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Welcome to the Hey Eng Blog
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Welcome to Hey Eng. I’m interested in the history of flight engineers and enlisted flyers in the USAAF and the USAF. Why do pilots say “Hey Eng!”, where and how did the phrase originate? I’ve wondered why there weren’t FEs on bombers after World War II but they remained on cargo aircraft. In addition to…
The 39’ers
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Typically deployed USAF air crews have crew names. These names are usually given because of some attribute of the crew, usually not complementary. Sometimes a crew will come up with a name on their own and the name sticks, if they’re lucky. This was the case on my last C-130 deployment. Some members of the…
Tales …
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A story about imaginary events : an exciting or dramatic story A story about someone’s actual experiences An exciting story that may not be completely true A series of events or facts told or presented : An account A usually imaginative narrative of an event : A story https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/tale Noun 1. A narrative that…
Hey Eng! Stickers have arrived!
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Hey Eng! stickers are in. For a limited time get yours Free. Go to the Shop page and click on the “Hey Eng! Sticker” link.
My First 100 Hours as a C-130 Flight Engineer
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My first one-hundred hours in the Herk were a bit different than most students. I started down the typical path. I went to BFE at the Arkansas Air National Guard. In 2005 the guard and reserves sent FE students to the Arkansas Air Guard unit as opposed to Altus. BFE was an interesting mix of…
Places I’ve Been …
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My military career is winding down quickly, quicker than I’d like really. The last fifteen years or so of my time in the military I’ve traveled the World. I’ve been to some places that I’d like to return to. Then there’s the other places, the places that I have no desire to return to. Most…