Chopper on FCF Rescues Downed Pilot
I got my first save before I was even on crewmember status.
I was working with the pilots on 291. We had a ferrocious beat, but we couldn't find anything wrong with the aircraft, but I wasn't willing to let it go. I had the pilots crank it up one more time, I got under the main transmission and watched what was going on. I noticed that one of the main servos was bouncing up and down. So they shut it down and I pulled the errent servo off and found that the mounts were corroded. So I ordered a replacement servo and I got it timed, I reinstalled it. The pilots started engines and I checked for leaks and everything settled down nice and smooth.
They decided that I should go and fly with them to check out the servo on the FCF. Everything checked out just fine.
As we were returning to base we got a mayday call from an A1E pilot coming back with a shot up aircraft, so we headed in his direction, The A1 driver kept talking how he should punch out since it was falling apart, when the engine finally quit he bailed out and we picked him up.
When we got the A1E driver on board he noticed that we were not armed, and he said "you had better get the hell out of here," I said you bet, and we did.
(Will Davis)
I was working with the pilots on 291. We had a ferrocious beat, but we couldn't find anything wrong with the aircraft, but I wasn't willing to let it go. I had the pilots crank it up one more time, I got under the main transmission and watched what was going on. I noticed that one of the main servos was bouncing up and down. So they shut it down and I pulled the errent servo off and found that the mounts were corroded. So I ordered a replacement servo and I got it timed, I reinstalled it. The pilots started engines and I checked for leaks and everything settled down nice and smooth.
They decided that I should go and fly with them to check out the servo on the FCF. Everything checked out just fine.
As we were returning to base we got a mayday call from an A1E pilot coming back with a shot up aircraft, so we headed in his direction, The A1 driver kept talking how he should punch out since it was falling apart, when the engine finally quit he bailed out and we picked him up.
When we got the A1E driver on board he noticed that we were not armed, and he said "you had better get the hell out of here," I said you bet, and we did.
(Will Davis)
posted by Jim Moore at 11:58 AM
1 Comments:
This is typical of the 21st maintenance guys always making sure their birds were in perfect condition before turning over to flight crew. Great job Will.
Post a Comment
<< Home