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Sounds like the unsofisticated hog without fancy computers really does have a mind of its own and it wants to be airborne.

Matt,

There aint nothing like running engines on a HOG at FULL POWER!, But then again running engines and doing leak checks out of Phase Dock and having Your #1 T-HANDLE LIGHT-UP!<img src=newicons/anim_shock.gif border=0 align=middle> is enough to make you
Glad you were always refreshing your Emergency Check list,Had a nicked fire-loop that showed-up at 75% power.
Was glad I didnt Blow the Bottles.

Goose

They that can give up essential liberty to obtain a little temporary safety deserve neither liberty nor safety.
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HAWG78-0642 No Scooby was not the crew chief then it was Phil Ogiba. I think that Gary was still in the non powered age shop back then.

"GLAD TO HAVE BEEN THERE AND HAVE BEEN PROUD TO HAVE SERVERED"

Non powered AGE to the flightline to jail. Yeah he's done evrything.....................and probably everyone now to ! <img src=newicons/anim_lol.gif border=0 align=middle>

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Hey Hawg 166 I believe that it is safe to say that Scooby is on the receiving end instead of the giving end at this point in time<img src=newicons/anim_bannana.gif border=0 align=middle><img src=newicons/bounce.gif border=0 align=middle><img src=newicons/anim_lol.gif border=0 align=middle><img src=newicons/anim_lol.gif border=0 align=middle>

"GLAD TO HAVE BEEN THERE AND HAVE BEEN PROUD TO HAVE SERVERED"

Love the time down in Puerto Rico that one of the pilot's bellied in one of our jets after forgetting to put the landing gear down.

Classic!!

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Yeah, 92% Woooohooo!!! Actually, I still enjoy the shit out of it. Even idle runs. I <i>always</i> go up to 85 and crossbleed to start #2. Everytime.

They say that the only two things certain in life are death and taxes. I prefer them in that order.

I liked running engines, They never gave me my "80% POWER"on C-141'S only Idle, But Hey, the throttle would Slip <img src=icon_smile_wink.gif border=0 align=middle>

Goose

They that can give up essential liberty to obtain a little temporary safety deserve neither liberty nor safety.
Benjamin Franklin,
(1706 - 1790)

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Ever seen a Hog with afterburners? I remember one morning launching out the first 'go' and hearing a starter that just didn't sound right. Looked out to see flames shooting about 12' out the end of the #1 nacelle on one of the airplanes on Kilo row, (this was at Moody,) with the crew chief giving the pilot the "fire" hand signal! The pilot continued the start, and the fire went out. There must have been some miscommunication between said pilot and said crew chief, as you would have expected to hear him shut down shortly thereafter. But no, a few seconds later the funny-sounding starter noise was back, and this time fire shot out the end of #2! Once again, the start was continued and both engines were allowed to stabilize before shutting down and the zippersuit stepped to another airplane.

I guess the night before they did compressor washes on both engines, but the Boost Pumps were left on for the subsequent motoring/dry-out procedure! Lotsa' fuel=big fire when ignited!

Another "funny" one was when one of our jets went x-country and landed somewhere in Texas because one of the fire T-handles lit up in flight. The pilot pulled the T-handle and punched one of the bottles. As it turned out, the exhaust cone Fire loop was chafed and grounding out. Fairly common, actually.

So, one of our guys heads for TX with a fire bottle and a new loop. He replaced both, but neglected to check the switches in the cockpit before performing the quick functional check. He missed the Extinguisher Discharge switch still in the position left by the pilot, so when he turned on the battery.......BOOM! Well, gonna need another fire bottle!

HA!

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Ok, here's another from EOR.

So, there I was with our 4 man John, just us 2 on the De-arm end one night at DM. We'd just sent some of the student pilots back to the ramp when their IP comes in. So John and I are out there waiting for him to taxi up for de-arm, but he misses the turn and taxis right off the end of the runway. He's out there turning this way and that, ruttin' around in the dirt, just like a Warthog would, and kicking up great huge clouds of dust into the air. I looked at John about the time he looks at me and we'er both stumped.

Well the IP finally gets his bearing and his A-10 back up on the hard and taxis over to us. I plug in the comm cord but before I can even get out a, "Is every thing alright Sir?" he's screamin' "DID YOU SEE IT? DID YOU SEE IT?"

"See what sir?" "Big ole Coyote out there!"

"So, if I hear you right, you'er telling me that you are out chasing a coyote in a 4 million dollar aircraft. That sound about right?"

"Well, uh, I won't tell if you don't."

What could I say? That could only be done in a hog.
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Friggin awsome, name other fighter that can turn doughnuts!!!!

<i><b>In the dirt!</b></i>

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I was working EOR one night at MB with my crew. 35 end was closed for repair so the pilots had to taxi thru the FOLTA over to near the JetPort. Once there they had to make a hard left turn to point the gun and a small gun berm that was there. Now the left turn needed was a very hard turn and some of the pilots would think I was crazy trying to get them to turn that hard. More than one time I had to stop a the pilot, plug in and tell him what I needed him to do.
Well one night things just seemed to go wrong. A Falcon jet comes taxing in and I signal for him to turn. He refuses to acknowledge my hand signals. I signal stop and plug in, now my two and three men are coming up from behind the wings about to do hot brake checks. I ask the pilot why he would not turn as I indicated? He said why should he? I said because that big old gun has to point at the berm and not at the JetPort. He screams at me to get the hell out the way and throws the coals to the fire. Now I barely got the comm set unplugged and dodged the wing coming over my head. My two and three man both nearly got flattened. I was pissed and I was about to commit a court-martial offense.
I let the joker set there a couple of minutes while I checked on my crew and got my wits about me. I wrote down the tail number and then called the ProSuper on the radio. I figured by this time the idiot sitting in the seat had time to think about what he did so I plugged up the comm set.
I asked what that little display was all about and he acted like he had no clue what I was talking about. Then he started talking about how he saw a satellite in the night sky while flying. WTF, a satellite? He says yeah you can always tell a satellite from other objects in the night sky because; now hear this, because they look like satellites. Once again I am thinking WTF.
My Chief came out to see us a little later that night to tell us who the guy was. Turns out the guy was the Falcon FS commander so no repercussions for him. He was one lucky SOB he didn't hurt one of my guys or me that night.


Fender

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I was Weekend Super and had a 4 ship coming home from a "Screwed-up" X-Country trip.
Had lots of problems with weather, airports etc.... so they were gone 2 days more they planned.
The Flt Lead "Mongo" (his door is on Dice's page) was flying his own jet.
The wives's were there to greet them as was custom, nice Lady, well OP'S told them the wrong "SPOTS" so I was watching for tails and directing them to the right numbers, 178's was "MIKE 7" they told him
"MIKE 14" which was another ones.

The other 3 came in one by one since our Weapons guys had to do EOR's job so it took longer.
They had a problem with 178 at the PAD, couldnt get the comm-cord off, So by the time they did the others were in Chocks already shutting down.
Here comes Mongo! Bat out of Hell! and I point to his spot.
He SLAMS THE BRAKES!!!!!!!!!! and you can tell he's going
"THAT F-ING GOOSE WTF"!!! beating the visor.
So he must of called OP's and they told him "MIKE 7".
All of a sudden you see him "Drop his head" pulls in and he knows that I'm standing while his DCC shuts him down with his wife.

The engines shut down and his wife leans over to me "He better Apologize for that FIT he threw".
He gets his helmet off and says "Man I 'm sorry Goose and Shack they told me MIKE 14".
Shack is laughing I got that silly Grin on my face and his wife looks like "----------" and he just looks like a "Whipped-PUP",
He gets down to kiss his wife and she goes"IS THIS HOW YOU ACT AND TREAT THESE GUYS"? "You looked like a 5YR old throwing a Fit!"

I told her"Ma'ma, your husband treats us very well and we understand he's Frustrated, besides If he did treat us like that,( I pulled out that BFW from the toolbox) "We have these"
We all started laughing that got her clamed down and Mongo out of trouble but as he was leaving I said "Thats going to cost you some beer Sir" he said "NO PROBLEM" and he bought us beer later for the weekend duty crew.

Wifes and Girlfriends were pretty lets say "Distracting" sometimes
Specially when a Pilots Girlfriend comes out to meet him in the GolfCart wearing "Short Dress and Heels" and when I say "Short"
You knew what color her underwear was,
IF SHE WOULD OF BEEN WEARING SOME !!!! And when RED2 FELL OUT THE TRUCKSEAT, nobody noticed it. Hurt his leg when he hit the ramp.

I guess that falls under "Bread Truck Bites"

Goose

They that can give up essential liberty to obtain a little temporary safety deserve neither liberty nor safety.
Benjamin Franklin,
(1706 - 1790)

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