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In Reply to: so, I've gotta ask -- posted by mhardy6647 on November 26, 2015 at 16:57:50:
Since you asked. Actually both. 71 years young (who am I fooling). I flew Ec121K's with Aewbarronpac from 1963-65. I was an electronics tech, aps-20 radar, ecm gear and nav equipment. We flew the Pacific barrier between Midway Island over Alaska and back, to track airborne targets from Russia. Usually 14 hour trips, we carried no flight engineers at that time and if the autopilot (crude anyways) went down, they would have crew that were not busy, sit in co-pilots seat and hang on to the control column, to spell the pilot. Co-pilot would be back in the ready bunk. Did not happen often but I had a few hours over the course of about 1800 hours flight time. Loved flying the Connie, the engines weren't the best, and it was not unusual to lose one in flight. If we were close to Alaska we would put in there, or Midway, which ever was closer. It got to be routine, so no one really got upset. Only once did we lose two close to Midway, that time I sweated a little. So yes, incredibly old
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- RE: so, I've gotta ask -- - connieflyer 18:22:29 11/26/15 (3)
- very cool -- I wasn't thinking of military Connies, tho' - mhardy6647 06:47:01 11/27/15 (2)
- RE: very cool -- I wasn't thinking of military Connies, tho' - connieflyer 06:53:32 11/27/15 (1)
- I flew one time in a Super Connie, that flight seemed to - LWR 07:14:18 11/27/15 (0)
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