Hawwrench:
I didnt go 67T they didnt have a slot for me and I didn't want to wait around so I went 35K and headed off to Gordo (orange, yuck!) for Avionics school. I dont remember my class number...I was so happy to get off that post I just didnt care! :-) Either way I started out with B/101 AVN on Ft. Campbell next to 5th Trans hanger on the "near" side of the airfeild. Had to walk to work every now and then LOL. We had early 'hawks with no wing stubs and REALLY short Krap-ton wiring. The later block that we got just before I left and Charlie company was forming up had the stub wing fairings and (luckily for me ) longer wiring attached to the backsides of all the MS connectors.
On those earlier A models I spent a lot of time working on the Stabilator Amplifiers. Usually #2 would take a dump after about the third fligth. Got pretty good at getting that back wall ceiling cover down and getting the Amp out in just a few minutes. My fave was doing firewatch outside and standing in the APU downstream exhuast to stay warm in the winter!
The really wierd thing is I followed my First Seargeant over to 3rd AHB (later 2/3 Avn BN) in Geibelstadt in '86. That's where I got the Cobra and OH-58 expeireince (and yes Ray HHC even had 2 old -H models for ya!)
Fun times!
David
Build to please yourself, and don't worry about what others think!
TI 4019 Jolly Roger Squadron, 501st Legion