That's a good one Wilton.
I will see if I can figure out what standard is used by my phone (Sprint
network). I also have an old hand-help GPS receiver, I may fire that up
and see what it says.
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Max
Charleston SC
On Wed, Jul 27, 2016 at 10:35 AM, WILTON via Mercedes <mercedes@okiebenz.com
> wrote:
> Yes. What does the phone use for a standard, WWV? Naval Observatory, DC?
> Dominion Observatory Canada?
>
> Which reminds me: Early one morning many ('bout 42) years ago, I was a
> flight evaluator with a B-52 crew getting pre-flight/weather briefings at
> Kincheloe AFB, MI, in preparation for an all-day training mission. In
> other words, I was giving 'em a check ride - evaluating their competence
> to perform as a combat-ready crew.
>
> The crew navigator was a very young, fuzzy-faced first lieutenant. I
> could tell that he was very nervous and wanting to perform well. The
> navigator is the "master time-keeper and event coordinator" on a B-52 crew
> - in addition to determining aircraft position, turning points and
> airspeeds en route, he also coordinates activities of the other crewmen to
> ensure placement of a weapon on a target at the required time.
>
> After the navigator had gotten his time check via a call to WWV, I eased
> up beside 'im and asked in my most-authoritative voice, "Get your time
> check yet, Nav?" He nervously responded, "Yes, Sir!" As I was putting my
> left arm out in front of us and pulling my sleeve back to reveal my watch,
> I was saying, "Let's check it!" He put his watch up beside mine and
> suddenly realized that he was checking his watch against Mickey Mouse's
> arms and black-gloved hands pointing to the appropriate hour and minute.
> We both burst out laughing as he realized I was not the God-to-fear he had
> thought. The young lieutenant relaxed, and he and the entire crew performed
> very well for the rest of the mission.
>
> Wilton
>
>
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