.: Circuit breakers to a boost pump in main tank kept tripping. Fuel cell guys drained the tank for inspection. The fuel level exposed two bare wires that was causing the short. The fuel cell guys then proceeded to reset breakers and run pump. After a few times of...
This is why I won't crawl around in a fuel tank: I was on the -141 to the immediate port side of this when it went. The heat was enough that it blistered the skin of the plane I was on.
Rookie #s On edit: I see Cassleton beat me to it. C5, KC-10 and B-52 at take off are pretty thirsty too. I know a loaded -10 from engine start to 10,000 ft was about 10k lbs of fuel on average.
I was sitting, waiting for my turn after the IV was inserted and asked the nurses what they thought about all day... "whoops, here comes another asshole..." Good thing I said that after the needle was in. One nurse dribbled and had to excuse herself.