[Vhfcn-l] H-2 Crashes

[VHFCN1 Pilots and Crew]

> On Aug 19, 2019, at 8:29 AM, VHFCN1 Pilots and Crew via Vhfcn-l <vhfcn-l at vhfcn.org> wrote:
> 
> Damn, and just by chance you identified a killer problem and kept others from dying just doing their jobs.  I guess the Navy would have given you a serious BZ.  Moe

Nope. The only one who thought it was a big deal was my old buddy, Jim Long at the Naval Air Safety Center. We flew together on the Polaris Project  with Navy photographers down in the cabin of our tired old H-19. I have a photo of the first submerged launch of the A3 Polaris. The missile came out ofthe water and tipped toward US! Then the rocket motor came on and The thrust corrected, but the exhaust was then pointed at us. 

What a friggin STINK from the exhaust of a Polaris! Jim and I were both choking and crying from the exhaust. We could hardly see. How many people have smelled the exhaust of an A3 Polaris? The Polaris also makes a whole lot of noise close up. Shook the H-19.

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