[magslinger]

I was a plane captain in an A7 squadron, our shift started 1 hour before flight quarters (usually first light) and ended 1 hour after secure from flight quarters (a couple of hours after sunset). The most highly sought work assignment was to be the inside man for checking the flash shields for light leaks. Close the flash shield and wait 15 minutes so that you eyes adjust and can see the smallest light leak. It was a two man job because a second man needed to wake up the inside man tell the inside man that the 15 minutes were up.

[CFC__VRWC]

One of the airedales on the Saratoga told me once that he and his guys would crawl into the plane intakes to catch some winks. He said they'd pull off a boot and sleep with it under their heads, so that it would FOD the engine in case someone spooled it up while they were snoozing. Never could make up my mind if he was BS-ing me or not.