And what country can preserve its liberties if their rulers are not warned from time to time that their people preserve the spirit of resistance? Let them take arms. The remedy is to set them right as to facts, pardon and pacify them. What signify a few lives lost in a century or two? The tree of liberty must be refreshed from time to time with the blood of patriots and tyrants.
4 ea 18 cylinder R-3350 Duplex Cyclone engines with power recovery turbines and no computers or fault codes. If something went wrong you just had to figure it out.
A friend was flight engineer on EC-121s. They often landed with one caged. Like Clark to Wake. An occasional engine fire after takeoff. More exciting, an engine fire during approach to land. Another friend was pilot of the same type. His experience with the -121 was very similar.
I think it'd take a guy an entire shift to change out the spark plugs.
4 ea 18 cylinder R-3350 Duplex Cyclone engines with power recovery turbines and no computers or fault codes. If something went wrong you just had to figure it out.
ReplyDeleteA friend was flight engineer on EC-121s. They often landed with one caged. Like Clark to Wake. An occasional engine fire after takeoff. More exciting, an engine fire during approach to land.
ReplyDeleteAnother friend was pilot of the same type. His experience with the -121 was very similar.
I think it'd take a guy an entire shift to change out the spark plugs.