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Show Robert E. Irion eptember 201 h, 2002 actually not just sitting there with our feet frozen. I did that on my first landing with thi Lieutenant Anderson, and he went ape! He said, "You either hit this one," and he slammed the right rudder pedal clear to the wall, "Or hit this left one!" And the airplane was zwoo-zwoo- and when we stopped at the end of the runway, or not a runway- it was just an open field, and he says, "What in the devil were you doing?" And I said, "Well, my instructor said to stay on those rudder pedals when you land, and that's the way I've been taught. I'm not going to ground loop- I've never ground looped this." And he said, "Damnit you don't need to worry about ground looping this thing if you just keep your head out. Just be ready, if something happens, but you don't have to be worried about this thing, for Gosh sakes!" Oh, he was chewing me. And he was, "Let's go up again!" And we'd go again and do a few more- and from there on, I did it like he wanted it. I didn't touch those pedals unless I had to. We get back, and he's still really glum and down, and he was, "Well, I don't know. I'll have to talk to your Squadron Commander. I'll let you know." And I thought, "Oh, boy. I'm out." Cause he was really- he was really, had a long face when I left him. But I didn't hear anymore, and I went back to my instructor and he said, "Well, how'd it go?" And I told him, and he said, "Well you didn't ground loop did you?" And I said, "No, but boy he sure didn't like the way I was handling- moving those pedals!" 32 |
