Phil Kane wrote:
On Wed, 13 Jul 2005 17:59:36 GMT, K=D8HB wrote:

That was everyones signal to get out on the main deck and put your finge=
rs in
your ears and look to the sky, because he'd then coordinate fake
strafing/bombing runs on his own ship.

When I was working at March AFB in the early 60s (the civilian
component of the 22nd SAC Communications Squadron) the 3 am B-52
launches would fly over my apartment at 500 feet or so before
rising into "the wild blue yonder".

No need to own an alarm clock in those days.

AGREED. The things have to be the loudest most obnoxious aircraft ever
built. I had to work on a technical paper for a few days at what was
originally an LTV plant in Ft. Worth. I forget who operated it then,
maybe General Dynamics which was building F-16s then. My contact
recommended a motel so I booked it and signed in when I got to Ft.
Worth late on night. I was in bed not more than ten minutes after I
landed in the room. Maybe a couple hours later I was jolted awake by
the most gawdawful noise I'd ever heard, I thought there was an
explosion and headed for the door.

Then came another one, then another. It finally dawned on me that the
racket was aircraft takeoffs and tried to get back to sleep. Nah, not
that night. Come morning I was just starting to shave when another
bunch took off. I couldn't see my puss because the mirror was bouncing
all over the wall. Final straw.

The motel was directly off the end of whatever B-52 base it was which
was alongside the plant. Found another motel, logged outta that dump,
moved, went to the plant and thanked the contact profusely for
recommendation.

Even worse I also bit on his recommendation for a steakhouse figuring
that hey, this is Texas, the home of the ultimate steaks. Worst steak I
ever ran into. If I had enough of them I coulda pieced together a
high-pressure boiler out of the things.


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73 de K2ASP - Phil Kane

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