[R-390] R390A / R390 help

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> Hi Guys, this topic brings back a few memories for
> me. Stationed at K-14 ( Camp Humpreys) back in 67 I was
> responsible for the old shed by the new Listening building..
> Warrant officer said clean this place up... and I did, Throwing
> out about a hundred top and bottom covers for the 390 and a 's
> Loaded them in to a duce and drove out of the camp and found
> a junk dealer ( no problem then) . I think he gave me about 100 Won
> or a six-pack of OB. (UGH), Can't remember... It always amazed me
> what the Koreans could do with scrape metal..... Beer can roofs that
> really showed out in the Sun, etc. Boy, I sure wish I had that pile of
> covers now.
> 73
> Al
> W5ADF



K-14? That sure brings back some memories of doing flight training there in
1990 with one of the most beautiful captains ever poured into a wiggling
flight suit. Just me and her in a little helicopter on a deserted runway on
a sunny Sunday afternoon. She was a damned good pilot too. Sort of surprised
me a bit but she always flew it right.

When I first took her out to get used to hovering she was beat from a long
day on staff. She kept working hard to learn the aircraft. One day, sitting
on the runway with her hot mike switch up for the world to hear on tower
frequency, she said, "I never know what to do with it when I finally get it
up". She meant getting the aircraft up to a hover but every pilot within a
zillion miles had something to say to me about that line. I became a bit
famous for a while. Even the tower guys had some sly comments.



Barry