Sometimes You Gotta Break the Rules to Take Care of Your People
Commentary
Sometimes heroes show up when you least expect them, and this is about one of those times.
Most of my active duty Air Force time was spent teaching aircraft crew chiefs at Sheppard Air Force Base in the early 1980s. On this particular summer day, I had my class out on the flight line working on one of the training aircraft. While we were out there, a transient C-130 cranked up and taxied out, turning away from us in the process. Now 130 prop blast doesn’t extend very far back when the planes are taxiing but I still have a habit of turning my back to any jet blast and I did so in this instance….