Nam Song Oh Phu Bai, Oh Phu Bai's a hell of a place. For the organization's a bloody disgrace. There's Captains and Majors and light Colonels...
Popasmoke Of all that I have done in my life/career, being given Combat Aircrew Wings by the crewchiefs of HMM-165 and being accepted as a member...
Bronze Star for Mike I received the following from Gwynn Zeisler Hi all, I met with General Stalder today. He is the current Commandi...
Rotor Blades The key to rotor blades was the spar. If that was intact it almost didn't matter about the blade pockets. I don't know if an H-46...
Dying in Training There is a feeling that dying in combat is noble whereas dying in a training accident is somehow a waste. But to get to the po...
Memorial for the 'Z' man As I promised, I made up a collage of the photographs I had of Mike Zeisler, in fact I made up several. I took them to...
Mike's Funeral Mike Zeisler, the 'Z' man was laid to rest beside his father in Quantico National Cemetary, Quantico, Virginia on Monday 22 Marc...
Roses surrounded by many thorns Hey! I worked hard to get the ladies to look this way!!!!!!!!!!! Actually what it shows is that the lad...
What a loss What strikes me after reading all the tributes is the number of us Mike Zeisler was corresponding with, on a regular basis. He repli...
Mike's Collage Here is the collage I mentioned Attached files
Mike Zeisler, A personal tribute Writing this tribute is both easy and hard. Easy because Lt Colonel Robert M. (Mike) Zeisler, the "Z" man, was ...
Phrog 40th The Boeing plant in Philadelphia is in the 7 th Congressional District, Rep. Curt Weldon. Following is a draft of a letter I inte...
The Boeing Company I agree it is a shame that Boeing are not recognizing the 40th Anniversary of the Phrog but it doesn't surprise me. Their mai...
Air Intake Filters Attached is the entry in the Natops manual. The power loss is propotionate to the pressure loss at the small losses incurred ...
Crown Prince Thanks Joe but Norm Clark is King and Emperor in my book. I'll take Crown Prince if only because I can read. When I left Bo...
Circuit diagrams from Natops Manual These diagrams go with my other post Attached files
APP - Natops Manual Attached is the entry in the Natops Manual. The next post shows the circuit diagrams for the hydraulics and the AC power. ...
When I was with 7th Fleet we would hear things from the jet set like "my stall speed is faster than you can fly". One of our crew chiefs then asked a...
WANNABEES This article appeared in The Philadelphia Inquirer, Wednesday 11 Feb, 2004. It's good to see the FBI are treating it seriously an...
Sassoon Sassoon was one of a group of poets who wrote about their experiences in the trenches in WW1, where most of them were killed. The best o...
To Joe Reed It was emphasised to me by people I respected that whenever you modified an airplane (or Charlie modifed it for you) on the next flig...
To Roth It was emphasised to me by people I respected that whenever you modified an airplane (or Charlie modified it for you) on the next flight ...