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| Military Air |
| Sembach Air Base, Page 2 |
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| My Son Gary Jr. by German Jet Trainer |
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| Day before the Sembach Air Base's Air Show, circa 1979 |
| Sembach Air Show |
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| Sembach Air Base, Germany |
| OV-10A and snow |
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| Winter at Sembach Air Base, West Germany |
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| Myself ready for flight |
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I was one of two Propulsion Technicians that flew on Functional Check Flights (FCF). Whenever an aircraft had an engine changed or a major flight control work the aircraft was required to have a FCF performed on it before it was released back to its squadron for normal operations.
The requirements of a FCF made it necessary to put the aircraft through some tough flight maneuvers including, stalls, rolls, loops, dives, and to shutdown each turbo-prop engine in-flight and restart it again. I remember we only returned to base once on one engine during a FCF.
| Belgian Canel and shipping |
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| Taken from OV-10A |
| View during left banking turn |
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| Taken from OV-10A |
| Castle on forested hill top |
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| Taken from OV-10A over Germany |
| NATO anti-aircraft missle site |
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| South Eastern Germany |
| View from co-pilots seat OV-10A |
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| Just after take-off from Sembach Air Base |
| Frankenstein Castle ruins on hill above road. |
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| I had seen the Frankenstein road sign and next time I flew got a pilot to fly over it for me. |
| OV-10A Bronco on Flightline (My Bird #785) |
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| Sembach Air Base, West Germany |
| OV-10 Bronco's on flightline |
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| Sembach Air Base, West Germany |
| Engine Maintenance Trim Box and aircraft |
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| #1 engine cowling open for engine work |
| C-5A aircraft at Ramstein Air Base, West Germany |
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| While out driving around snaped this shot circa 1981 |
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| Myself just after flight |
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FCF's could last only a few minutes if you incountered a serious problem requiring you to return to base, or an hour or two depending on how long the in flight checks took. Sometimes everything would go smooth and quick, leaving extra fuel to use before landing. This allowed for some flying around the countryside and made for some great photo opertunities.
Pilots were used to the flying, but maintenance people like myself were sometimes surprized during a flight. Often the quick and violent flight maneuvers would catch your stomach off guard requiring you to reach for your air sickness bag. I believe the photo above might be after one of those flights!
| Canel lined with trees |
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| Castle on hill above German village |
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| German Castle with moat around it |
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| Part of moat water covered with bright green algie |
| German Tower |
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| Taken from a CH-53 Chopper |
| Flightline, Aircraft, Revetments, and Hanger |
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| Frankenstein Village Road Sign in winter. |
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| "Mommy there really is a Frankenstein" |
| Air Show Team |
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| Ramstien Air Base, West Germany |
| Aircraft nose gear collapsed after landing |
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| Over the Rhine River |
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