[meteorite-list] Hammer Fall

[GeoZay at aol.com]

>>As a retired RCAF Radar Tech, I always  thought a "Hammer Fall" was the 
result of a careless tech leaving a "hammer"  on the wing of an aircraft 
just 
before a scramble.  Hammers were often  used to fine tune Hughes built 
radar 
sets like the old MG-2, ha! ha!
Ed  Majden<<

That reminds me of the time when I was changing out the HF  radio coupler 
on a B-52 around midnight. The coupler is located high up on the  tail. The 
plane was scheduled to take off at the crack of dawn and I was just  
finishing up when I dropped a large crescent wrench. I watched it tumble end  over 
end when the tail gunner canopy got smacked by the wrench and made a small  
crack. My heart sank, but not as much as the crew chiefs did. I was done with 
 the radio, but he had to stay out there till the entire ton and a half 
tail  gunner section was replaced. I'm glad it wasn't taken out of my pay 
check...I'd  still be paying for it. :O)
GeoZay