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Look Twice Before You Leap-.\ pilot .mcl
his crew of I () bailed out of 'I B 1';"(; ncar
Sioux Citv, 10\\',1. one night rccontlv when
thcv thought the 1\0, 3 engine '\\,'IS on
fire.
\\'hile the crew members were h'lI'ing a
tongh time of it on the gronnd-sel en of
them were injured whcn t hcv landed on
the rongh tcrr.nu-c-t hc homlx-r Ac'll" on
.iutomutic pilot for more th'I11 IO() miles .md
made a neat bcllv I:mding on the side of a
hill.
Iuvcst ignt iou failed to reveal .iuv cvideuce
of fire around the engine or am'
other part of the pl.mc. It developed th:I't
the pilot, 'Kting on the copilot's word, had
ordered the crew to junrp wit hout taking
a look for himself. \\ 'hen the tire \\'as first
reported. the pilot h.rd ju-t applied fnll
pO\\Tr to climb '1\1"11' from another pl.mc
that was d'mgeronsh' close. \\ 'h'lt appc"!fl'd
to be fire \\"'IS prold'h' the turbo torching
after the sudclcu application of boost.
The pilot's f.icc 1I"IS redder h:' f:1f th.m
the No. 3 engine.
Removing a Tow-Target Haxard-SLmd,
.ird par.ulmte riser IIThhing has been used
snece"fulh- bv 3111 Fi~hter C0l11m,n1l1 as a
~ubstitutc . for' steel clbles in an cflort to
eliminate the d,nlgers rcsult ini; from severer]
cables in to\\',t'lrget pr'lCtice.'
In one test 3, missions wen. AO\\ll nsing
the \\ehhing as a cable. No breaks occurred
'ilthongh of2 holes were shot in the I\'ehhing.
58
,\111' ouc dircct hit prohnhlv would 1I:II'e
sC'\"~Ted 'I steel tow cable. At installations
where the \\Tbbing II"IS used, pilots had no
fear of runuius; into free targets. and t hcv
were assmed of a count on their hits be,
l:!\lse the t.ngets were retnrned intact.
The ;\ir Se-rvice Comm.md is prep'ning
a Tech Order on the usc of \\Thbing for
this pnrpose.
Blocking the Glare in AT -6s-To eliminate
glare from cockpit cnclosun- frames and
p.mcl» which h'ls been a constant hc.id.tchc
to ;\T.() pilots .. \ir Scrvicc Command rccommends
that the smfaces be p'linted wit l:
black cmlllnfl'lge enamel. color 1\0. ()IH.
,specifil':ltion .\:\,,1::.-. l\o TO will be
issned hut the m.muf.n-t urcr is m'lking the
ch'mge on Lite models.
Shot in the Arm-If inst ruct or pilots in the
n,l,;" school at IIohbs (:\'. ~I.) Army Air
Field groll' LIx in latest tl"lching techniqnes.
t licv mu-t attend a 12.dal' refresher course
to 'hring them hack to p.ir.
The base has cstablished a st.md.irdiz»
tiou sqnadrou m.ulc np of the six bcvt in,
-t ructor« on the field, all grad nates of the
Brl"an (Texa,) Instrument School. F,"11
expert instructor handles hl"f) invtruct or
studcnt s.
.\11 phases of fom'engine training .uu]
teaching h.rbit« arc covered. The ehsses 1I:IIT
nu provccl cfficicucv of both illstruCtors and
trainees.
Practice Ditching! Realizing the vital importance
of convt.mt drill in proper ditching
pro('l'llme, m'lIly airbases h'IIT constructed
ditching st'lges 'llld Inock lipS for pr.ut it«
Sl"SiOllS. In a mu u lx-r of instances scrap
l1Iatcri,ils ,111