Bob Runninger on Tracking H-19 in Vietnam

Thought I was gonna get fired one time in Nam when Ferguson and I were tracking the blades on my bird. I was in the cockpit running the chopper and Ferguson was on the pole. I had just pulled in about 25 Inches ( if I remember the settings right) nodded to Fergy to put the flag in and Capt. Hitte (sp) came over. We just went on doing the tracking. He stood there for a few minutes and then walked back in the office. Never heard any more about it. We always had a hard time getting one of the pilots down to run the birds so we just did it ourselves.
(Bob Runninger)