Engine Change
I am one of the mech's in the engine change picture, (the young one with the glasses).
The place was Pensacola, FL in 85. The bird had a wing pressurization problem on landinge & was rebuilt
by a team from NARF. When that was completed the squadron sent a team of 4 (1 AD (me), 1 AMS (the other
guy in the pic), 1 AE and an E7 to watch, I mean supervise). I got picked because I was a
dual CDI (Airframe & Powerplant) (as a joke I would call myself a ADAMS-2 & I was listed on a
det manifest as that once). We had to reattach the landing gear trunions & the struts & all
the panels, etc around them, reinstall the engine & any components that NARF had removed. Then
reserviced it & I did a Low/Hi power turn up & leak check. We were there a week.
Thomas Bass
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