Russell Clifton
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Wow. What does a tow cost from this baby?
The mother of all engine rooms!!
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Ken E.
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+1, Russ. That's some real machinery.
Ken E.
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I haven't heard the term 'snipe' since I left the Navy during Vietnam...it means engine room mechanic? I was in P3 aircraft and I think you guys called us 'airedales' or something equally unkind.
sbu22
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Basically applies to any engineering rating, Ken. At one point I was a submarine reactor operator - so a "bubblehead nuc snipe" - you could write a book about Navy (not necessarily nautical) terminology. As far as aviation - brownshoe, rotorhead - wasn't much interface between you guys and us.
I was used to being in the engine room below sea level, Ted. But you're right, electric operated WTD is unsettling. Wonder what the manual operation looks like?
I was used to being in the engine room below sea level, Ted. But you're right, electric operated WTD is unsettling. Wonder what the manual operation looks like?
