PS Magazine - JULY 1977
PS, The Preventative Maintenance Monthly
ISSUE 296
JULY 1977
Dear Windy,
As a Tl,
I
rEcentLy wrote-up a Cobra
because a safety beLt reLease handLE
pointe± to thE right. When cha²Enged,
I
couLdn't find a reference in the Cobra
T
55³1520´221´20 (DEc 75) or the
GeneraL AircraFµ Maintenance TM 55¶
1500´204´25·1 (Apr 70) ¸
¹
Howeverº the Huey »M 55¼1520´
210´20 (SEp 71) says in para 4½25 that
µhE handLe is to point Left.
¾houLdn't this be uniForm For a²
Army aircraft¿µo avoi± confusIng
piLotsÀ co´piLots and crewman?
SP5 DÁJ.B.
Every
time
you
troopers
abOard a choPPer, remember you're In
a sturdy But thin-skinned aircraft±
not a heavy ground veh²cle with a
thick metal housing.
The vehicle caN take a POundinG ³³³
the bird Can't³
Focus´in on the Kiowa, fOr examµ
¶
Ple· WHen exiting the bird, reconnect
the¸ sa¹eº
belts before you Dose the
you're traveling in choPPers, »K?
Even fu¼l truck oPerators ½ho POUr
jet juice into t¾e Kiowa get carri¼¿
a½ay, slamming the fuel filler caP and
1
·
.
refueling nozzle intO the honeYcombÀ
,-±
²³rlL
. ±± OR YOU'LL
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