Thu Nov 27, 2008 11:48 pm
That 727 with "ZeroG" on the engine brought back memories of the early 70's. I did zero G in a 727 a couple of times. Wasn't expecting it either time and it was quite uncomfortable. I'll tell the story in spite of your protestations. 
When Nixon was in office, I was assigned the task of co-ordinating the White House Press charters to Key Biscayne. When we'd use a 727, Nixon's secretary (Rose Mary Woods) would request that a certain pilot be assigned to fly the a/c. (For reasons I won't go into here. Use your imagination.) Anyway, we'd have to land at Homestead AFB for security reasons. Then we'd have to take the a/c to MIA to refuel and then on to DC. Between MIA and DCA the airplane driver would sometimes get to about .9 mach. That was a very strange feeling. It actually felt like we were going as fast as we were. Don't know why. The first time we did .9 mach, the assistant driver came back and told me to look out the window at the leading edge of the wing. You could actually see the air beginning to compress. It looked like little rivulets of water. Weird.
Anyway...the Zero G thing was also one of his favorites. First time kinda' scared me. Second time pissed me off. I told him that if he didn't stop with the zero g game, I would report him to his manager. He stopped.
Mudge the stoolie
When Nixon was in office, I was assigned the task of co-ordinating the White House Press charters to Key Biscayne. When we'd use a 727, Nixon's secretary (Rose Mary Woods) would request that a certain pilot be assigned to fly the a/c. (For reasons I won't go into here. Use your imagination.) Anyway, we'd have to land at Homestead AFB for security reasons. Then we'd have to take the a/c to MIA to refuel and then on to DC. Between MIA and DCA the airplane driver would sometimes get to about .9 mach. That was a very strange feeling. It actually felt like we were going as fast as we were. Don't know why. The first time we did .9 mach, the assistant driver came back and told me to look out the window at the leading edge of the wing. You could actually see the air beginning to compress. It looked like little rivulets of water. Weird.
Anyway...the Zero G thing was also one of his favorites. First time kinda' scared me. Second time pissed me off. I told him that if he didn't stop with the zero g game, I would report him to his manager. He stopped.
Mudge the stoolie
Fri Nov 28, 2008 12:09 am
MUDGE,How about this Pic of Nixon...
