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Trivia Questions (Answers @ end)<\/u><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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  1. Who said, \u201c<\/em>You can avoid reality, but you can’t avoid the consequences of avoiding reality.\u201d<\/em>?<\/li>\n\n\n\n
  2. In what movie did we hear, \u201cHe who questions training only trains himself at asking questions.\u201d<\/em>?<\/li>\n\n\n\n
  3. In what song did we hear the following:
    I know you’ve deceived me, now here’s a surprise<\/em>
    I know that you have ’cause there’s magic in my eyes<\/em><\/li>\n<\/ol>\n\n\n\n
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    Blog #131 (Audio)<\/div><\/div>
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    Blog #131 – Japan Air Lines Emergency: Engine Out<\/p>\n<\/div>

    Published: <\/span>November 18, 2022<\/span><\/div>
    <\/div>Audio by Andy Adkins<\/a><\/div><\/form><\/span>2<\/span> Downloads<\/span><\/span><\/div><\/div>
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    Naval Air Station, Agana, Guam – 1974<\/h3>\n\n\n\n

    Oohhhh, baby. That\u2019s it.<\/em> \u201cOoh-Ga!\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

    A little lower.<\/em> \u201cAh-Ooh-Ga!\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

    Don\u2019t stop\u2026<\/em> \u201cAHHH-OOOH-GAAA!\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

    \u201cChet. Chet. Wake up, Chet.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

    \u201cWhat the hell, Borne? I\u2019m in the middle of a dream.<\/em>\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

    \u201cWe gotta roll!\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

    My eyelids bounced a few times before I realized my dream had completely vanished and replaced by an impossibly loud Klaxon alarm on the opposite side of our Crash crew room. I was asleep on the top rack, literally, \u201clivin\u2019 the dream.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

    I\u2019d stayed out a little too late the night before, partying in downtown Agana, Guam at some club\u2026 strike that\u2026 several clubs, and returned to my barracks room sometime after zero-dark-thirty. After morning chow at 0630 and mustering at the Crash Barn<\/strong> at 0800, it had been a short night and now, a long day. I was tired and had climbed into my rack before nine o\u2019clock.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

    \"Andy<\/a>
    Andy Adkins, Unit #5 Crash Truck
    NAS Agana, Guam (1974)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

    I was the driver for Unit #5, my favorite Crash fire truck. I\u2019d been driving for several months now and knew almost every square inch of the NAS Agana, Guam<\/strong> airport. The Navy shared runways, meaning both military aircraft and civilian aircraft used the two parallel, 12,000 feet runways\u2014Runway 6L\/24R and Runway 6R\/24L. We handled all emergencies for military and <\/em>civilian aircraft. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

    Jumping out of my top rack, I slipped on my pants and shoes and quickly tied up my boon dockers. Since I was the driver, I didn\u2019t need to wear the asbestos firefighting gear my crew did. But by the time I got to the truck, they\u2019d already suited up and were aboard\u2026 waiting for their driver\u2014me!<\/p>\n\n\n\n

    Glenn Law<\/strong> was the crew chief and sat up front in the passenger seat. Directly behind us, in the jump seat, was my good friend, Gary Borne<\/strong>. Glenn & Gary were the two lead hose men. The two turret men, Gary Cuzner<\/strong> and John O\u2019Mara<\/strong>, were already at their turrets, behind the cab. All had been awake and watching TV and were ready for action; I\u2019d been the only one to hit the rack early that night; unusual for me.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

    \"NAS
    Gary Borne (R.I.P.), John O’Mara, Gary Cuzner (R.I.P.), Glenn Law (kneeling)
    NAS Agana, Guam (1974)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

    Borne had already been at NAS Agana, Guam for several months before I arrived. He was a broad-shouldered, chain-smoking, tall drink of water from Hagerstown, Maryland. Gary was one of several drivers who taught me to drive and operate all the Crash trucks\u2014we had five of them, plus a 5,000 gallon tanker. All were rolling on this emergency.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

    Like always, every trucked rolled out of the Barn when the crew was aboard and ready, holding just short of crossing the airport runway. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

    \u201cCrash cleared for runway six-right.\u201d Tower Control gave all trucks permission to drive to our ready positions, waiting for what we hoped would not<\/em> happen\u2014a civilian airline crash.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

    Glenn spoke up over the sound of the truck engine. \u201cThere\u2019s a Japan Air Lines 747 coming in with a full load of passengers.\u201d I glanced over at Glenn\u2014we both knew what that meant.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

    Glenn was one of my best friends in the Navy. He was from Council Grove, Kansas. A huge black man with a huge smile; I think he was a football linebacker in high school. Glenn, Gary Borne, & I would also serve together aboard USS Kitty Hawk<\/em><\/strong> (CV-63) in V-1 Division; Glenn would be a Yellow Shirt director and Gary & I would go to Crash. We’d make the Westpac ’75 cruise. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

    Japan Air Lines had the largest 747 aircraft on the planet\u2026 Guam was a holiday resort for Japanese\u2026 a fully loaded aircraft would mean upwards of 450 passengers.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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    \"NAS
    Japan Air Lines 747. NAS Agana Guam (1974)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
    \"NAS
    Japan Air Lines 747 engine. You don’t realize how big this aircraft is until you’re right next to it. (1974)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/figure>\n\n\n\n

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    \u201cThe Phone Office let us know that they\u2019ve got an engine out; they\u2019re flying on three now. We don\u2019t know which one, though.\u201d Glenn was full of happy news.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

    I quickly thought back to my training\u2026 I knew a 707 with four engines could stay airborne with just a single operating engine. A 747 is much bigger, but so are the engines. My mind just couldn’t recall how many engines a 747 needed to stay airborne. It didn\u2019t matter, we\u2019d find out soon enough.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

    I knew the airport layout like the back of my hand\u2014it was a requirement for all Crash truck drivers. Two parallel runways: the JAL 747 would land on the far runway, six-left; that meant six-right, the parallel runway we were on, was available for all Crash trucks to use to reach their pre-determined destination. Taxiways were perpendicular and connected both runways, starting with taxiway \u201cA\u201d at the far left\u2014that would be the taxiway the incoming 747 would first pass. That\u2019s my station. I drove and turned onto it, parking about halfway between the two runways.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

    \"NAS
    Crash trucks rolling to an emergency.
    Unit #5 (background); Unit #6 (foreground)
    NAS Agana, Guam (1974).<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

    The rest of the Crash trucks would follow suit on Taxiways \u201cB,\u201d \u201cC,\u201d \u201cD,\u201d and \u201cE.\u201d Chief Hughes, the civilian firefighting chief assigned to our Port section, drove the Chief\u2019s truck and parked somewhere near the middle of the airfield, next to the \u201cAlert Spot.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

    I couldn\u2019t remember who was on the Alert Spot right now. My truck, Unit #5, had the 12-4 shift, both afternoon and early morning, the “dog shift.” Several Crash crews rotated through two, 4-hour shifts out on the Alert Spot. That\u2019s how it was during our 24-hour shift. One day on and one day off\u2026 15 months straight while I was stationed at NAS Agana, Guam from November ’73 through February ’75. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

    After a few minutes, Tower Control announced the 747 was on final approach. We could see him out about 4-5 miles. He didn\u2019t look so big that far out, but we\u2019d seen these types of aircraft land hundreds of times before. We\u2019d also been on several emergency calls, both civilian and Navy aircraft. Fortunately, none had crashed on our watch, though we’d had many close calls.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

    Thank goodness it\u2019s not raining tonight. That would make it much worse.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

    One thing you think about as a Crash firefighter is what happens if\u2026 an aircraft actually crashes. Our job is simple: wait until something goes wrong, then drive up, put the fire out, rescue the people.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

    It\u2019s one thing if it\u2019s a military aircraft with only one or a few crewmembers.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

    It\u2019s totally different if it\u2019s civilian\u2026 with hundreds of passengers.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

    One of my ABH \u201cA\u201d School instructors informed us that when you\u2019re the driver, you have to maneuver close enough to the aircraft for your turret crew to spray firefighting foam over the aircraft to help reduce the fire; then your hose men take the 100-foot hose lines and spray foam to make a path to the aircraft door to begin rescue.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

    Sounds simple until you think about the \u2018what if?<\/em>\u2019 Firefighters do this all the time\u2026 what if there\u2019s a full passenger plane\u2026 and that plane crashes? There may be passengers that have been flung outside the aircraft. As a driver, you have to be careful, extremely<\/em> careful, as you approach the aircraft. The last thing you want to do is run over\u2026<\/p>\n\n\n\n

    \u201cHere he comes, Chet. You ready?\u201d Glenn was pumped, as was I.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

    With the confidence of a 19-year-old Navy firefighter, I chuckled. \u201cI was born ready, Glenn!\u201d <\/p>\n\n\n\n

    As soon as the aircraft passed us, I threw the truck in gear and started the chase down the runway. I heard a \u201cYahoo, here we go\u201d from Cuzner and O\u2019Mara. They were hooping and hollerin’. I swear… kids these days!<\/p>\n\n\n\n

    The 747 was traveling down the runway at about 150 knots. Unit #5\u2019s top speed was 45 miles per hour, but we felt like we were flying as I double-clutched and shifted gears. It wasn\u2019t like driving my ’54 Willys Jeep back home in Gainesville, Florida, but I loved driving the clutch.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

    As we\u2019ve all been trained, I slowly steered over toward the port side of the runway, following behind the 747, who kept pulling away with his speed. But I knew we\u2019d eventually catch up. There was 12,000 feet of runway for him to slow & stop.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

    Unit #4 joined us, as did Unit #1, Unit #6, and Unit #3, all Oshkosh firefighting trucks. All in all, there were about 23 of us in Crash that were chasing down this humongous Japan Air Lines 747. We were prepared for anything. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

    He\u2019d landed slightly off to the starboard side, so I knew those trucks parked on their designated taxiways farther down the runway had quickly put their trucks in reverse and backed up a bit. Later, we\u2019d find out that the aircraft had knocked out a couple dozen landing lights when he first touched down. While the runways were 150 feet wide, and pilots were usually good about landing somewhere in the middle, this one may have had a bit on his mind.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

    We still didn\u2019t know which engine was out, but it didn\u2019t matter. This behemoth had landed, landed safely, and was now slowly taxiing his way toward the civilian airport terminal.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

    \u201cTurn off all emergency lights, but keep following the aircraft at a distance.\u201d Chief Hughes knew the drill. Because this was a civilian aircraft, we didn\u2019t want to alarm the passengers or those in the terminal anxiously awaiting the arrival. My guess is that no one\u2014not in the terminal nor on the aircraft\u2014knew there had been an engine out. Well\u2026 except for maybe the pilot and airline crew.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

    We slowed down and took a deep breath. I\u2019m sure I wasn\u2019t the only one thanking God for a safe landing. It could\u2019ve been a mess, but it wasn\u2019t.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

    We trained all the time for all kinds of emergencies. Even when we trained on hot drills\u2014actual fires with a mock aircraft up on the burn hill\u2014we trained to pull \u201cOscar,\u201d the fire dummy, out of a burning wreck. But that was only one person\u2014dummy<\/em>\u2014and only about 200 gallons of fuel.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

    What if?<\/p>\n\n\n\n

    We only stayed near the terminal for a few more minutes, just long enough for the JAL crew chief to double check with the pilot that all was okay. Chief Hughes radioed to the rest of us, \u201cGood job. Return to station.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

    \u201cCrash cleared to cross runways six-left and six-right. Thanks and have a good night.\u201d Tower Control made sure no other aircraft were in the vicinity and we were cleared to return to the Crash Barn.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

    It was still early\u20142200 (10 pm). My crew, Unit #5, would have to be up and out on the Alert Spot in a couple more hours for our second shift. No sense trying to go back to sleep. After that type of emergency, I might as well grab a cup of coffee and join my crew in a game of ping pong or darts.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

    Just another day in the life of a Crash & Rescue firefighter in 1974 at NAS Agana, Guam.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

    Tomorrow, I\u2019ll begin my first of many private pilot flying lessons at the local Flying Club. I would learn how to fly a small, 2-seater, Cessna 150. I was stoked. If anything happened while I was flying, I knew the best Crash crew in the world would be available if I needed them. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

    Until we meet again,
    Andy<\/p>\n\n\n\n

    Answers<\/u><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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    1. Ayn Rand.<\/li>\n\n\n\n
    2. Mystery Men<\/strong> (1999); Sphinx (Wes Studi).<\/li>\n\n\n\n
    3. I Can See for Miles<\/em><\/strong> (1967), The Who; written by Peter Townshend.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n\n\n\n
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