I've flown in the 7245. Not sure where the one in the other pic ended up but I don't think it and I ever crossed paths.
Many of the old airframes are flying Yuppies from MIami to the Bahamas. A private company did what the USCG should have done -- put on new wing spars and stuffed turbo props under the wings. Instead, the USCG bought Falcon 20 jets. Damn, that was a good airframe! The reason I am sitting here at age 53 typing on a keyboard is because the HU-16E was so forgiving of (1) stupid pilots, (2) weather, and (3) acts of God. Oh yea, (4) the navigator -- me. Secret message for G.G.: dual R1820s -- totally bullet-proof. I should have died several times! Came very close. In fact, I can't believe I survived. ... Yea, yea, there was that time we lost an engine 200 miles east of New York and the pilot asked for a heading to the nearest airport, and I steered him to 090 (England). But hey, I caught my error after about 3 minutes! And then they went and made me an Officer! <error> Looking back, the scary part of it is that I was "all done" doing that heroic stuff by the time I turned 30. Hell, my oldest kid is 30! She is way too young to be out flying over the ocean in hurricanes! D. On 8/2/06, Craig McCluskey <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
On Wed, 2 Aug 2006 22:31:44 -0400 "LT Don" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > I was playing "flight engineer" one day -- I was dual qualified > navigator and flight engineer on this airframe and normally flew as the > nav (I was the nav instructor) ...
-- Proudly marching to the beat of a different kettle of fish. BIODIESEL -- no oil war required. 1977 240D 1983 VW Quantum turbo diesel 5-speed 1972 Honda CB-500K motorcycle
