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Posted by 8thaero » Sat Jan 14, 2017 11:06 am

Was years of infection and ruptures caused a pocket to form “cholesteatoma” and eroded the hearing process in R ear. VA opened up and all there was a bit of the stapes tiny bone. Did not lose hearing as the liquid actually transmitted faster than air giving confusing super hear results. Gunk gone I have no hearing except skull vibrate to mid ear. Disaster tho was the same stuff had invaded the E tube and eroded bone round the carotid artery and was pulsing they could see. One of them sharp jolt and while he was coming he was going things. Did a bone graft to cover packed the space with surgical gauze and antibiotics which still pops out since 1980 and made a new eardrum as yours I could stick my finger in a .45 cal hole for some time and bone grew back in big depression behind ear in a year. Down to about .30 cal sized hole. Looks normal but I say don’t bother to check that hearing side. Implant’d work but is much worse hearing sounds so I keep my L going best possible but lose it all with liquid inside so keep a window open so no head under water stuff at all. Any ENT will say ear lining is fastest growing stuff in the body and can cause that closed pocket effect. Just sitting in VA clinic chair ’80 as Dr checked , whistled Phew! and ran got the resident and scheduled immediate surgery. See thing in text as a little pinched wrinkle high up called attic cholesteatoma and can kill ya. As you know we had our ears looked at more than XXX rated flick and none had caught in last 10-15 years to grow that far. 8
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Posted by 8thaero » Sat Jan 14, 2017 12:47 pm

OK, knew CRS meant somethin but couldn’t remember what. Quick acronym search. Wrote down and repeated 3 times. 8

“Repetition is key. Use verbal and listening repetition to help you remember the order of things:
Say them aloud until you’re able to remember them.
Repeat this process until you can say all the objects without the paper.
Once you’re at the end of the list, repeat the list without reading it. Say it aloud three times.
If you cannot do it all three times, start over.”

My dollar ride in Nav school July ’62 was T-29 Flying classroom ( twin Martin Liner used as MedI Vac too) doing some map reading to Calender NAS LA where sign said Elev. 2′ . I’d been at Nav Preflight , Pilot training, April ’62 Williams AFB AZ in T-37s but our class was to go onto not ancient T-33 but brand new T-38 Talon so was a rugged wash out rate above 50%. Last of 4 at my IP’s table wandered in to Waco a year later from advanced formation failed check ride. Funny story about Les Langus my 1st Lt IP gave up on me. Plan also at time was F-4s to have 2 pilots and was quick changed in Nam to a GIB instead (guy in back if poor CRS)

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Posted by 8thaero » Sun Jan 15, 2017 3:38 pm

EB-66 was not my combat, just came back to teach others what I did not know but learned enough to pick up quick watching them support us some missions in the North. This is 8th TBS in action from Danang late ’65 early ’66 before we got camo paint. Napes are seen and the white phosphorus igniters flying put in front. White poppers are 20MM strafe as .50 cal do not have charge and we had about 1/2 armed with one each usually in a 2 ship. Guy seen late a combat photog doing filming of other plane. White sand and Ho Trail in mtns are in area above DMZ taking out depots during day as they drove night. Bombs usually 500# in the bomb door which turned to open so little drag in dive. Wings had up to 750# but these are napes there on this one. Again, one ship may have bombs to open it up and next drop low level napes. Came up that way on mission order based on what intel saw was there. .8

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Prolly not that interesting but am blogging these. Basic design was ’30-’40s pulley and cable with no power assist or auto pilot. I only flew above 2000′ and on approach to cleared to land when pilot landed and was responsive but they said was like wrestlin a hippo on dive pull outs over and over. Finally so many killed bringing back on one engine they added a power rudder for adverse thrust on wide spread pods. Called it the Cadillac model 1st used for tow target work for interceptors after fwd based Nuc role dropped as over- shoulder sling attack. What we loved was it near always got you home and could do some real damage. Cong termed “the caterpillar” as ugly thing just went around and around bombs, napes, guns for 3 hours if a need. Load up a new ready bomb door and refuel is all. Big black blast is black powder starter winds up slow to save parts wear. # 2 1st so can close up before the #1 hits the rt engine port. Both pods the same interchangeable . Nasty thing to have inside. Crew NEVER stood in front as the charge could blast loose and be shot hundreds yards ahead. It was possible to sit behind a started engine and wind to start speed that way if out of carts remote base but we carried extras in aft bay. Bit of danger by AAA hits there where damage usually came . May note dive brake doors as so clean with door turned 180 they were needed and used no drag chute landings of the era. Bat wings slow you quickly bit nose up trim engines to idle. Great airplane! Comfy tight looking down over front’s rt side as offset to dive port. Once tgt passed under left rail drop wing and nose and reacquire in bomb sight. About 2nd Clark AB Crow Range mission I found I could teach a decent flyer dive bombing. SOME never learned usually too damn scared of it all and THEY scared pure shit put of us GIBs! 8

Saw that one and realized I knew them all about 6 mo prior. Blackie, Pick, Sqdn Cmd Danny Farr and the last Nav, sandy hair “Pappy ” Boyington was my instructor in Nav Tng. LIked to coin a phrase . “Stone Age Jet… Most advanced device rheostat on the bomb sight”.
We went to Cape Cod Canberra reunion in ’95 and bought lobsters at Otis AFB take home. Deltas stews back to DFW never seen live and I had in overhead bin so we did lobster races in the aisle. Tuf critters may even live on Mars on potatoes! 8

phillips <crazydonconcepts@sbcglobal.net> I found my Horn was a bit of a devil to play. So artfully wound To give you a sound, A beautiful sound so rich and round. Had some choices on SJS finally grad in ’61. Ft Ord audition, 2 year at Presidio like some friends. 4 yr enlisted Hamilton AFB accepted with USAF Band of West. But I wanted to fly so applied for OTS and flight tng after Basic in San Antonio Dumped idea of music career after a year part time sr yr at Warm Springs Elem Mission San Jose Gib Walters set me up with and a beginning band at Hol

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I found my Horn was a bit of a devil to play. So artfully wound To give you a sound, A beautiful sound so rich and round.

Had some choices on SJS finally grad in ’61. Ft Ord audition, 2 year at Presidio like some friends. 4 yr enlisted Hamilton AFB accepted with USAF Band of West. But I wanted to fly so applied for OTS and flight tng after Basic in San Antonio Dumped idea of music career

after a year part time sr yr at Warm Springs Elem Mission San Jose Gib Walters set me up with and a beginning band at Holy Ghost Elem bit father N 1/2 day each on Fri.. I had cash 1st time in my young life. Nuns had bought band istrms from closed Parks AFB E Alameda Cnty. Sized kids up and handed them out like Music Man.

By time in Waco Nav school spring ’63 I spoke the Waco Symph and played asst 3rd in a Van Cliburn concert of the Tsky concerto as his mom was a Baylor sponsor with big cash where the hall was. Still good chops then but after that I’d borrow horn from the base school where I could. Finally in ’73 in Germany we needed to stay to finsh a year temp adoption so auditioned as Asst USAFE Band director ( Yep Glenn Miller’s own) Good friend from Nav school trumpet guy lived upstairs from Red the director. Red said OK find something in the files and come direct a renearsal . Lo behold was Elsa’s Procession and I’d a band record so worked it down and went back to Weisbaden AB and we did decent rehearse job. THEN he smiled and pulled out Roger Nixion’s brand new Festival Fanfare won an award. I said, Red, I know Roger at Modesto JC and San Fran St and I can’t sight read his stuff for a military band. Do yer best , kid. So we , Band of Master Sgts, confabed a bit and started as I asked then fell apart and he said OK ya passed. Phew. Ready to move there and Boling Bandmasters said NO not been to our Bandmaster’s School. I was desperate so took only job on base as F-4 Maintenance Sqdn Admin officer usually a 2nd John position just from training and am the sr Captain on the fighter base. Did my time and later USAFE decided I’d be the 1st Nav to manage a NATO nuc airfield as NATO Chief General David Jones later Joint Chiefs Chair did about anything he wanted and good personnel move as a landlord not a pilot job anyway. But I signed for a 10,000 ‘ runway and a Base Ops tower bldg. with an Eifel Traffic Control tenant. Back in TX I could only be an assistant Mgr. in Abilene last job before disability retired . Mgr there was a pilot I roomed with in SEA B-57s. But I made a snow closure plan they didn’t have and sure enough next winter had to use first time for B-52 alert launch capability. Things ya do fer love so next gig after ’63 Waco Symph was the SJ Wind Band 50 year thing. Pretty well full circle back to San Jose. Bought 2 Farkas Holtons, Ebay, gave one to Val as lost a front tooth and took near year for screw implant to grow in then got another upstairs gathers dust but don’t rust.

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