Stories and memories of Col. Francis Harold Potter, USAF (1921-2009)

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BOEING B-52D: AIRCRAFT #56-0676

April 8, 2015by Ben Phillips Leave a comment

Boeing B-52 Model D, aircraft #56-0676 now sits on static display at the Heritage Air Park on Fairchild Air Force Base, near Spokane Washington.   Driving on to base one […]

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Accidents, or Happenings? Unexpected encounters while flying.

January 11, 2015by Ben Phillips Leave a comment

I could feel the vibrations and hear the noise of the departing KC 135 tanker aircraft that early morning as it echoed through the heavy fog. I had just arrived […]

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B-36, B-52, Berlin Airlift

My experiences while flying at .77 Mach

January 11, 2015by Ben Phillips Leave a comment

In 1956 the 92 Bomb Wing, (H) was alerted for upgrading to Boeing’s new eight engined all jet heavy bomber, the B-52’s. We had three bomb squadrons in our wing, […]

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Pilot Flight Record And Log Book: Col. Francis H. Potter, USAF

January 10, 2015by Ben Phillips 1 Comment

The information below is summarized from Pilot Flight Log Book of Col. Francis Harold Potter USAF .   See photos below for scans of individual log book pages. Link to Spreadsheet […]

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B-36, B-52, Berlin Airlift

Interview With Col. Francis Potter – March 1990

January 10, 2014by Ben Phillips Leave a comment

Interviewer:  You’ve got almost 10,000 flying hours.  That’s a lot of hours. Potter:  Yes, but the airline pilots now make a career out of it, so a lot of them […]

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B-36, B-52, Berlin Airlift, Occupied Japan

My love affair with the “tall tails!” Flying the Big Bombers

December 16, 2013by Ben Phillips Leave a comment

How many sweethearts or love affairs can one man have or expect to have in his short life time? How many times can he look at someone or something and […]

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B-36, B-52

Aircraft Vs. Snakes – OR- Snakes on a Plane!

December 16, 2013by Ben Phillips Leave a comment

We’ve all read stories or have heard of conflicts between aircraft and many different forms of wildlife, but how about SNAKES? Who has ever heard of an aircraft problem with […]

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Learning to Survive! Strategic Air Command Survival School

December 16, 2013by Ben Phillips Leave a comment

             Shhhhhhhh! Quiet!! See him there? Down by the road! My two companions froze as we strained to see. It was nearly midnight with only a sliver of moon lighting […]

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B-36, B-52

You Aint Nothing But a Hound Dog! (The Hound Dog Missle)

December 16, 2013by Ben Phillips Leave a comment

The 1960’s  were  great years. Elvis was king and was constantly  belting out his “hits” and packing more and more  money off to the bank. One song  he made very […]

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An Unexpected Flying Experience, Decompression!

December 16, 2013by Ben Phillips Leave a comment

Have you ever been unexpectedly whomped  across  the chest with a club? While at night? While at 36,000 feet? While piloting a B-52 eight engined jet bomber?  Well I was, […]

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