I was a ramp worker at Logan Airport during some of the 1980s. It was always stressed to us to keep away from airplane engines when the plane was started up.
I was on a 737 that ingested a bird of some sort of bird while in flight.
The flight had to make an emergency landing
Oh wow, I worked at JFK airport during the 80s, I use to marshall in the planes for Fedex - well back then it was called Federal Express, and my God, I absolutely froze my ass off. Logan must have been even colder.
The same day the Challenger Space shuttle blew up Jan. 28th 1986, we crashed a Fedex plane into a El Al Loader lifter ripping off the edge of the wing. For some reason while trying to bring the plane in, this snow storm came out of nowhere and we couldn’t see that El Al had parked their loader too far out on the ramp and RIIIIIP. I wasnt marshalling the plane at the time, but I didn’t work there much longer. The pilot went absolutely ballistic, but all I remember about that job was the cold. Even with that insulated padded overall suit they gave us I froze.
Were you there when a woman backed in to a propeller on a Northeast Electra?
Disaster!
Bada bing😃