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41 Wilfred Rock
| Airrock~AT~enter~DOT~net |
Jim, those safety wire pliers. Are they the ones that twisted the wire when you pulled on them?? We had to twist all our wire by hand with a pair of duckbill pliers or needle nose.On the R-4360 , there was a lot of safety wiring to do in Engine -Build- Up.
SAFBVA Member No. if any: Life Member #1955
Flt No. or Duty Station, etc.: Flt. # 243
Yrs at SAFB, (P/P or Other): May 1951- July 1951 30 /August /2010--14:14 - Reading, Pa.
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42 Dave Valler
| dvaller14~AT~gmail~DOT~com |
We had a 3 day stint where the planes were in the air 24-7. We stayed in the flt line shack and they brought meals to us .I had a pain left stomach day one . day 2 top of my stomach . 3rd day i'm refueling my aircraft and the next thing I know I wake up in the hospital . My apendix busted
SAFBVA Member No. if any: 4050
Flt No. or Duty Station, etc.: Flt161-3663SqdnApr51-Oct52 PP TI
Yrs at SAFB, (P/P or Other): Amarillo52-53-ItazukiAFB,Fukuoka,Japan 53-55-fltline mech 30 /August /2010--13:52 - Kingston,Mass.
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43 gary roberts
| groberts1955~AT~bellsouth~DOT~net |
my "war story" is hundreds of us eating at one chow hall at kunsan got the "G.I.'s" one night. the bathroom would only accomidate about 5% of us..even tho it was cold and you didn't want to hang around very long! it got rather messy!
Flt No. or Duty Station, etc.: 17130 /August /2010--13:21 - prospect, ky
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44 TJ HARRIS CMSGT RET
| TJHCHIEF~AT~AOL~DOT~COM |
I WAS ASSIGNED TO 18 DIFFERENT BASES DURING MY 30 YEARS IN AIRCRAFT MAINTENANCE. HOT ,COLD, RAIN ,SNOW YOU NAME IT. YOU HAD TO LIKE WORKING ON AIRCRAFT. IT WAS NOT FOR SISSYS. I SALUTE WRENCH .TURNERS.THANKS FOR KEEPING THEM FLYING
SAFBVA Member No. if any: 3709 LIFE
Flt No. or Duty Station, etc.: FLT 3029
Yrs at SAFB, (P/P or Other): JA-APR- 1954 30 /August /2010--12:36 - CLEVELAND, AL
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45 Gus Kilthau
| gus~AT~sampsonafb~DOT~com |
Ralph - Sleeping in your tent would have been way too cold for any normal person. Some of would have excuses about that "normal" stuff, right?
In Germany in 1958 our 20-bed hospital experienced a really monstrous flu epidemic. We wound up with over 500 flu patients all at once at the peak of the thing. When it started, however, we stacked patients up in the hallways and offices of our little hospital, but then we really ran out of room, Our first shirt decided that it was time to erect a hospital tent out back of the hospital building. Room enough in one of those for maybe 75 or so patients, all coughing and heaving as you would suspect.
The weather was cold and snowing, with the wind blowing like crazy. There was only one potbelly oil stove in the tent to heat it. The patients stayed there just one night. Next morning we p;ut them all into the recreation building (which was bigger than the hospital) and there we kept them until they all got better.
Strange enough, not anyone from the hospital came down with the flu. We had all had our flu shots first thing we heard that the epidemic was on its way.
SAFBVA Member No. if any: 1410
Flt No. or Duty Station, etc.: Flt 905 & 3650th USAF Hospital
Yrs at SAFB, (P/P or Other): 51-56 (plenty of coughing and heaving there, too) 30 /August /2010--12:29 - Houston, Texas
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46 Bill Ray
| ironknee2005~AT~gmail~DOT~com |
Jim, you had safety wire pliers???? Every nut and bolt,and there were a lot, I did by hand. As for heat, other than Alaska, the power cart had a a 6 cylinder Lycoming engine, the exhaust pipe would get red hot and that wonderful heat coming out from under that cart was a welcome treat!
SAFBVA Member No. if any: 1279
Flt No. or Duty Station, etc.: 4576
Yrs at SAFB, (P/P or Other): Basic 30 /August /2010--11:24 - CFO
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47 Jim Schnell
| jim52d~AT~roadrunner~DOT~com |
When I worked the flight line, it was usually at night and there would be lols in the schedule. During those times I used to get close to one of the air carts and find some warm air coming out the bottom and made a nice cozy sleeping spot. A heater duct safety wired to the bottom of my parka worked too.
I still have an original roll of safety wire that I use sparingly. Still have my original safety wire pliers too.
I guess they and I could be considered antiques.
That wire and duct tape are indispensable.
SAFBVA Member No. if any: #58 Lifetime30 /August /2010--10:07
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48 Ralph Rooney
| Flt16051~AT~yahoo~DOT~com |
I agree flight lines no matter where are hot and darn cold. But try sleeping in a tent in Alaska October, November and December. I will never again complain about hot weather. The day we moved out of those tents it was 45 degrees below zero.
SAFBVA Member No. if any: LM 527
Flt No. or Duty Station, etc.: Flight 160 3663 Tng Sqd- 626Th AC&W Sqd Alaska
Yrs at SAFB, (P/P or Other): April to June 1951 29 /August /2010--20:46 - North Port, Florida
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49 Phil Martin
| philandsylvia~AT~sbcglobal~DOT~net |
I can attest to the flt line being hotter than the ambient [how do you like that word-- it means free air temp] temp. We were required, in the States, by Air Weather Service to take runway temps. That being impractical as well as deadly, we took ramp temps, and during the summer, the ramp temps were 10-13 degrees hotter than the ambient [there's that word again] temp.
One midnight shift in Korea, I was watching a team of mechanics [techicians] changing the engine in a F-86, the snow was blowing horizontal, and the temps were in the 20s. I felt sorry for the guys, so I brewed alarge pot of strong coffee and boiled it before taking it out to them. I froze my buns getting the coffee to them, so I know how miserable they were. YOU GUYS HAVE MY ADMIRATION!
P.S. The guys really appreciated the coffee.
SAFBVA Member No. if any: LM3771
Flt No. or Duty Station, etc.: 4692-3657
Yrs at SAFB, (P/P or Other): Oct-Dec '55 29 /August /2010--20:16 - Green, Oh
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50 Dave Valler
| dvaller14~AT~gmail~DOT~com |
2 years on flt line . Hot in summer -cold in winter - no in betweens .
SAFBVA Member No. if any: 4050
Flt No. or Duty Station, etc.: flt 161-3663 sqdn-Apr51-oct52 PP TI
Yrs at SAFB, (P/P or Other): Amarillo52-53-ItazukiAFB,Fukuoka,Japan53-55 fltline mech 29 /August /2010--16:40 - Kingston,Mass.
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