[meteorite-list] Hammer Fall

[James Beauchamp]

Ex C-130 avionics guy here. Nothing like that sinking heart feeling at the sound of a socket bouncing around as it falls down the vertical stab.  Always at 2 AM. Always when it's raining or windy and cold.

Have a huge respect for crew dogs. Partly for the fortitude of working until the job is done. Mostly for not killing specialists at 2 AM. Lord knows I deserved it on several occasions.

James

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On Jun 17, 2012, at 12:19 PM, GeoZay at aol.com wrote:

>>> 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  
> 
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