[meteorite-list] Hammer Fall

[Richard Montgomery]

James, the respect is for you and all your and my friends serving.  THANK 
YOU!

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "James Beauchamp" <falcon99 at sbcglobal.net>
To: <GeoZay at aol.com>
Cc: <meteorite-list at meteoritecentral.com>
Sent: Sunday, June 17, 2012 1:14 PM
Subject: Re: [meteorite-list] Hammer Fall


> 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
>
> Sent from my iPhone
>
> 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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