24 May
1998
24 May
'98
10:51 a.m.
At 10:42 AM 5/24/98 -0500, you wrote:
Ward Donald Griffiths III wrote:
Sidewinder "no
Yes, I used to sit on some of the $5000 toilet
seats when I was in the
USAF. But the $190 screwdrivers broke easier than my $1.90 Craftsman.
(They wouldn't let Avionics techs have hammers -- might have encouraged
us to use them to fix the _real_ source of most of the problems, the
stick actuators [pilots]).
I know, we had "open between the headsets" as the probable cause of more
tone" writeups than we did actual missile errors.
It sure was amazing
though that the WSO's
actually were college graduates.
There's nothing surprising about that. In fact, I'd say it's to be
expected!
Joe