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Originally Posted by BlueStreak

I watched an Admiral take off in an F-14 at NAS Miramar in 1986 and promptly drop both auxiliary fuel tanks on the runway just as the wheels left the concrete. He came back bellowing that a "stray voltage" had caused the tanks to drop.

There is a cover over the switch that is tied down with soft safety wire. You must pull on the wire hard enough to break it, lift the cover, then throw the toggle to jettison the tanks.

The wire was broken and the cover up when we looked in the cockpit.

The official report? "Malfunctioning electrical circuit."

No matter how big the turd, some peoples chit just does not stink.

Dave

My cousin was on a P-3 ground crew. He doesn't like flyboys on general principle.