Re: [MBZ] OT - non-political B-52 tale - PHUC YEN

2014-10-13 Thread Dwight Giles via Mercedes
Duh. Thanks. On Oct 13, 2014 12:51 AM, "Rick Knoble via Mercedes" wrote: > ‎Original Message > From: Dwight Giles via Mercedes > Sent: Sunday, October 12, 2014 8:58 PM > To: Mercedes Discussion List; WILTON > Reply To: Dwight Giles > Subject: Re: [MBZ] OT - non-po

Re: [MBZ] OT - non-political B-52 tale - PHUC YEN

2014-10-12 Thread Rick Knoble via Mercedes
‎Original Message   From: Dwight Giles via Mercedes Sent: Sunday, October 12, 2014 8:58 PM To: Mercedes Discussion List; WILTON Reply To: Dwight Giles Subject: Re: [MBZ] OT - non-political B-52 tale - PHUC YEN >Wilton- you should really  turn >these tales into a book.   http://www.abeboo

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2014-10-12 Thread Dwight Giles via Mercedes
Wilton- you should really turn these tales into a book. I bet there is a publisher who would love these up-close stories of this war. Sorry if I sound like an academic. They are so well written & I think previously untold. ATTABOY. On Oct 7, 2014 7:24 PM, "WILTON via Mercedes" wrote: > > Anoth

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2014-10-09 Thread Greg Fiorentino via Mercedes
via Mercedes Sent: Tuesday, October 07, 2014 4:24 PM To: mercedes list; WILTON Subject: [MBZ] OT - non-political B-52 tale - PHUC YEN Another non-political B-52 tale: PHUC YEN By Wilton Strickland By December 13, 1972, my B-52 (Big Ugly Fat Fellow - BUFF) crew from Kincheloe AFB, MI, had

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2014-10-09 Thread Dan Penoff via Mercedes
. Dan Sent from my iPad > On Oct 9, 2014, at 6:13 PM, Rick Knoble via Mercedes > wrote: > > >> Date: Thu, 9 Oct 2014 12:48:21 -0400 >> To: mercedes@okiebenz.com >> Subject: Re: [MBZ] OT - non-political B-52 tale - PHUC YEN >> From: mercedes@okiebenz.com

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2014-10-09 Thread Dan Penoff via Mercedes
That's what my Dad taught us when we were flying. Case in point: We were flying a 172 one time when shortly after takeoff the windscreen was covered with oil. Dad immediately called a mayday because he couldn't see forward. He did a quick 180 without leaving the pattern after calling it out on

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2014-10-09 Thread Rick Knoble via Mercedes
> Date: Thu, 9 Oct 2014 12:48:21 -0400 > To: mercedes@okiebenz.com > Subject: Re: [MBZ] OT - non-political B-52 tale - PHUC YEN > From: mercedes@okiebenz.com > > Great stories, Wilton. Please keep them coming. Eye-witness accounts of > major historical military events are f

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2014-10-09 Thread OK Don via Mercedes
I don't know about the military, but in civilian aviation, the pilot is ultimately responsible for the aircraft and it's operation. He might have some explaining to do when he gets down, but has the authority to over-ride or ignore the controllers and exercise his best judgment. On Thu, Oct 9, 201

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2014-10-09 Thread Craig via Mercedes
On Thu, 9 Oct 2014 12:48:21 -0400 Meade Dillon via Mercedes wrote: > Great stories, Wilton. Please keep them coming. Eye-witness accounts > of major historical military events are fascinating to me. What he said! Craig ___ http://www.okiebenz.com To sear

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2014-10-09 Thread Meade Dillon via Mercedes
Great stories, Wilton. Please keep them coming. Eye-witness accounts of major historical military events are fascinating to me. Max Dillon, Charleston SC On Oct 9, 2014 12:24 PM, "WILTON via Mercedes" wrote: > > Thank you for the kind words, Craig. 'Hope the subject/topic is not too controver

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2014-10-09 Thread WILTON via Mercedes
Thank you for the kind words, Craig. 'Hope the subject/topic is not too controversial or too annoying to others. Wilton - Original Message - From: "Craig via Mercedes" To: "Mercedes Discussion List" Sent: Wednesday, October 08, 2014 10:32 PM Subject: Re: [

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2014-10-09 Thread WILTON via Mercedes
d airplane with unknown fuel. Wilton - Original Message - From: "Mitch Haley via Mercedes" To: "Mercedes Discussion List" Sent: Thursday, October 09, 2014 5:59 AM Subject: Re: [MBZ] OT - non-political B-52 tale - PHUC YEN WILTON via Mercedes wrote: "I h

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2014-10-09 Thread Craig via Mercedes
On Thu, 09 Oct 2014 05:59:44 -0400 Mitch Haley via Mercedes wrote: > WILTON via Mercedes wrote: > "I have minimum instruments, I have the runway in sight, > > I'm losing fuel; I don't know how much fuel is left; I don't think I > > can make it to 36!" > >The controller replied, "The DO doesn'

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2014-10-09 Thread Mitch Haley via Mercedes
WILTON via Mercedes wrote: "I have minimum instruments, I have the runway in sight, I'm losing fuel; I don't know how much fuel is left; I don't think I can make it to 36!" The controller replied, "The DO doesn't want you on 18 in case something else happens. The DO ORDERS you to land on 36.

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2014-10-08 Thread Craig via Mercedes
On Tue, 7 Oct 2014 19:23:37 -0400 WILTON via Mercedes wrote: > > Another non-political B-52 tale: Thank you for the tale, Wilton. > Later, in the hallway of the operations building, waiting for our > post-strike debriefing, the DO approached me and said, while shaking > his head in disb

[MBZ] OT - non-political B-52 tale - PHUC YEN

2014-10-07 Thread WILTON via Mercedes
Another non-political B-52 tale: PHUC YEN By Wilton Strickland By December 13, 1972, my B-52 (Big Ugly Fat Fellow - BUFF) crew from Kincheloe AFB, MI, had completed our normal six-month temporary duty tour flying Operation Arc Light bombing missions from Guam and U-Tapao, Thailand to Viet