So my question is, if SAC crews can do it on a B-52, why can't we do it on a C-133 at our next reunion???
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A grand event!
The LAST, LAST DOVER REUNION in May 2014 looks like it really was the last one! Of course our number of crew colleagues is dwindling, and the energy to plan another real reunion has evaporated.
We'll continue to maintain our e-mail list (currently 209 names), and occasionally send out items of common interest like Rick Spencer's notice about the "133s in the Sino-Indian War in 1962" that just went out. If you didn't get it, it might mean we've lost track of your current e-mail address. Let us know any updates.
HOWEVER, a few of us have talked about showing up in Dover together for an informal dinner/gathering sometime in the spring of the New Year, 2016.
If you're interested, please let me know at rehanson342@me.com .
We'll continue to maintain our e-mail list (currently 209 names), and occasionally send out items of common interest like Rick Spencer's notice about the "133s in the Sino-Indian War in 1962" that just went out. If you didn't get it, it might mean we've lost track of your current e-mail address. Let us know any updates.
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Probably because our uniforms would not fit and we could not keep our balance!!! Could the wings hold our combined weight? But, I may be speaking for myself.
Good points, Rick. If our Engineers say it could hold the weight, maybe we could just all crawl out and lie down!
Well, in Vietnam, some loads carried totaled at least 309,000 lbs (I'm told the SEV LM confiscated the Forms F and caused them to disappear). So, a few aging bodies shouldn't cause a problem. But, as the captain of a windjammer I sailed on said, when I wanted to ciomb to the mast head, "Our insurer analyses the blood. They don't pay if it is passenger blood." The Museum's insurere is probably cut from the same cloth.
It was tricky enough as a 19 year old climbing up to the wing - I wouldn't want to try it with my "trick knee" these days. But wait! What's that maintenance stand we used to jack ourselves up to work on the wings with? Was that a "B-4" Stand? I cannot remember! Anyway, maybe that's how we could get up there...
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