09-05-2009, 05:37 AM
Tosh Plumlee Wrote:Myra... In those years it happened a lot..... If you looked at the old CAB (before the FAA) tower logs (if you can find them) they would show hundreds of those types of emergencies through out a year..... as a young man we used to count the number of engines on the B-36 that were in full feather (not running) and would place bets if they were going to make it to Fort Worth. They all had atomic bombs on board... it was the Cold War and those bombers flew over every major city in the US and Europe. Because of the atomic weapons they could not land at just any little old airport... and too, in those days the runways could not support a full loaded bomber like a B-36 or a B-52. More than one bomber was nursed back to Carswell by flying directly over Dallas.
I see. Thanks Tosh.