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John- Point of all this? Even those with profession experience/knowledge
have
differing opinions. And, your career can survive a mishap .... maybe.
BRBR

I put a strut thru the wing of an F-4S druing blue water ops on Midway, at
night. big CDTL, plus pitching deck altho I was 'slammed' by the CO(Fox, have
ya seen my movie, Farrell).

Creative book keepin' made it a class C mishap and all it did was help people
remember my name, not the mishap..that sometimes happens also.

I was hopin' it would give me new callsign, it didn't. Still hate the one I
have.




P. C. Chisholm
CDR, USN(ret.)
Old Phart Phormer Phantom, Turkey, Viper, Scooter and Combat Buckeye Phlyer

I put a strut thru the wing of an F-4S during blue water ops on Midway, at
night. Big CDTL, plus pitching deck altho I was 'slammed' by the CO (Fox, have
ya seen my movie, Farrell).

Please explain: "Big CDTL."

"Paul Michael Brown" wrote...

Please explain: "Big CDTL."

Come Down to Land. In this case, the deck coming UP at an inopportune time made
it that much worse...

PMB- Please explain: "Big CDTL." BRBR

Come Down To Land....
P. C. Chisholm
CDR, USN(ret.)
Old Phart Phormer Phantom, Turkey, Viper, Scooter and Combat Buckeye Phlyer

Pechs1 wrote:
PMB- Please explain: "Big CDTL." BRBR

Come Down To Land....

Also known as TFATM

naf- Also known as TFATM BRBR

???

to ****in awful to make (it)??
P. C. Chisholm
CDR, USN(ret.)
Old Phart Phormer Phantom, Turkey, Viper, Scooter and Combat Buckeye Phlyer

Pechs1 wrote:
naf- Also known as TFATM BRBR

???

to ****in awful to make (it)??

That last two letters stand for "Tall Moose"

"Pechs1" wrote...

I put a strut thru the wing of an F-4S druing blue water ops on Midway, at
night. big CDTL, plus pitching deck altho I was 'slammed' by the CO(Fox, have
ya seen my movie, Farrell).

Creative book keepin' made it a class C mishap and all it did was help people
remember my name, not the mishap..that sometimes happens also.

Damm airplane sat up there by El 3 the whole rest of the cruise, too! Kinda got
in the way of the lens sometimes... ;-)

Hmmm... Class C mishap, for an airplane with a broke wing that was salvaged for
parts...

"John R Weiss" wrote in message
news:KnRed.309649$3l3.78313@attbi_s03...
"Pechs1" wrote...

I put a strut thru the wing of an F-4S druing blue water ops on Midway,
at
night. big CDTL, plus pitching deck altho I was 'slammed' by the CO(Fox,
have
ya seen my movie, Farrell).

Creative book keepin' made it a class C mishap and all it did was help
people
remember my name, not the mishap..that sometimes happens also.

Damm airplane sat up there by El 3 the whole rest of the cruise, too!
Kinda got
in the way of the lens sometimes... ;-)

I'm confused. If the Hornet 'hulk' was parked back on Elevator 3 (located on
the Starboard side, Aft) why would it interfere with the lens (located on
the Port side, Amidships)?


Hmmm... Class C mishap, for an airplane with a broke wing that was
salvaged for
parts...

They always 'finagle' the figures so it does not appear as bad (on paper) as
it really was. I went 'around and around' a few times on the correct mishap
reporting procedures when I was in QA. Ultimately, the Skipper signs it, so
the Skipper gets it worded his way.

Larry
AECS (AW/SW/MTS)
USN 'Retired'

"Larry" @ . wrote...

Damm airplane sat up there by El 3 the whole rest of the cruise, too!
Kinda got in the way of the lens sometimes... ;-)

I'm confused. If the Hornet 'hulk' was parked back on Elevator 3 (located on
the Starboard side, Aft) why would it interfere with the lens (located on
the Port side, Amidships)?

IIRC, El 3 on Midway was port side aft -- only 3 elevators, 3 wires, and 2 cats
on the boat.

Of course, my memory has faded in the 21 years since I was aboard... But I DO
remember it was a Phantom, not a Hornet!