Kicking an A-6 hard drive back to life · Proposed air date:
Dr. Dave remembers a Vietnam veteran who flew Navy A-6 Intruders and described the navigation disk assembly mounted near the crew’s feet. When it failed while the aircraft was moving at high speed and evading missiles, the crew sometimes kicked it until it spun again, giving modern hard drive complaints a startling comparison.
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Proposed recording date: 2006-09-23. The exact broadcast date may differ.
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