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« Reply #30 on: January 28, 2009, 12:41:08 pm »
Re: the PANAM ditching: Here's an article the SF Chronicle published a few days ago:

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Danville pilot has historical predecessor

Matthew B. Stannard, Chronicle Staff Writer

Saturday, January 24, 2009

When Danville pilot Chesley "Sully" Sullenberger III safely landed a commercial airliner on the Hudson River last week and was hailed as a hero, his accomplishment was called unprecedented. But Maureen Gordon knew better.

"I was saying, 'Wow, this is so similar to what we went through,' " she said. "Except ours was more fantastic in a way."

Gordon, 54, and a handful of other people - including several who live in the Bay Area - have been experiencing a unique case of deja vu: In October 1956, they were passengers aboard a commercial aircraft that also lost two engines, forcing the pilot to land on open water - in their case, the Pacific Ocean.

Like the 155 passengers and crew of the US Airways jetliner piloted by Sullenberger, the survival of the 31 people aboard Pan American World Airways Flight 943 became an international tale of good fortune. And they, too, credited their crew and a Bay Area pilot - Capt. Richard Ogg - with nerves of steel for their survival.

"Our captain was a pillar of strength," said Jane Gordon, 86, Maureen's mother, speaking by phone from her home in Maryland. "He was just wonderful. I'm sure he was scared to death, but you'd never know it...."

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« Reply #31 on: August 24, 2009, 03:49:03 pm »
 Tex  A new book "Ocean Station" Operations of the U.S.Coast Guard 1940 - 1977 written by Michael Adams will be available October 1 from Nor'Easter Press ( www.noreasterpress.com) pre-orders are accepted - for those of us that stood an ocean station or two or for those who never had the pleasure this sounds like a  good book.
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« Reply #32 on: August 30, 2009, 09:53:35 am »
Quote from: Jack on August 24, 2009, 03:49:03 pm
Tex  A new book "Ocean Station" Operations of the U.S.Coast Guard 1940 - 1977 written by Michael Adams will be available October 1 from Nor'Easter Press ( www.noreasterpress.com) pre-orders are accepted - for those of us that stood an ocean station or two or for those who never had the pleasure this sounds like a  good book.

CDR Mike Adams was our XO on CGC BOUTWELL back in 1990-92. GREAT XO!  CDR Adams is an EXCELLENT ship driver as well.  Thanks for the heads up on the book.  Knowing the man tells me this will be a very good read!   Thumbs Up
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« Reply #33 on: August 30, 2009, 09:42:41 pm »
this is what Wikipedia has to say
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ocean_Weather_Station
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« Reply #34 on: August 31, 2009, 11:36:43 am »
They failed to mention "incredibly boring".   ROTF
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« Reply #35 on: August 31, 2009, 05:07:46 pm »
Quote from: EX-CG-GM on August 31, 2009, 11:36:43 am
They failed to mention "incredibly boring".   ROTF

Definitely another situation to which the old catch-all applies:
"Weeks of utter boredom punctuated by moments of sheer panic."
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« Reply #36 on: September 01, 2009, 12:25:24 pm »
I wonder just how many "Man Overboard" drills I participated in over the course of my 17 OSN's..... ForJack!
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