Regarding the last guy, as the duty test pilot for the day in the spring of ‘67, he was forced to make an autorotation at Marble Mountain Air Facility during a maintenance check flight. A dual magneto failure necessitated the auto and he buried the landing pretty good into the Marston Ma...
If maintenance cannot support the current tactical plan, then adjust sortie generation and manning. Fit to fight When I became sortie generation flight chief, I banned both cell phones and beepers from the flightline to reduce the possibility of this happening again. No cell phones & beepers on...