To: magslinger
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.
60 posted on
11/30/2005 3:12:46 PM PST by
CFC__VRWC
("Anytime a liberal squeals in outrage, an angel gets its wings!" - gidget7)
To: CFC__VRWC
Never could make up my mind if he was BS-ing me or not.He wasn't. Been there, done that! A7's are the best! Wide, deep and long enough intake that you can't be seen from the outside. Hence the boot to FOD the engine. I'd rather be court martialed than cause a jet mech to speak ill of the dead.
64 posted on
11/30/2005 3:20:40 PM PST by
magslinger
(At the end of the day the only truly educated people are autodidacts.)
To: CFC__VRWC
He wasn't BS'ing you. I busted a guy for smoking a joint in the intake of an A-7. Amazing - stroking a lighter within about 5 ft of 2000 gallons of jet fuel.
78 posted on
11/30/2005 6:05:36 PM PST by
tgusa
(Gun control: deep breath, sight alignment, squeeze the trigger .....)
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