Spent a year on "the Rock" 1966-7. About 1000 personnel on the island, all male. It was considered a hardship tour. Most of the island was covered with abandoned buildings and piles of rusting 55 gallon drums from the time during WWII when about 20000 people including families lived there.

(Written on 2019年01月04日)(Permalink)

This is an April Fool post, right?

(Written on 2018年04月20日)(Permalink)

If you land into the wind at touchdown, as you turned the wind would add to the centrifugal force pushing toward the center. Would this be a problem?

(Written on 2017年03月17日)(Permalink)

Thank you!

(Written on 2015年05月02日)(Permalink)

What is the title of "the book" I' like to read it.

(Written on 2015年05月02日)(Permalink)

Sat in the IP seat more than once and was always awed at what they do. The other impression I got was how little room there is to move around in such a huge plane.

(Written on 2015年02月04日)(Permalink)

430 cubes about 360 horses each.

(Written on 2014年12月21日)(Permalink)

2 big buick V-8s unmufflered in that starter.

(Written on 2014年12月21日)(Permalink)

When the burners were lit on takeoff the flame was green

(Written on 2014年12月19日)(Permalink)

I will never forget the comment of the RSO at a debriefing when we were deployed to Kadena in 1968. They had had a failure of both engines somewhere over SE Asia. He said "God was it quiet up there!"

(Written on 2014年03月14日)(Permalink)