Raymond overheard News-000 on the Coconut Telegraph....
 JS> Palmer said the pilot revved the engines up full trying to free
 JS> the wheel. (A big NO NO.  When this happens you are to shut down.) 
 JC> Now, he says, a support plane, another Boeing 707, (VC-135) is
 JS> arriving to pick up the president and others on the plane. The air-
 JS> port is closed until the president can leave. Gear and luggage are
 JS> being taken off the plane.
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 JC> If anyone is interested I understand that the 89th at Andrews has 
 JC> openings for two VC-135 qualified pilots.
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 JC> X CMPQwk 1.4 #1684 X Do you work? No I'm an Airline Pilot
 I would be willing to wager there are two new filled positions
 peeling potatoes at the Officers Club... or something equally
 suitable.
 Many years ago I had the chance to fly with Col Albertazzi
 who later co-authored a book - "Hostage One" which I am reading
 oddly enough, at this very moment.  We were practicing "touch & 
 go" at Andrews, and I got to tag along. He used to place a filled
 water glass in the cockpit and, if the water did'nt slosh over the
 brim, that was a good rollout/takeoff/landing.
 Made sense to me.. He was a consummate professional, and an 
 exceptionally friendly gentleman.
 He retired after Nixon resigned, the exact date of which I can 
 look up, but is not that relevant, And I can imagine, in his 
 retired status, him laughing until his face turns red at this 
 situation.  Wouldn't you love to read the Incident Report
 on this one?
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