Comments on: Arcin’ and sparkin’ http://www.neptunuslex.com/2007/05/10/arcin-and-sparkin/ The unbearable lightness of Lex. Enjoy! Tue, 16 Mar 2010 12:59:27 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 hourly 1 By: Chapomatic » Improving The Conversation http://www.neptunuslex.com/2007/05/10/arcin-and-sparkin/comment-page-1/#comment-78062 Chapomatic » Improving The Conversation Sat, 19 May 2007 03:04:26 +0000 http://www.neptunuslex.com/2007/05/10/arcin-and-sparkin/#comment-78062 [...] of the world. I’ve also liked things like Lex’s insights into himself (not so much the sea stories–which are also good but different, like–as the other stories), but people who [...] [...] of the world. I’ve also liked things like Lex’s insights into himself (not so much the sea stories–which are also good but different, like–as the other stories), but people who [...]

]]> By: Yankee Sailor http://www.neptunuslex.com/2007/05/10/arcin-and-sparkin/comment-page-1/#comment-76113 Yankee Sailor Sat, 12 May 2007 06:11:11 +0000 http://www.neptunuslex.com/2007/05/10/arcin-and-sparkin/#comment-76113 <blockquote>And that?

And that?

]]> By: Yankee Sailor http://www.neptunuslex.com/2007/05/10/arcin-and-sparkin/comment-page-1/#comment-410097 Yankee Sailor Sat, 12 May 2007 06:11:11 +0000 http://www.neptunuslex.com/2007/05/10/arcin-and-sparkin/#comment-410097 <blockquote>And that’s when I caught fire. Oh, not me personally, and not the entire jet, but something in the electrical system behind the dashboard in front of me (and above my legs underneath the dash) gave up the ghost and connected at least two circuits which had been designed by the engineers to remain isolated. Suddenly my comfortable little cockpit felt rather cramped and crowded. Happened pretty quick too, just a whiff of a harsh electrical odor and then arcs and sparks followed by a billowing, choking cloud.</blockquote> So, what's the big deal???? I had this happen to me once. Sort of. So what if it was in an '82 Dodge Omni? Okay, okay, not quite the same....

And that’s when I caught fire.
Oh, not me personally, and not the entire jet, but something in the electrical system behind the dashboard in front of me (and above my legs underneath the dash) gave up the ghost and connected at least two circuits which had been designed by the engineers to remain isolated. Suddenly my comfortable little cockpit felt rather cramped and crowded. Happened pretty quick too, just a whiff of a harsh electrical odor and then arcs and sparks followed by a billowing, choking cloud.

So, what’s the big deal???? I had this happen to me once. Sort of. So what if it was in an ‘82 Dodge Omni?

Okay, okay, not quite the same….

]]> By: lex http://www.neptunuslex.com/2007/05/10/arcin-and-sparkin/comment-page-1/#comment-75993 lex Fri, 11 May 2007 17:33:50 +0000 http://www.neptunuslex.com/2007/05/10/arcin-and-sparkin/#comment-75993 Casca - I was told that we <em>always</em> earned the flight pay, it was the <em>base</em> pay that was in question :-) Casca – I was told that we always earned the flight pay, it was the base pay that was in question :-)

]]> By: Nose http://www.neptunuslex.com/2007/05/10/arcin-and-sparkin/comment-page-1/#comment-75991 Nose Fri, 11 May 2007 17:20:49 +0000 http://www.neptunuslex.com/2007/05/10/arcin-and-sparkin/#comment-75991 You go on NPR that's like collaborating (sp?) with the enemy! I flew with a USAF guy the other day. He had a really great story about the time one of the crews in his squadron went C2 for readiness just before an OPEVAL or somesuch. Well, they apparently had quite a meeting about this - he regaled me with the story of this meeting with the DO and another guy and how they hashed it all out. Whoooo Hoooo! What a humdinger! Oh, and your story about being NORDO, without power, and on fire was okay, too. Nose You go on NPR that’s like collaborating (sp?) with the enemy!

I flew with a USAF guy the other day. He had a really great story about the time one of the crews in his squadron went C2 for readiness just before an OPEVAL or somesuch. Well, they apparently had quite a meeting about this – he regaled me with the story of this meeting with the DO and another guy and how they hashed it all out. Whoooo Hoooo! What a humdinger!

Oh, and your story about being NORDO, without power, and on fire was okay, too.

Nose

]]> By: Buck http://www.neptunuslex.com/2007/05/10/arcin-and-sparkin/comment-page-1/#comment-75949 Buck Fri, 11 May 2007 15:10:48 +0000 http://www.neptunuslex.com/2007/05/10/arcin-and-sparkin/#comment-75949 <i>"BTW, did you dime me out to somebody from the LA NPR/PBS? I? “BTW, did you dime me out to somebody from the LA NPR/PBS? I?

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