HOWARD’S DAILY CHRONICLE
NUMBER 27 VOL 9
APRIL 27TH 2008
WEATHER; NICE, LOW HUMIDITY, 43/65 DEGREES
ANSWER TO POP QUIZ; “DUNCAN RENALDO” PLAYED THE “CISCO KID IN THE TV SERIES.
POP QUIZ; WHAT WAS CISCO’S HORSES NAME?
GOT UP TO RAIN BUT STILL MADE 9:30 MASS, THE RAIN QUIT BEFORE WE GOT TO CHURCH BUT IT WAS RAINING HEAVY WHEN WE GOT OUT!
WE STOPPED FOR GAS ON THE WAY HOME, WE’VE DECIDED TO FILL UP WHEN THE TANK GETS DOWN TO ½ FULL! WE GOT 23.1 MPG ON THIS ½ TANK! WE WERE CLICKING THE NOZZELL 3 TIMES AFTER IT SHUT OFF BUT MOM HEARD ON TV WHERE THAT ACTUALLY CHEATS YOU OUT OF A SMALL AMOUNT OF GAS SO NOW WHEN IT KICKS BACK WE PULL THE NOZZELL AND HANG IT UP! WE’LL SEE WHAT HAPPENS!
KELLY WAS GOING TO WORK ON THE INTREPID TODAY BUT WITH ALL THE RAIN AND COLD TEMP HE DECIDED TO DO IT TOMORROW! HE AND TIM DECIDED TO CHECK OVER EVERYTHING THEY DID TO BE SURE IT’S ALL OK WHICH WE HAVE NO PROBLEM WITH! KELLY WILL BE DOING THE WORK, TIM WON’T BE UP FOR ANOTHR 2-3 WEEKS!
I THINK SOMETHING IS NOT PLUGGED IN OR NOT PLUGGED IN TIGHT! WE’LL WORK THIS OUT BUT I’M SURE PLEASED THE WAY THE TRANSMISSION SHIFTS AND IS SO QUIET! AFTER WE PUT 100 MILES ON IT KELLY WILL CHANGE THE FILTER AND FLUID, THEN IT’LL BE UP TO ME TO KEEP AND EYE ON IT SO WE DON’T DEVELOPE ANY PROBLEMS!
WHEN WE GET THE MISS OUT OF THE ENGINE AND START DRIVING IT WE’RE HOPING THIS WILL BE THE LAST CAR WE WILL NEED! FROM HERE ON IN IT SHOULD BE PERIODIC PREVENTIVE MAINTENANCE, SOMETHING I’M REAL FAMILIAR WITH! I SET UP A FLIGHT LINE P.M. SCHEDULE ON B-47 “STRATOJET” WHEN I WAS IN THE AIR FORCE! THEY HAD A MAINTENANCE SCHEDULE WHEN I FIRST CHECKED INTO THE SQUADRON BUT THEY WERE HAVING TOO MANY AIRCRAFT ABORTING ON TAXIE AND TAKE OFF RUNS! W.O.4 MONAHAN MY N.C.O.I.C. ASKED ME IF I COULD HELP HIM DO SOMETHING ABOUT IT AND I TOLD HIM I’D LIKE TO TRY! AFTER GOING OVER THE WRITEUPS FOR SOME OF THE ABORTS I TOLD HIM I THOUGHT IT WASN’T DUE TO MAINTENANCE BUT NOT DOING PERIODIC PREVENTIVE MAINTENANCE ON THINGS LIKE FUEL TRANSFER VALVES, HYDROLIC PUMPS, FLAP MOTORS, THESE WERE BEING DONE WHEN THERE WAS A FAILURE NOT ON A “TIME IN SERVICE” BASIS! I DID A STUDY ON EACH ITEM AND DETERMINED FROM INFORMATION RECEIVED FROM THE MANUFACTURER HOW LONG A PIECE WOULD GO BEFORE BREAKING DOWN AND TURNED THIS INFORMATION OVER TO W.O. MONOHAN! HE WENT TO OFFUTT AFB IN NEBRASKA WITH THE PROPOSAL AND AFTER 3 MONTH WE GOT THE GO AHEAD TO PUT IT IN OPERATION. THEY EVEN OK’ED MY SUGGESTION TO HAVE THE BOMBARDER/NAVIGATOR OR INFLIGHT CREW CHIEF WHO WROTE UP THE MAINTENANCE REQUEST SHEET TO ALSO USE A WIRE RECORDER TO LIST ALL THE DESCRIPENCIES ON FOR THE CLERK TYPISTS WHO TYPED UP THE REQUEST FOR THE DIFFERENT SHOPS TO WORK FROM! I DIDN’T KNOW IT AT THE TIME BUT W.O. 4 MONAHAN HAD SERVED WITH MY FATHER ON THE OLD USS CALIFORNIA! HE CALLED ME IN HIS OFFICE ONE DAY AND RIGHT OUT ASKED ME IF I KNEW A, LUTHER H. MAHONEY AN EX-NAVY MAN? I TOLD HIM YES, HE WAS MY FATHER HE SAID HE WAS A S.R. (SEAMAN RECRUIT) IN SUPPLY UNDER MY FATHER! HE ASKED FOR MY FATHER’S ADDRESS SO HE COULD WRITE HIM WHICH I GAVE HIM. I DON’T KNOW IF HE EVER CONTACTED HIM OR NOT! I ALSO FOUND OUT LATER HE PUT HIS NAME ONLY ON THE PROPOSAL I WORKED UP FOR THE SQUADRON! AFTER TELLING HIM MY FEELING ABOUT THIS I IMMEDIATELY REQUESTED A TRANSFER TO SPECIAL SERVICES WHICH HE APPROVED! I WAS AFRAID IF I STAYED IN THE SQUADRON I’D LOSE MY TEMPER AND SMASH HIM IN THE MOUTH WHICH WOULD GET ME TIME IN LEVENWORTH, I DIDN’T NEED THAT! HE NEVER DID TRY TO EXPLAIN WHY HE DID THAT TO ME!
THAT’S “30” FOR THIS ISSUE
HOWARD
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