Found! Checklist for Forum Operation........

[Bruce Day]

While running through old operations manuals I happened upon this checklist, which may be useful.

Normal Operation of Forum System

1. Run Amok Limit Switch- ON

2. Anti-Veering Switch- ENGAGED

3. Thought Dump Switch- OFF

4. Finger Actuator - As Required.
CAUTION. Do not operate Finger Actuator for more than 2 min continuously, with a 30 min rest cycle between actuations.
WARNING. Continuous operation of Finger Actuator may be hazardous to your health.


Emergency Procedure for Forum System

If the above procedures fail to correct run-away finger action and thought dumps, then:

MASTER CPU SWITCH- OFF

If CPU fails to shut down then initiate ejection procedure.

1. ASSUME EJECTION POSITION

2. HANDLES- ROTATE

3. TRIGGERS- SQUEEZE

[Dean Romig]

Bruce, I think you're still in the cockpit.

You forgot

1.a, Pull heels tightly against seat frame.

1.b, Pull chin against chest.

[Old and Reliable]

Colonel Day-even a computer klutz like me can follow that SOP. ?? Read once about one of many famous Military Snafus- this one geared to aviation-- When they first came up with the concept of the ejection seat, with the parachute attached to the back, they had printed the seven steps on the the overhead plexiglas(?) canopy in the cockpit- all in order and in readable sized type--follow that "Magnificent Seven" and you were home free- the first step was to fire the canopy ejection system, which then sent the canopy into the stratosphere with the remaining 6 steps--

We didn't see many railroad tracks when I was in "Uncle Ho's Playground- I Corps sector) but we were advised to avoid them, as the Navy aviators when lost would follow them- referred to as the "Iron Compass"--

In closing- line from my favorite poem-- "Oh, I have slipped the surly bonds of earth''-- John Gillespie McGee Jr. died on a training flight in his native Canada the same year I was born-- All of us "ground pounders"- as all Marines are 0311's-- regardless of other MOS-- appreciate all the air support- "Rolling Thunder" that came about in the course of the Vietnam War--