These were forwarded to me by a friend.
This link:
http://www.habu73.com/wp/07-19-2007/why-i-love-the-blackbirds
is a classic.
On Thu, 16 Jul 2009 15:43:23 -0400, in sci.space.shuttle David Spain
<nos...@127.0.0.1wrote:
OM wrote:
...As long time ssh'ers know, my favorite "There I Was..." goes
something like this: An air traffic control plane is on a training
mission. One of the trainees is having difficulty with an altitude
request from a jet coming into his coverage zone.
Habu Stories!
"Ben Rich, how in hell do you propose getting our
stainless steel
monstrosity up to speed at Mach 3? You'll need inlets the size
of the Holland Tunnel."
Henry Combs
Kelly was no so desperate to save weight that he upped the ante
to one hundred and fifty bucks to anyone who could save him a
measly ten pounds. I suggested we inflate the
Blackbird's tires
with helium and give each pilot a preflight enema.
Kelly tried
the helium idea, but helium bled right through the tires. The
enema idea he left to me to try to promote among the pilots."
Ben Rich
[From "Skunk Works" by Ben R. Rich and Leo Janos]
Two links for you OM:
First one: How to know when you're a crew....
http://www.habu73.com/wp/07-19-2007/why-i-love-the-blackbirds
I know you've seen the groundspeed request story, but the short ATC
story at the end is pretty good too.
Second one: How to deal with a loss of your crew member...
http://www.lonestar.texas.net/~snolep/recce/index01.htm
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the second step is learning to throw away ones that are merely good.
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