No, not THAT kind of naps...
It concerns the Naval Aviation Pilots. The Enlisted ones that is.
Old NFO mentions meeting some of the last. I sort of met ACCM Jones at Chase Field, Beeville TX in 1977 when I was a young AMH2 on my first shore tour. He was flying a C-131 out of Pensacola when it blew a cylinder in the number one engine. We in the Maintenance Department of VT-26 assisted as best we could. We had the only hangar on station that would almost fit the Convair.....
History lived. So go and have a good read at The Old NFO's place, I think you will enjoy it. I did.
Nobody Asked Me
Dad was MAINTOFF at NAS Sigonella when it first opened in 1960. He spent a lot of time flying in SNBs and R4D-8s. He's AC was an NAP.
ReplyDeleteThe did a "feather engine" drill in the R4D one time. Poor crew coordination.
Dad feathered #1, and the NAP feathered #2. Got REAL quiet real quick.